Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

Alcohol lobby fights back

Is Leo Varadkar in thrall to the drinks industry or simply unprepared to confront vested interests

Alcohol industry operating like ‘big tobacco’ to stall legislation

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy frustrated with third delay of Bill to deal with drink problem

Leo heads off FF ambush with pre-emptive dash to the Áras

Once Máire Whelan’s appointment was rubberstamped, Micheál was shooting blanks

A dose of the backbench blues

Inside Politics: Varadkar was unable to mine a seam of female talent due to his ban on favouring those elected in 2016

Claim Varadkar’s appointments are based on merit ‘very offensive’

Corcoran Kennedy says gender balance does not appear to be factor in ministerial choices

Junior ministers: a missed opportunity

Just three of Leo Varadkar’s 19 junior ministers are women

Varadkar promotes supporters in junior ministerial appointments

Dropped junior minister: ‘He said he had to reward his supporters’

Simon Coveney appointed deputy leader of Fine Gael

Attorney General Máire Whelan to become Court of Appeal judge after reshuffle

Government to call for an EU-wide ban on alcohol advertising

Children must be protected from industry’s ‘primary interest in maximising profits’

Bill to segregate alcohol in shops could be Varadkar’s first target

FG leader introduced legislation as minister for health but proposal stalled in Seanad

Leo Varadkar ‘honoured’ to be elected Fine Gael leader

Dublin West TD says election proved prejudice has no hold in this Republic

Varadkar says Coveney supporters might join his camp

‘I think it would take a lot for any individual to withdraw a declaration’

Six Cabinet Ministers due to support Varadkar in FG leadership race

Harris behind Coveney who claims backing of most councillors in contest to succeed Kenny

Simon Coveney hopes to ‘unite country behind Fine Gael’

Minister hands in papers to enter leadership race but declines to say how much he will spend

The wellness imperative

Well-being at work is no longer a mere fringe benefit

Plain packaging for cigarettes to begin in September

Ireland to become fourth country in world to remove logos from tobacco packaging

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