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US president Donald Trump congratulated Taoiseach Leo Varadkar on his “great victory” during a phone call from the White House on Tuesday afternoon. (...)

Claim Varadkar’s appointments are based on merit ‘very offensive’
- Irish News
- June 21, 2017, 01:00
The insistence of the Government spokesman that all Taoiseach Leo Varadkar’s ministerial appointments were based on merit was “very offensive”, one of(...)

‘Pro-choice’ senator elected chair of abortion committee
- Irish News
- June 20, 2017, 21:16
Fine Gael Senator Catherine Noone has been elected chairwoman of the Oireachtas abortion committee, which met for the first time on Wednesday in priva(...)

Hard Border post-Brexit will encourage smugglers, Seanad told
- Oireachtas
- June 7, 2017, 18:40
Criminals will ensure cross-Border smuggling will return if a hard border is put in place after Brexit, the Seanad has heard. Chairman of Monaghan Co(...)

Irish horse racing industry ‘cannot adapt’ to new markets in wake of Brexit
- Politics
- June 7, 2017, 15:15
The Irish horse racing industry cannot adapt its product to suit new markets and British racecourses such as Cheltenham and Aintree cannot be replicat(...)

Fine Gael TDs complete 21-person abortion committee
- Social Affairs
- May 25, 2017, 16:38
Fine Gael TDs Hildegarde Naughton and Peter Fitzpatrick will take the final two slots on the 21-person Oireachtas abortion committee. Fine Gael and F(...)

Coveney running traditional campaign as Varadkar just runs
- Politics
- May 22, 2017, 01:00
Fine Gael leadership contender Simon Coveney revealed on Sunday what was said when those he assumed to be staunch supporters told him they were backi(...)

Independent Ministers happy to work with either FG contender
- Irish News
- May 19, 2017, 18:44
Some Independent Ministers may have been quietly hoping that Fine Gael Minister for Housing Simon Coveney would become Taoiseach, but none have anythi(...)

Concerns about possible Vatican intervention in new maternity hospital
- Social Affairs
- May 6, 2017, 01:00
Concerns about the possible intervention of the Vatican in the future ownership and ethos of the new National Maternity Hospital (NMH) have been raise(...)

No woolly promises as Timmins canvasses Wicklow sheep farmers
- Politics
- February 12, 2016, 01:00
Renua deputy leader Billy Timmins drives a battered, mud-splattered 2003 Mercedes with a bandaged steering wheel and 480,000km on the clock. “I bought(...)