Is there an identity crisis in Fine Gael?
Grassroots motion calling for party to affirm its centre-right credentials rejected as Democrats’ US midterm victory creates fresh questions for Ireland
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Fine Gael has forgotten its purpose. It doesn’t need ‘renewal’ – it needs an identity
No other political party communicates so much while saying so little, or has become so disconnected from its faithful
Fine Gael motion to distinguish party from ‘woke left’ rejected for ardfheis
Motion sought to affirm party as centre right in ‘European Christian Democratic tradition’
Aengus Ó Snodaigh bid for Dáil statement not accepted, Sinn Féin says
Ceann Comhairle felt unable to accommodate request from chairman of Liberty Recycling
Jim O’Callaghan under pressure after High Court ruling on criminal legal aid
Inside Politics: Talks with criminal solicitors are due to continue following critical High Court judgment
Many people unsure of what Fine Gael stands for, party finds
Commission for Renewal of the party says it needs a clear and shared understanding of why it exists
Patrick O’Donovan was consulted on who would replace him as Minister while on sick leave
Government statement also indicated that O’Donovan did not have a veto over the decision
Fine Gael considers ‘AI dividend tax credit’ for businesses
Party TD James Geoghegan proposes citizens’ assembly on technology’s trade-offs
Ó Snodaigh seeks Dáil time to make statement on Liberty Recycling
Ó Snodaigh, who is not under investigation himself, is the chairman of the charity that is the subject of a Garda money-laundering inquiry
Remembering Gerry Collins: he knew a Fine Gael voter when he heard one
Late Fianna Fáil TD and minister made memorable visit to Carndonagh in the 1990s
Minister Patrick O’Donovan to temporarily step down from portfolio
The Fine Gael minister will remain at Cabinet, but colleague Peter Burke will assume his responsibilities
The Irish Times view on Micheál Martin’s constitutional initiative: a positive development
The planis of a piece with the Taoiseach’s well-advertised antipathy to premature action
Simon Harris cannot have enjoyed reading Sunday’s newspapers
Next weekend’s ardfheis has become party leader’s most important test since general election
Liberty Recycling: Fine Gael asks PAC chair to summon Charities Regulator and others
Charity is under Garda investigation for alleged money laundering
If Patrick O’Donovan’s behaviour was ill-judged, Simon Harris’s has been plain peculiar
Controversy between Simon Harris and Patrick O’Donovan was a badly handled storm in a teacup
Simon Harris seeks to draw line under O’Donovan phone call – but where does it leave us?
Tánaiste has had his say and the shutters have been pulled down, leaving big questions unanswered
Harris says ‘hurtful’ anonymous comments questioning O’Donovan’s performance should never recur
Tánaiste refuses to be drawn on details of phone call to Minister for Communications
Taoiseach criticises assertion Irish unity is ‘inevitable’ as he promises new initiative
Micheál Martin lays out how he believes the unity agenda could be advanced, something he has been reluctant to do in the past
Woman (80s) dies from suspected smoke inhalation following fire at her home in east Cork
Woman pronounced dead at scene following fire believed to involve fabric items
Ireland’s left has failed to penalise government for decades of inaction but the right has
Political failure around protests is a result of the left being unable to take Irish economic dysfunction and turn it into a larger project of reform
What the British budget tells us about Irish politics
The traditional dividing lines have returned to Westminster. In Ireland, things look rather different
No link between healthcare staff recruitment and hospital performance, says Minister
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill compares Cork to Beaumont, where fewer patients are on trolleys
Darragh O’Brien backs Phil Hogan for key UN post despite pushing for his resignation in Golfgate row
Minister for the Environment says Covid-era golfgate controversy that cost EU commissioner his job ‘is done’
Germany offers a stark vision of Ireland’s possible future
As debate raged in Brussels about dependence on US tech firms, Google celebrated Ireland’s EU presidency
Triple lock Bill passes Dáil vote amid Opposition anger
Government narrowly wins vote on proposed legislation removing need for UN approval of Irish troop deployments
Jim O’Callaghan reiterates claim that solicitors are targeting rape cases
Minister faces backlash for saying rape trials were only cases ‘deliberately’ targeted by striking solicitors
Triple lock neutrality row fuels fractious Dáil exchanges
Opposition parties raise signs with Save Neutrality message after Taoiseach and Sinn Féin leader trade political blows
Minister for Justice accused of ‘grossly unfair commentary’ over rape cases
O’Callaghan criticised for saying ‘only cases deliberately affected by withdrawal of services in Central Criminal Court yesterday were those involving allegations of rape’
Senior civil servant to take charge of department during Patrick O’Donovan’s sick leave
Minister for Communications remains in hospital, but is to return to duties when he recovers
Caveat aware: Ronan McGreevy on the speech that sparked a president’s resignation
Paddy Donegan was defence minister 50 years ago when he uttered two words that made political history
‘Leave my health out of it’: Anonymous briefings, a defiant response and a dramatic turn of events
Patrick O’Donovan characterises anonymous Fine Gael party briefings on health as ‘sad day for Irish politics’
Gardaí release description of man found dead in Mallow as investigation upgraded to murder
Garda Commissioner appeals for witnesses after body of man in his 50s found on Co Cork riverbank
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