Fine Gael readmits three senators who lost the party whip over their attendance at Golfgate dinner
The party whip was removed from Senators Jerry Buttimer, Paddy Burke and John Cummins in August.
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The party whip was removed from Senators Jerry Buttimer, Paddy Burke and John Cummins in August.
The Tánaiste said he was concerned about where Irish politics was going.
Martin Browne is chair of the Oireachtas Committee on Public Petitions
As long as the two parties are polling well, the strategy is unlikely to change.
Support for the party at its highest ever level in the Business Post poll.
The former minister urged the government to change its approach to Covid-19.
TDs offices have been inundated with poor customer service complaints from constituents.
None of the members of the board of Pieta House are paid for their work.
The Dáil met at 2pm and voted to relocate to the Convention Centre Dublin.
Alan Farrell is set to propose a bill to legislate electric scooters and electric bikes on Irish roads.
The Tánaiste is facing questions from TDs on the controversy.
Paschal Donohoe backed Leo Varadkar, even as pressure grows on the Tánaiste.
Allegations that Varadkar breached a number of laws were made in a story by the Village magazine.
The Budget will be delivered by ministers Paschal Donohoe and Michael McGrath.
The Tánaiste wrote in today’s Sunday Independent that numerous considerations must be made before opting for a second lockdown.
Approval with the government has plummeted since June according to the latest opinion poll.
The Fine Gael MEP will replace Phil Hogan, who resigned in the wake of the Golfgate scandal.
Varadkar floated the idea of fines with examples given such as a €50 fine for not wearing a mask.
Helen McEntee was speaking following scenes of large gatherings in Galway.
The video on Twitter and Facebook accused Sinn Féin of being “two-faced and hypocritical”. But were the claims in it correct?
The former junior finance minister is to resign his seat in the Seanad to take up the role.
D’Arcy is set to resign his Seanad seat to become chief executive of the Irish Association of Investment Management.
Danny Byrne was found in breach of the Code of Conduct under the Local Government Act by Dublin City Council.
Fianna Fáil’s approval rated dipped again in the latest Sunday Times poll.
Ursula von der Leyen said that McGuinness has “significant political experience on EU issues”.
Varadkar said he wouldn’t be surprised if Ireland loses the Trade Commissioner role.
Phil Hogan resigned from the role following his attendance at a controversial golf dinner in Galway.
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.”
The EU Commissioner is based in Belgium, which is not on Ireland’s travel ‘green list’.
Varadkar confirmed that the party whip has been removed from three of his party’s senators.
Meat plants accused of ‘union-busting tactics’ by a trade union representative.
Revenue’s figures indicate a sharp rise in seizures this year.
The newly formed coalition has been beset by difficulties since it formed at the end of June.
Donohoe said he accepts it has caused “great annoyance and anger” but defended the controversial decision.
Minister for public expenditure Michael McGrath “didn’t recall” his party, Fianna Fáil, trying to block the same allowances in 2017.
Fine Gael is generally seen to have been adept at social media – something heightened during Covid-19 crisis.
HSE advice shifted from self-isolation to asking people to restrict movements.
The European Commission previously ordered the US company to hand back €13 billion in unpaid tax.
Whoever loses is likely to appeal that decision to a higher EU court.
Experts say that increased Irish influence in Europe could come at a cost.