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# Think-In

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2022
# Reshuffle
All eyes will be on what ministry Micheál Martin opts for in December
A number of TDs and senators said the Fianna Fáil party think-in would be Micheál Martin’s last as party leader.
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Sep 18th 2022, 7:00 AM
# Think-In
Green Party believes being in Government is 'right thing to do for the country'
The Green Party is holding its think-in today in Co Clare as the Dáil returns from its summer recess.
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Sep 10th 2022, 6:30 AM
All time
# Zapponegate
Simon Coveney ’embarrassed’ by Katherine Zappone fiasco
Sinn Féin is set to table a motion of no confidence in Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney tomorrow.
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Sep 14th 2021, 4:50 PM
# reset
As Fine Gael think-in begins, Varadkar and ministers apologise to their party for 'bad summer'
The FG leader said it was time to “refresh, regroup and reset”.
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Sep 13th 2021, 3:30 PM
Criticism levelled at Taoiseach at party meeting, discussion described as 'honest and tense'
The Fianna Fáil parliamentary party has been having a marathon meeting in Co Cavan.
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Sep 9th 2021, 11:05 PM
Micheál Martin insists he will take up the role of Tánaiste at the end of next year
Members are being asked to put their mobile devices in a container at the side of the room at today’s meeting.
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Sep 9th 2021, 4:42 PM
# party meeting
Social Democrats have 'no desire' to merge with the Labour Party
Catherine Murphy and Róisín Shortall confirmed that it is their intention to lead the party into the next general election.
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Sep 6th 2021, 6:06 PM
# Budget Talks
Micheál Martin says there would 'need to be' a carbon tax in Budget 2020
A climate change focus in the Budget will be necessary, said Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin.
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Sep 10th 2019, 10:06 AM
# sinn féin think-in
Mary Lou McDonald says she would meet Trump while he visits Ireland
McDonald said the party will join the protests against the visit of the US President this November.
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Sep 3rd 2018, 3:30 PM
# Rulebook
Ireland needs to break EU rules in order to build more houses, says Solidarity-PBP
Richard Boyd Barrett said the government needs to declare Ireland’s housing crisis an emergency.
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Sep 13th 2017, 2:06 PM
# not impressed
'They need to cop on': Fianna Fáil denies it's biding its time to bring the government down
Fianna Fáil leader Michéal Martin said the government had to stop looking over its shoulder and lead.
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Sep 20th 2016, 6:20 AM
# Think-In
'A change of leadership is required': Rumblings in Fine Gael that Enda should go
Enda Kenny said this is not a time to “mess around”.
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Sep 13th 2016, 1:37 PM
# FG Think-In
Purpose of Fine Gael election campaign review is not to 'hang, draw or quarter'
Two reports reviewing the party’s election performance were discussed at today’s Fine Gael think-in in Kildare.
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Sep 12th 2016, 7:08 PM
# You're Fired
Will Enda Kenny use his newfound 'mojo' to sack John Halligan?
“I expect John Halligan to do his job,” Taoiseach Enda Kenny said today.
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Sep 12th 2016, 4:29 PM
# Analysis
Can Micheál Martin really become the next Taoiseach?
Analysis: It would have been inconceivable after 2011 that Fianna Fáil could return to government so soon. But it might happen.
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Sep 15th 2015, 6:00 AM
# the long(ish) haul
Enda Kenny wants five more years. After that? 'God knows'
The Fine Gael leader is gearing up to lead the country once more.
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Sep 11th 2015, 3:55 PM
# Analysis
Can Sinn Féin lead the next government?
Analysis: Controversies aren’t harming Sinn Féin in the polls and its message is resonating with more and more voters across the country.
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Sep 11th 2015, 9:00 AM
# Analysis
Can Fine Gael dare to dream of an overall majority?
Analysis: Ahead of its last think-in before the election, some in Fine Gael quietly believe history can be made. But can it really?
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Sep 10th 2015, 1:25 PM
# that woman
Lucinda: Fine Gael wanted me to be a good girl
The Renua leader has some strong words for her former colleagues.
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Sep 3rd 2015, 12:04 PM
# warning
There's a "real risk" that the Banking Inquiry could collapse
An early General Election or lengthy court proceedings could scupper the work of the inquiry entirely, Fianna Fáil’s Michael McGrath is warning.
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Sep 17th 2014, 9:10 AM
# election mode
Fianna Fáil's gender issues, and 4 other things we learned from the party's think-in...
How do they encourage more women to run for the Dáil? Micheál wants to be Taoiseach – but with which party’s backing? Here’s how things went, down in Roscommon…
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Sep 16th 2014, 8:30 PM
# micheál says
Having ruled out Fine Gael and Sinn Féin, would Fianna Fáil go into coalition with Labour?
Micheál Martin’s been pressed on potential coalition partners again this afternoon.
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Sep 16th 2014, 2:15 PM
# Water Charges
We need to get ready for "one last gasp of austerity" in 2015 --- economist
The quarterly water charge set to hit households from January will effectively “suck” money out of the system, economist Tom McDonnell says.
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Sep 16th 2014, 11:57 AM
Joan Burton: 'Eamon is here and in very good form'
There’s no grudge being held, it seems.
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Sep 16th 2014, 9:53 AM
# gender politics
Lack of women makes Leinster House a "really weird" place to work, says Senator
Gender quotas are coming in at the next General Election. What will that mean for parties? FF are looking at the detail…
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Sep 16th 2014, 7:00 AM
# house of cards
Think-ins, smackdowns and desperation: Winners and losers (and one for you to decide) from the political week...
David Cameron’s in the firing line for travelling north, Mary Lou’s in the headlines for flying Down Under, and we’re not sure what to make of Leo…
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Sep 13th 2014, 6:30 PM
# Get your think on
Loose Lips Leo and 4 other things we learned at the Fine Gael 'think-in'
The Fine Gael parliamentary party gathered in picturesque Fota Island to talk the economy, elections and Leo…
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Sep 12th 2014, 3:46 PM
# enda story
Public row? what public row?.. Enda's trying to draw a line under the Varadkar spat
The Taoiseach’s latest comments on the health service follow fresh warnings from Department officials about possible bed closures.
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Sep 12th 2014, 9:49 AM
# think-in ahead
Gerry Adams wants to see more all-island "joinedey-upness" in Sinn Féin
Sinn Féin and Fine Gael are gathering this morning for their party think-ins, taking place in Termonfeckin and Cork, respectively.
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Sep 11th 2014, 9:40 AM
# Budget 2014
Enda Kenny: 'I feel the people's pain'
The Taoiseach has said that the Budget is going to be tough no matter what but that the coalition would aim to deliver it “in as fair a way as possible”.
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Sep 17th 2013, 9:15 AM
# News Fix
Here’s what happened today: Monday
Get up to speed on the mass shooting in Washington DC, the latest word from Michael Noonan on the Budget and the major child abuse investigation under way in Northern Ireland.
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Sep 16th 2013, 11:15 PM
# Budget 2014
Noonan: We might have some leeway if figures ahead of Budget are positive
Michael Noonan indicated there may be a Budget adjustment of less than €3.1 billion if there’s good news contained in two key sets of data, but he said the final figure had not yet been decided.
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Sep 16th 2013, 11:04 PM
# Labour Pains
Gilmore: The Irish people aren't going to punish the party that solved the crisis
The Tánaiste has defended the Labour Party’s record in government and said that Joan Burton is doing a “fabulous job”.
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Sep 16th 2013, 9:19 AM
# Think-In
Pics: Fine Gael TDs climb Croagh Patrick... one of them runs back down
All the way up, and all the way down…
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Sep 11th 2012, 9:57 PM
# Think-In
Enda Kenny: Croke Park Agreement has a lot done, but more to do
The Taoiseach also refused to discuss a possible reshuffle among Fine Gael front benchers.
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Sep 11th 2012, 11:24 AM
# Think-In
FFers have to pay for stay during party think-in
As Fianna Fáil members meet to discuss the social impact of the recession, they feel the pinch themselves after being asked to pay for their own accommodation.
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Sep 12th 2011, 9:07 AM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Nine things you need to know by 9am: Blow to Norris’s re-entry hopes, Hurricane Katia hits Ireland (literally), and proof that Spongebob literally makes you stupid…
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Sep 12th 2011, 8:36 AM
# Budget 2012
Taoiseach: “Everything is on the table” in December’s Budget
Enda Kenny says his government is ‘prepared to be radical’ in the Budget – and refuses to clearly rule out raising income taxes.
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Sep 7th 2011, 9:54 AM
# Think-In
FG begins think-in as Gilmore warns of tough budget
As Fine Gael begins its meeting in Galway, Eamon Gilmore tells a Labour think-in that there is “no manual” to deal with this crisis.
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Sep 6th 2011, 8:03 AM
# Boozy Brian?
“It’s well known that the Taoiseach suffers from congestion sometimes”
Fianna Fáil ministers rally around the ‘hoarse’ and ‘congested’ Taoiseach after his controversial Morning Ireland interview.
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Sep 14th 2010, 12:31 PM