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CABINET WILL BE ASKED TODAY FOR STANCE ON ABORTION REFERENDUM
Leo Varadkar faced unease within Fine Gael yesterday over his decision to break his silence on the issue ahead of today's crucial meeting... READ MORE›
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IRELAND SET TO HAVE FIRST GAY PM
Leo Varadkar is set to become the Republic of Ireland's next taoiseach prime minister after winning the leadership of the Fine Gael party... READ MORE›
IRISH TROOPS SET FOR AFRICA TO EASE BURDEN ON FRANCE
French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said all 27 of France's EU partners responded positively at an EU defence ministers' meeting... READ MORE›
IRISH WATER BOSS WILL GET EUR300K TAX-FREE PAY-OFF
Prior to joining Irish Water, Mr Tierney was Dublin City manager up to 2013 and worked for 36 years in local government... READ MORE›
'THANKS FOR THE NEWSPAPERS...' WHAT LEO SAID TO CAITRIONA VIA MIDDLEMAN TRUMP
Caitriona Perry was in the Oval Office to film the start of the first call between the world leaders when she caught Mr Trump's eye... READ MORE›
THE 10 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT
What is the deal that Fine Gael and Fianna Fail have reached on water charges?... READ MORE›
INDIAN-ORIGIN LEO VARADKAR SET TO BECOME IRELAND'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRIME MINISTER
Varadkar will also be the country first gay prime minister and the first leader to have Asian roots... READ MORE›
MARTIN SEEKS END TO WATER CHARGES AS PRICE FOR FINE GAEL POWER
Election 2016 Martin seeks end to water charges as price for Fine Gael power... READ MORE›
INCOME TAX WILL RISE 4PC IF GOVERNMENT ABOLISHES WATER CHARGES
Picture Gerry Mooney Taoiseach Enda Kenny has warned that income tax would rise by four percent if the Government was to abolish water charges... READ MORE›
PHIL HOGAN TELLS FINE GAEL ORGANISERS
Mr Kenny privately told party colleagues at the Fine Gael think-in earlier this month that he is unsure over what course of action to take... READ MORE›
FINE GAEL TREATS PRO-LIFE VOTERS WITH CONTEMPT
Acting Taoiseach Enda Kenny's party has told Fianna Fail that they cannot live with the idea of suspending charges... READ MORE›
KENNY TO SUSPEND WATER CHARGES IN DEAL TO BE RETURNED AS LEADER
Throughout yesterday, senior Fianna Fail figures warned Fine Gael that they will not alter their stance on charges... READ MORE›
'WE'LL DO DEAL ON USC IF FF WILL ROW BACK ON WATER'
Figures within Fine Gael say making major changes to the structure and operation of Irish Water is not an option... READ MORE›
WHY LEO VARADKAR COULD HAMMER OUT GAINS IN A GRIM ELECTION
The newly-minted Fine Gael leader will know that the who-knew-what-and-when, around Sergeant Maurice McCabe emails, would play for just a few days in any election campaign... READ MORE›
FINE GAEL TELLS DAIL HOPEFULS TO ASK VOTERS FOR THEIR TRUST
Fine Gael is to play up the idea that they are the party to be trusted during the general election campaign... READ MORE›
'I'M TO BE SHOT AT DAWN'
Mr Gilmore also writes of Ms Burton's anger at being offered the Social Protection portfolio in his Cabinet as she wanted to be Foreign Affairs Minister... READ MORE›
TAOISEACH'S PLAN TO RETURN COALITION TO POWER TAKES MAJOR HAMMERING
Mr Kenny's Fine Gael is down three points to 28pc, while Tanaiste Burton's Labour Party has dropped two to just 8pc in the latest opinion poll... READ MORE›
FIANNA FAIL TRUCE WILL ALLOW KENNY TO CONTINUE AS TAOISEACH
Micheal Martin's party will not join Fine Gael coalition but will avoid bringing down minority government in Ireland... READ MORE›
MINISTER TAKES SWIPE AT TAOISEACH'S 'D4 INDIVIDUALS' WHO RAN ELECTION
And he said that Fine Gael's message of 'keeping the recovery going' was lost on the ground... READ MORE›
FINE GAEL AND FIANNA FAIL FINALLY REACH MINORITY GOVERNMENT DEAL
A deal has been agreed between Fine Gael and Fianna Fail on the formation of a minority government in the first initiative of its kind ... READ MORE›
FG TDS ATTACK O'SULLIVAN FOR CRITICISM OVER SCHOOL BAPTISM
Fine Gael TDs rounded on Ms O'Sullivan for broaching the divisive subject of school patronage so close to a general election... READ MORE›
SCUFFLES AS TAOISEACH HECKLED ON CORK STREETS BY PROTESTERS
Taoiseach Enda Kenny was met with a loud protest in Cork city centre this morning... READ MORE›
WATER SHORTAGES ON CARDS AFTER 'POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL SABOTAGE' OVER CHARGES
Water charges set to be scrapped for foreseeable future as fine gael and fianna fail... irish news... READ MORE›
BURTON SAYS SHE INTENDS TO OUTLAST KENNY
Tanaiste Joan Burton has suggested that she will remain a front-line political player long after Taoiseach Enda Kenny retires... READ MORE›
FIANNA FAIL UNDER PRESSURE AMID NEW LEGAL ADVICE THAT WATER CHARGES CANNOT BE SCRAPPED
Legal advisers have told Irish Water that the charges, once in place, are effectively irreversible... READ MORE›
'I OPERATE ON KERRY TIME, NOT DUBLIN TIME'
It is now inevitable that water charges will pose the greatest impediment to Fine Gael and Fianna Fail agreeing to form a government... READ MORE›
ENDA KENNY PROMISES TO SLASH TAXES FOR RURAL PUBLICANS AND HIGH-SPEED BROADBAND FOR PUBS IN INDEPENDENTS PITCH
Fine Gael also plans to provide additional resources for psychiatry services and in the area of perinatal mental health... READ MORE›
'KIDS' SERVICES ARE CUT WHILE BOSSES SECRETLY TOP UP THEIR OBSCENE PAY'
These services are the 24 7 Suicide Helpline, the Suicide Bereavement Liaison Service, and the Suicide Bereavement Counselling Service... READ MORE›
IRA SENT US THEIR 'RAPISTS, ABUSERS, REJECTS AND EJECTS' -TAOISEACH
He called on Mr Adams to come clean on the movement of sex abusers by the IRA... READ MORE›
CREIGHTON SEEKS TO BOOST WAR CHEST AHEAD OF ELECTION
Ms Creighton was a Fine Gael candidate in the four-seat Dublin South East in the last election, when she got a poll-topping 6,619... READ MORE›
MAJOR NEW PLAN TO TARGET SPIRALLING RENTS TO BE UNVEILED BY GOVERNMENT
A senior Labour source said the party is still trying to convince Fine Gael on the merits of new rent control legislation... READ MORE›