Fianna Fáil

Breaking news, analysis and comment on Irish political party Fianna Fáil

In a time of sky-high oil prices, should Ireland go nuclear?

Advocates say new, smaller reactors could deliver ‘abundant, cheap and clean power – the Holy Trinity’

Fianna Fáil TD Malcolm Byrne arrested on suspicion of drink driving in Dublin city centre

Wexford-Wicklow representative was travelling to Dublin Airport when stopped at Garda checkpoint

Parents missing out because Coalition delaying on benefit promise, says Ictu

Confirmation that public consultation would mark first step in introducing benefit, but no time frame for launch

Coalition row looms with no new Irish-language schools planned to open until 2032

Fianna Fáil to speak with Hildegarde Naughton over lack of educational pathway for Irish speakers

Newton Emerson and the charge Sinn Féin cannot be trusted in government

What your columnist lays bare is that Sinn Féin is a pragmatic party

Amount of Irish-made alumina exported to Russia hits highest level since start of Ukraine war

Figure emerges as Taoiseach argues sanctioning Aughinish Alumina would cause more harm to EU than Russia

Lack of flood-warning system raises the question: what is the State’s job?

Devoid of critical integration, our State retains no institutional memory, as lessons from failures remain trapped inside whichever department or agency handles it

‘Sinn Féin were never left’: Inside the political splits that threaten the Catherine Connolly coalition

Fianna Fáil, the largest political party, bombed in the byelections but divisions among the left-wing parties drew most attention

All quiet on the Fianna Fáil front for now, but growing ructions on the left

Inside Politics: Galway West and Dublin Central byelection results raise questions over a future left-wing government

Fine Gael councillor hired by Re-turn to lobby Minister responsible for Deposit Return Scheme

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Cllr Eoin O’Driscoll rejects Aontú claim concerning conflict of interest

Here is something the ‘soft left’ parties need to pay attention to

Dublin Central and Galway West byelections show centre ground in Irish politics is capable of responding to threats from either left or right

Fianna Fáil’s Catherine Ardagh promoted in wake of Michael Healy-Rae departure

Dublin South-Central TD to become Minister of State following resignation of Kerry TD

What byelection results say about the rise of right-wing parties and candidates

Galway West and Dublin Central votes suggest emergence of significant electoral force to the right of Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil

Fallout from the byelections

As Irish politics becomes more fragmented and unstable, a merger of FF and FG starts to make sense

Minister appointed vet found to have engaged in ‘intimidating’ behaviour to board

Former Northern Ireland chief veterinary officer Robert Huey to join board of Horse Sport Ireland

Occupied Territories Bill bans minuscule trade, but leaves lucrative services untouched

Ireland is far from showing what Taoiseach calls ‘leadership in supporting Palestine’

The election of Moosajee Bhamjee in Clare in 1992

Remembering the Labour Party breakthrough in a traditional Fianna Fáil stronghold

Post-byelection squabble among left-wing parties does not inspire confidence for future

A new way of doing things helped lift Ireland out of the doldrums in the 1980s. We need another today

Why does vote counting take so long in Ireland?

Heady mix of exhaustion, triumph and disaster is not just a thrilling media narrative but a component of Irish political culture

Opposition parties vow to toughen ‘gutted’ Occupied Territories Bill

Taoiseach accused of reneging on promises to prohibit all trade with settlements

Sinn Féin’s struggles suggest uneasy left-wing alliance may be crumbling

Plus: New TDs in the House; and ghost estates return to the news

What the Dublin Central and Galway West byelections’ results tell us

Extraordinary performance by Helen Ogbu

Leader of the left or left behind? Sinn Féin scepticism grows among progressive parties

Social Democrats, Labour and People Before Profit raising concerns about party’s direction

Left-wing parties round on Sinn Féin over policy direction

Differences fracturing progressive alliance formed during Catherine Connolly’s presidential campaign

A party that cannot get a tenth of the vote in Dublin or Galway retains power. This is dangerous

It feels like we’re in that strange hiatus now. Fianna Fáil has no ground beneath its feet

Republicans used 1926 Census to attack Cumann na nGaedheal failings, historian says

Critics, including William Butler Yeats, warned housing shortages and poverty were driving stagnation and depopulation

Left-wing Irish government ‘within touching distance’, says Holly Cairns

Social Democrats leader says party will work with others to provide ‘real alternative’ to current Coalition

Almost €280,000 spent by political parties during byelections

Fine Gael’s outlay of €72,300 was higher than that of any other party

Martin and McDonald’s leadership not under threat after poor byelection results, say TDs

Fianna Fáil’s defeat in Dublin was its worst byelection performance; Sinn Féin failed to secure a seat in either byelection

Sinn Féin caught between anti-establishment right and soft left in crucial transfers game

Strength of transfers between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael is a growing phenomenon of Irish elections

Fine Gael and Social Democrats land morale-boosting byelection wins

Fine Gael’s Seán Kyne clinches Galway West contest after Social Democrats’ Daniel Ennis takes Dublin Central seat

Galway West count: Full byelection results data

Follow results as they emerge from the Galway West byelection count

Winners and losers: What we’ve learned from the byelections

Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan

Mary Lou McDonald says she is under ‘no pressure whatsoever’ after Sinn Féin defeats

Party leader dismisses questions over her leadership after candidate fails to win seat in McDonald’s own constituency of Dublin Central

Byelections showed increasingly fractured politics with dangerous consensus on one issue

Among 31 candidates in two constituencies, no one questioned the giving powers of the magic money tree

Ireland’s politics of strategic ambiguity served us well – until it didn’t

‘Not Fine Gael’ is not a policy platform for Ireland’s opposition, any more than ‘not Trump’ helped the US Democrats

Dublin Central count: Full byelection results data

Follow results as they emerge from the Dublin Central byelection count

Social Democrats set for comfortable Dublin Central win – leaving Sinn Féin with hard questions

Fine Gael’s Seán Kyne appears best placed to take Galway West seat while Fianna Fáil gets one of its worst ever byelection results in capital

Ennis and Kyne in poll position on a bad day for big parties

Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan

A ‘very important figure’: Former IRA chief of staff Moss Twomey to be honoured in Co Cork

Former Fianna Fáil TD Ned O’Keeffe defends decision to honour man interned by Éamon de Valera over fears he would overthrow State

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