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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 - Saturday 30 March, 2013
Aaron McKenna: Is this the new party we’ve been waiting for?
Running in its first ever election, Direct Democracy Ireland came fourth with 6.5 per cent of the vote in Meath East, which could show the Irish people desire for a real change in how the country works, writes Aaron McKenna.
# fine-gael - Friday 29 March, 2013
Merkel ally: Taoiseach told Irish people truth about ‘hardship’ they’d face
German MEP, Elmar Brok, said that Fine Gael’s support for some of the previous government’s policies had made it able to “sell” austerity and financial hardship to the Irish people.
# fine-gael - Thursday 28 March, 2013
Pics: Bittersweet for Fine Gael, despair for Labour and recovery for Fianna Fáil
All the drama from the count centre in Ashbourne as Helen McEntee took the Dáil seat in Meath East.
# fine-gael - Wednesday 27 March, 2013
Taoiseach defended after Labour’s leaflet attack… by Fianna Fáil
A Fianna Fáil senator comes out in defence of Enda Kenny after his inclusion in a Labour ‘get out the vote’ leaflet.
Taoiseach: No one will be forced to quit job if childcare exceeds salary
It disputes comments made by Minister Leo Varadkar who said that childcare costs would have to be taken into consideration in insolvency arrangements.
Fears of Cyprus-style hit on bank deposits ‘scaremongering’, says MEP
Fine Gael’s Sean Kelly says there’s “no connection whatsoever” between the situations in Ireland and in Cyprus.
Poll: How would you vote in a general election today?
It’s polling day in Meath East – but if there was a general election nationwide today, who’d be getting your vote?
Polling begins in the Meath East by-election
There are 11 candidates in the running for the Meath East seat following the death of Shane McEntee TD.
# fine-gael - Monday 25 March, 2013
Prime Time criticised as candidates excluded from Meath East debate
Candidates from the Workers’ Party, the Green Party and Direct Democracy Ireland have been excluded from tonight’s debate.
Property tax exemptions are ‘stupid’ and ‘ham-fisted’ – Labour whip
Labour chief whip Emmet Stagg has harshly criticised Phil Hogan over the property tax exemptions, saying the Environment Minister has made a ‘dog’s dinner’ of the way in which the tax is being administered.
Deputy Mulherin: Website’s advice on threesomes is ‘far from healthy’
The Fine Gael deputy said that “healthy, well adjusted” young people were not looking to have sex with someone they had no feelings for.
# fine-gael - Sunday 24 March, 2013
Doyle confirms interest but still no decision on junior agriculture minister
Andrew Doyle, the chairman of the Oireachtas Agriculture Committee, has confirmed his interest in filling the vacancy at the Department of Agriculture which arose following the death of Shane McEntee last year.
# fine-gael - Saturday 23 March, 2013
Support for Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin falls in latest Red C poll
The poll in tomorrow’s Sunday Business Post puts the two main opposition parties behind Fine Gael while Labour’s support has jumped by one percentage point in the last month.
Van Turnhout in discussions with Fine Gael over filling Mitchell’s MEP seat
TheJournal.ie has learned that the senator is in discussions over the possibility of joining Fine Gael and running for the seat being vacated by Gay Mitchell next year.
# fine-gael - Thursday 21 March, 2013
Opposition TDs criticise ‘low’ number of local property tax exemptions
While 43,000 households were exempted from last year’s household charge, only 5,100 households have been exempted from the local property tax.
# fine-gael - Wednesday 20 March, 2013
FF accuses James Reilly of ‘rigging’ question time in Dáil
Billy Kelleher says FG is flooding question time with dozens of questions to try and avoid scrutiny from the opposition.
# fine-gael - Sunday 17 March, 2013
Senators, rebel TD and Dublin Mayor in running for Mitchell’s MEP seat
Former world champion runner Eamonn Coghlan is among the favourites to run for Fine Gael in Dublin in next year’s European elections but there are others in contention…
# fine-gael - Saturday 16 March, 2013
Popes, parades and Gay Mitchell : The week in numbers
How long is the Patrick’s Day parade in Dublin? And how many years has it been since there was a pope from outside Europe?
Three-quarters of voters dissatisfied with government’s performance – poll
The Millward Brown poll for the Sunday Independent also has good news for Fianna Fáil.
579 people pay the property tax in its first week
Figures released by the Revenue also show there were more than 600,000 hits on its new website to calculate property tax.
# fine-gael - Thursday 14 March, 2013
Forty years ago today…Liam Cosgrave became Taoiseach
Here he is now, aged 92.
Gay Mitchell will not contest the next European elections
The MEP said it was a good time to allow new candidates to emerge.
# fine-gael - Wednesday 13 March, 2013
11 candidates confirmed to run in Meath East by-election
Four independent candidates have filed paperwork to run against seven candidates from parties big and small.
Poll: Is it worthwhile for Ministers to travel abroad on Patrick’s Day?
Ministers will be travelling to America, Australia, Saudi Arabia and India – amongst others – for Patrick’s Day. Good way to promote Ireland? Or is it just a junket?
# fine-gael - Saturday 9 March, 2013
Meath East by-election: Here are the candidates and here’s what they’re saying
With the by-election less than three weeks away TheJournal.ie spoke to the main candidates this week to find out what they’re hearing on the doorsteps and what they’re telling voters…
# fine-gael - Thursday 7 March, 2013
Helen McEntee confirmed as FG’s candidate for Meath East by-election
Helen McEntee, 26, was chosen unopposed to run as the party’s candidate to fill the seat left vacant after the death of her father, Shane McEntee.
Labour ‘caught on the back foot’ by FG on Meath East by-election date
TheJournal.ie has learned that Labour didn’t plan to pick its Meath East candidate for another fortnight – after the new deadline.
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‘And then Enda text Angela by mistake!’
McEntee’s daughter set to be confirmed as Fine Gael candidate in Meath East
Helen McEntee is “virtually certain” to be the Fine Gael candidate in Meath East ahead of the party’s nomination convention in Kells this evening.
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Poll: Are you happy with what government has achieved so far?
The Fine Gael/Labour coalition is two years old this month. How do you think they’ve done?
# fine-gael - Tuesday 5 March, 2013
Meath East by-election to be held on 27 March
The date has been announced today meaning there are less than three weeks to go until voters in Meath East decide who they want to fill the seat vacated by the late Shane McEntee.
McEntee’s daughter set to run in Meath East by-election
Helen McEntee, who worked as a secretarial assistant to her late father, is ‘virtually certain’ to be the Fine Gael nominee.
# fine-gael - Sunday 3 March, 2013
Poll: Which party leader should be Taoiseach after the next election?
The latest opinion poll shows three parties close together in the polls… but who should be Taoiseach after the next election?
Tight at the top: Only 3pc separates three parties in latest poll
The Millward Brown poll in the Sunday Independent has Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin all within the margin of error.
# fine-gael - Saturday 2 March, 2013
Fine Gael TD suggests mini-budget to avoid need for property tax
Peter Mathews suggests bringing in a betting tax, and levies on corporate profits and high incomes, instead of taxing households.
# fine-gael - Friday 1 March, 2013
Coalition sees disagreements over student grants
While Labour TDs believe the change makes “perfect sense”, there is opposition from some Fine Gael TDs.
# fine-gael - Wednesday 27 February, 2013
Enda Kenny accuses opposition of making ‘political football’ of disability cut
In heated exchanges in the Dáil this morning, the Taoiseach said the current disability transport payments are “illegal and obsolete”.
# fine-gael - Monday 25 February, 2013
Column: Political parties rarely become extinct – which is why Fianna Fáil is back in business
Voters tend to place more emphasis on current events than previous ones, so it’s no surprise Fianna Fáil has returned, writes Theresa Reidy.
# fine-gael - Sunday 24 February, 2013
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# fine-gael - Saturday 23 February, 2013
Calls for Coveney to step away from horsemeat investigation
Minister Coveney has said that the investigation is independent – and if Deputy Éamon Ó Cúiv would like a briefing on it, he would happy to facilitate it.
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