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Fine Gael are currently in coalition government with Labour. They won 76 seats in the 2011 General Election, making them the largest party in the Dail but not securing enough seats to have a single party government. Their political views are seen as being centre-right.
# fine-gael - Sunday 19 May, 2013
Majority support abortion where mother’s life is at risk of suicide
The Sunday Independent/Millward Brown poll shows, however, that the numbers opposing the clause are increasing.
Howlin: Labour will quit coalition if its influence is not strong enough Exclusive
The public expenditure minister says suggestions that Labour are in political trouble are premature.
# fine-gael - Friday 17 May, 2013
Column: Three things modern politicians should learn from the Lemass era
Séan Lemass is one of the few Irish leaders whose popularity transcends political parties – but his path wasn’t always an easy one. Modern politicians could learn a lot from his approach to politics, writes David McCann.
# fine-gael - Thursday 16 May, 2013
Poll: Would you support a smartphone tax to fund suicide prevention?
A Senator has suggested that a one to four per cent levy would raise major funds for these resources. Would you support it?
# fine-gael - Saturday 11 May, 2013
Fine Gael TDs on Twitter and free GP care : The week’s news skewed
Breaking via The Mire wire: Leinster House goes wild photocopying arses, free GP care for healthy citizens, and FG TDs insult each other for Twitter practice.
# fine-gael - Thursday 9 May, 2013
20 per cent increase in dead animals as fodder crisis deepens
Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney urged farmers to seek help if they cannot cope.
# fine-gael - Wednesday 8 May, 2013
Taoiseach promises: Government is still going to introduce free GP care
“Ultimately the entire population will be covered by free GP services,” Taoiseach Enda Kenny told the Dáil.
# fine-gael - Monday 6 May, 2013
FG and Labour at odds over possibility of amending abortion bill
Fine Gael’s chairman says backbenchers will have the chance to amend the bill – but only, a Labour TD says, to improve medical practice.
# fine-gael - Saturday 4 May, 2013
Snake oil, champagne-licking Troika: The week’s news skewed
Breaking via The Mire wire: Peter Mathews takes himself hostage and the Womb Repossession Bill takes centre stage.
# fine-gael - Thursday 2 May, 2013
Fianna Fáil to discuss abortion bill after lengthy Fine Gael meeting
Fine Gael’s weekly parliamentary party meeting saw over five hours of intense discussion on the draft abortion bill.
# fine-gael - Wednesday 1 May, 2013
Pro-life groups: ‘Proposals go too far’; Pro-choice: ‘Bill doesn’t go far enough’
It’s not often that Clare Daly and Youth Defence are in agreement…
‘No conscientious objection’ for Fine Gael TDs on abortion bill, says Kenny
Whether they are doctors or legislators, “conscience objection doesn’t absolve people from responsibility.”
Taoiseach says new abortion rules just offer clarity and ‘won’t change law’
“It will cover existing constitutional rights only… it will not create any new rights,” the Taoiseach said.
# fine-gael - Tuesday 30 April, 2013
Cabinet meeting suspended without agreement over abortion laws
Ministers have dispersed after a lengthy all-morning meeting and will reconvene at 5:30pm to try and hammer out a deal.
Cabinet expected to approve draft abortion legislation today
Coalition partners Fine Gael and Labour are due to set out conditions under which abortions can be legally carried out in Ireland.
# fine-gael - Monday 29 April, 2013
The Evening Fix… now with added Xtra-vision memories
Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.
Gerry Adams: ‘Sinn Féin is not a pro-abortion party’
The Sinn Féin president has called on the government to publish proposed legislation dealing with the X Case.
Taoiseach pays tribute to former Fine Gael junior minister Dick Barry
The former publican and auctioneer from Fermoy, Co Cork was first elected to the Dáil in 1953.
Fine Gael TD insists he won’t support suicide clause in abortion law
Brian Walsh says the Oireachtas hearings found abortion cannot treat suicidal ideation – and won’t allow it be included.
# fine-gael - Saturday 27 April, 2013
Fewer than one third of people support public sector pay cuts
A new opinion poll has also found that the majority of respondents want the government to try to renegotiate the Croke Park pay agreement.
“People do not feel secure in their own homes” – FF takes aim at Shatter
“Gardaí put their lives on the line to protect our communities and deserve more”.
# fine-gael - Friday 26 April, 2013
“Just shy of 7,000 job losses a month” – Kenny attacks Fianna Fáil’s record in power ahead of party’s Árd Fheis
Enda Kenny says 25 months into government, the legacy of previous cabinets is still casting a shadow over the economy.
# fine-gael - Thursday 25 April, 2013
Lucinda Creighton tells Olivia O’Leary to ‘get a grip’ over abortion issue
The junior minister heavily criticises the journalist Olivia O’Leary over her recent radio column in which she said it was time to “kick the Taliban out of our constitution”.
11 Irish political parties disclose donations of only €33,606 for 2012
Parties are only required to disclose donations worth over €5,078.95 – but only three parties disclosed any donations at all.
# fine-gael - Wednesday 24 April, 2013
Ministers’ row means abortion law may miss summer deadline
Enda Kenny says he would like the laws enacted before the Dáil’s summer break, but he cannot guarantee it.
City Council ‘will spend €250- €300k to dispose of illegal rubbish’
A councillor says that she and her colleagues were told yesterday it is costing Dublin City Council between €250 – €300,000 a year to collect the illegally dumped rubbish.
# fine-gael - Tuesday 23 April, 2013
Bill O’Herlihy: I wasn’t sure I was good enough to be Film Board head
The new chairman designate of the Irish Film Board tells Oireachtas committee that he decided to “give it a lash” in the end.
# fine-gael - Monday 22 April, 2013
Proposals for six-person abortion panel ‘ridiculous’ and ‘a sick joke’, says expert
One of Ireland’s three perinatal psychiatrists slams reports that a pregnant woman may need to be evaluated by a panel of six people in order for an abortion to be permitted.
# fine-gael - Sunday 21 April, 2013
Martin says government is ‘obsessed with public relations over substance’
Speaking at his party’s 1916 commemoration, the Fianna Fáil leader said that the failure of the Croke Park Agreement was a “crisis of the government’s own making”.
# fine-gael - Thursday 18 April, 2013
Free vote for TDs among radical proposals for Dáil reform
Goverment TDs should be allowed to vote against their party on certain matters under proposals by backbench TD Eoghan Murphy in an internal document circulated among Fine Gael members this week.
# fine-gael - Monday 15 April, 2013
Second minister appears to reject calls for ‘sunset clause’ in abortion law
Alan Shatter suggests it would be more appropriate not to have a legal expiry date written into forthcoming laws on abortion.
# fine-gael - Sunday 14 April, 2013
Fine Gael TDs suggest ‘sunset clause’ in abortion legislation
A number of TDs have put forward a sunset clause, which would mean abortion legislation would be reviewed after a number of years.
# fine-gael - Friday 12 April, 2013
Video: How’s 2013 been so far? Here’s what Fine Gael thinks…
The party has released a short video putting a positive spin on events so far this year…
SF councillor apologises for McEntee ‘snouts in the trough’ comment
Nenagh councillor Seamus Morris had criticised Helen McEntee for putting aside her grief to chase a high-paying job.
# fine-gael - Monday 8 April, 2013
Column: Criticism of Eamon Gilmore has been very personal and extremely unjust
Opinion polls come and go, but the public are missing the real achievements of the Labour party in government, writes Rory Geraghty.
TD says delay sending correction letter meant wife got his penalty points
Andrew Doyle says a letter asserting that he was the speeding driver, and not his wife, arrived too late with the authorities.
# fine-gael - Thursday 4 April, 2013
Calorie counts coming to Leinster House
The coming months will see the calorie content of menu items being listed in the Leinster House complex.
IMO votes unamimously against Croke Park II
The Irish Medical Organisation said their members would not be bound by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions by accepting the Croke Park II proposals
# fine-gael - Monday 1 April, 2013
Column: The Meath East by-election is small-scale but still has lessons for politicians
While the by-election will have no immediate impact on the arithmetic of government, the results demonstrate that Labour and Sinn Féin need to take stock of their approaches, writes Eoin O’Malley.
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