# fine-gael - Tuesday 12 January, 2021
# Golfgate
# Golfgate
The party whip was removed from Senators Jerry Buttimer, Paddy Burke and John Cummins in August.
# fine-gael - Friday 11 December, 2020
# Warning
# Warning
The Tánaiste said he was concerned about where Irish politics was going.
# fine-gael - Thursday 10 December, 2020
# Martin Browne
# Martin Browne
Martin Browne is chair of the Oireachtas Committee on Public Petitions
# fine-gael - Saturday 5 December, 2020
# Analysis
# Analysis
As long as the two parties are polling well, the strategy is unlikely to change.
# fine-gael - Sunday 29 November, 2020
# Opinion Poll
# Opinion Poll
Support for the party at its highest ever level in the Business Post poll.
# fine-gael - Friday 20 November, 2020
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
The former minister urged the government to change its approach to Covid-19.
# Customer Care
# Customer Care
TDs offices have been inundated with poor customer service complaints from constituents.
# fine-gael - Friday 13 November, 2020
# Factcheck
# Factcheck
None of the members of the board of Pieta House are paid for their work.
# fine-gael - Tuesday 10 November, 2020
# Leaks
# Leaks
The Dáil met at 2pm and voted to relocate to the Convention Centre Dublin.
# fine-gael - Monday 9 November, 2020
# Alan Farrell
# Alan Farrell
Alan Farrell is set to propose a bill to legislate electric scooters and electric bikes on Irish roads.
# fine-gael - Tuesday 3 November, 2020
# Short Cut
# Short Cut
The Tánaiste is facing questions from TDs on the controversy.
# fine-gael - Sunday 1 November, 2020
# Questions
# Questions
Paschal Donohoe backed Leo Varadkar, even as pressure grows on the Tánaiste.
# fine-gael - Saturday 31 October, 2020
# Tánaiste
# Tánaiste
Allegations that Varadkar breached a number of laws were made in a story by the Village magazine.
# fine-gael - Monday 12 October, 2020
# Budget 2021
# Budget 2021
The Budget will be delivered by ministers Paschal Donohoe and Michael McGrath.
# fine-gael - Sunday 11 October, 2020
# Circuit Break
# Circuit Break
The Tánaiste wrote in today’s Sunday Independent that numerous considerations must be made before opting for a second lockdown.
# fine-gael - Thursday 8 October, 2020
# Pollsters
# Pollsters
Approval with the government has plummeted since June according to the latest opinion poll.
# fine-gael - Wednesday 7 October, 2020
# Financial Services
# Financial Services
The Fine Gael MEP will replace Phil Hogan, who resigned in the wake of the Golfgate scandal.
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
Varadkar floated the idea of fines with examples given such as a €50 fine for not wearing a mask.
# fine-gael - Wednesday 30 September, 2020
# Galway
# Galway
Helen McEntee was speaking following scenes of large gatherings in Galway.
# Factcheck
# Factcheck
The video on Twitter and Facebook accused Sinn Féin of being “two-faced and hypocritical”. But were the claims in it correct?
# fine-gael - Tuesday 29 September, 2020
# SIPO
# SIPO
The former junior finance minister is to resign his seat in the Seanad to take up the role.
# fine-gael - Monday 28 September, 2020
# Senator
# Senator
D’Arcy is set to resign his Seanad seat to become chief executive of the Irish Association of Investment Management.
# fine-gael - Wednesday 23 September, 2020
# Ethics Breach
# Ethics Breach
Danny Byrne was found in breach of the Code of Conduct under the Local Government Act by Dublin City Council.
# fine-gael - Sunday 20 September, 2020
# Opinion Poll
# Opinion Poll
Fianna Fáil’s approval rated dipped again in the latest Sunday Times poll.
# fine-gael - Tuesday 8 September, 2020
# Euro Star
# Euro Star
Ursula von der Leyen said that McGuinness has “significant political experience on EU issues”.
# fine-gael - Wednesday 2 September, 2020
# IRELAND'S ROADMAP
# IRELAND'S ROADMAP
Varadkar said he wouldn’t be surprised if Ireland loses the Trade Commissioner role.
# fine-gael - Sunday 30 August, 2020
# European Commission
# European Commission
Phil Hogan resigned from the role following his attendance at a controversial golf dinner in Galway.
# fine-gael - Saturday 22 August, 2020
# Golfgate
# Golfgate
Lise Hand draws parallels between Fianna Fáil past and present: “It was this lethal combination of incoherence and arrogance which did it for the government in 2011.”
# fine-gael - Friday 21 August, 2020
# Controversy
# Controversy
The EU Commissioner is based in Belgium, which is not on Ireland’s travel ‘green list’.
# Statement
# Statement
Varadkar confirmed that the party whip has been removed from three of his party’s senators.
# fine-gael - Thursday 13 August, 2020
# Meat Plants
# Meat Plants
Meat plants accused of ‘union-busting tactics’ by a trade union representative.
# fine-gael - Sunday 2 August, 2020
# Nitrous Oxide
# Nitrous Oxide
Revenue’s figures indicate a sharp rise in seizures this year.
# fine-gael - Saturday 1 August, 2020
# Foot In Mouth
# Foot In Mouth
The newly formed coalition has been beset by difficulties since it formed at the end of June.
# fine-gael - Sunday 26 July, 2020
# Backlash
# Backlash
Donohoe said he accepts it has caused “great annoyance and anger” but defended the controversial decision.
# fine-gael - Friday 24 July, 2020
# Memory Lapse
# Memory Lapse
Minister for public expenditure Michael McGrath “didn’t recall” his party, Fianna Fáil, trying to block the same allowances in 2017.
# fine-gael - Sunday 19 July, 2020
# Online
# Online
Fine Gael is generally seen to have been adept at social media – something heightened during Covid-19 crisis.
# fine-gael - Thursday 16 July, 2020
# Travel
# Travel
HSE advice shifted from self-isolation to asking people to restrict movements.
# fine-gael - Wednesday 15 July, 2020
# Decision Time
# Decision Time
The European Commission previously ordered the US company to hand back €13 billion in unpaid tax.
# fine-gael - Tuesday 14 July, 2020
# Apple Tax
# Apple Tax
Whoever loses is likely to appeal that decision to a higher EU court.
# fine-gael - Saturday 11 July, 2020
# Euro Star
# Euro Star
Experts say that increased Irish influence in Europe could come at a cost.
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