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# Fianna Fáil

Last year
2022
FF Ard Fheis rejects motion to abolish the USC, minister says new 30% tax rate under review
The event takes place in the RDS in Dublin today with Taoiseach Micheál Martin due to give his speech at 6.30pm.
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State of the party: Where are Micheál Martin and Fianna Fáil heading into the Ard Fheis?
The party is set to meet in Dublin this weekend.
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Sep 30th 2022, 7:00 AM
Taoiseach: Fianna Fáil 'to continue work' with SDLP despite reports of split
SDLP leader Colm Eastwood is said to have informed party delegates over the weekend.
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Sep 29th 2022, 6:48 PM
Michael McGrath says Varadkar should have discussed Finance portfolio handover 'privately'
He said that Varadkar’s handover plan would be a ‘division of the Department of Finance’.
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Sep 19th 2022, 12:49 PM
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
Taoiseach says he is open to seeing Bertie Ahern return to Fianna Fáil
Micheál Martin said that he has been engaging with the former Taoiseach in recent times.
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Sep 15th 2022, 1:04 PM
Taoiseach to engage with ministers on the issue of police on public transport
Micheál Martin says public transport must be safe and affordable.
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Sep 15th 2022, 11:40 AM
Taoiseach pours cold water over suggestion to reduce inheritance tax threshold
Under the current rules, children are able to inherit €335,000 from their parents before they have to pay tax at 33%.
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Sep 12th 2022, 4:09 PM
Sinn Féin support remains high as majority expect McDonald for next Taoiseach
2 out of 5 respondents said they’d like to see the next government led by Sinn Féin.
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Sep 4th 2022, 4:11 PM
A fortnight of apologies and clarifications that led to Robert Troy's resignation
Things move quickly in politics – even during the summer break.
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Aug 27th 2022, 7:30 AM
Runners and riders: The names already being talked about to replace Robert Troy
There are a couple of names in the ether, the most popular being Mayo TD Dara Calleary.
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Aug 25th 2022, 1:56 PM
Political parties and independents received €13.4 million in State funding last year
The funding is non-electoral and is an administrative allowance.
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Aug 25th 2022, 12:56 PM
Fianna Fáilers were uneasy about Troy staying, but didn't expect him to fall so soon
Troy stepped down last night a few days following a ‘clear the air’ interview about the controversy.
The politician was in hot water over a failure to declare property to the Dáil Register of Members’ Interests.
Despite multiple apologies and clarifications, there were continued calls for the resignation of the Minister of State for Trade Promotion yesterday.
A number of TDs said that the public trust had been damaged by the affair.
Omissions and errors: How Robert Troy's property dealings stoked a major political controversy
Greens call for investigations into Robert Troy's handling of property interests
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Aug 25th 2022, 12:05 AM
TDs call on Ministers to reverse opposition to public transport Gardaí
Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin and Green Party TDs have urged ministers to reconsider their opposition to the idea.
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Aug 16th 2022, 7:54 PM
AIB should 'reconsider' decision to make 70 branches cashless, says Taoiseach
The branches will no longer offer cash or cheque services and if they have an ATM outside, it will be removed.
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Jul 21st 2022, 4:11 PM
With the Taoiseach 9,000km away, Fianna Fáil backbenchers are not happy being brushed off
Micheál Martin has dubbed mutterings of a heave against him as speculation, but backbenchers say something has to give.
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Jul 21st 2022, 12:50 PM
John Lahart TD says he doesn't expect Micheál Martin to lead Fianna Fáil into the next election
TD John McGuinness said yesterday that Micheál Martin should step down as party leader in December.
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Jul 18th 2022, 12:12 PM
Fianna Fáil TD says Micheál Martin should resign as party leader when Taoiseach term ends
TD John McGuinness said some of Fianna Fáil’s parliamentary party are becoming “anxious” about how close it is to Fine Gael.
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Jul 17th 2022, 3:08 PM
Taoiseach leads tributes following death of former TD Bobby Aylward
The Kilkenny native was elected to the Dáil on three occasions.
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Jul 14th 2022, 9:58 PM
Fianna Fáil calls for more public transport policing as it launches survey on commuter safety
The survey aims to gather more detail on anecdotal reports of assault and harassment on public transport.
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Jul 14th 2022, 4:00 PM
Support for the Government drops as Sinn Féin continue to rise in popularity
The drop in support will be concerning to Fine Gael, who fall to their lowest level of support since 1994.
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Jul 14th 2022, 9:15 AM
Government wins Dáil confidence vote by margin of 85 to 66
The government motion was tabled in response to a no-confidence vote by Sinn Féin.
The Government was expected to survive the motion despite having lost its Dáil majority.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin accused Sinn Féin of cynical politics, populism and "whataboutery".
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald said the Government is "out of touch, clearly out of ideas and now out of time".
Taoiseach confident government will defeat no-confidence vote tomorrow
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Jul 12th 2022, 9:55 PM
Sinn Féin confirm no-confidence motion will be tabled against Government
Yesterday, Taoiseach Micheál Martin said he would welcome the chance to prove the Government has a working majority.
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Jul 8th 2022, 3:15 PM
Pension age shouldn't go beyond 66, says Micheál Martin
Additional PRSI contributions will be needed to ensure the pension age is not increased, says Micheál Martin.
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Jul 1st 2022, 3:49 PM
Taoiseach leads tributes to Limerick Fianna Fáil Cllr Jerry O'Dea who died aged 55
Micheál Martin described him as a “proud Limerick man, as well as a proud member of Fianna Fáil”.
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Jun 25th 2022, 4:35 PM
Ireland's first LGBT female mayor elected to post on South Dublin County Council
Fianna Fáil’s Emma Murphy joined the council in 2016.
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Jun 24th 2022, 10:15 PM
Taoiseach defends party raffle rules and attacks SF fundraising
Opposition parties hit out at a last-minute amendment to the Electoral Reform bill that allows political parties to run fundraising lotteries.
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Jun 14th 2022, 6:00 PM
The FF-SDLP partnership: 'The last thing we want is for it to be a Fianna Fáil canvas'
It’s about “support from the background”, a bit of logistics, TD Paul McAuliffe told The Journal.
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May 2nd 2022, 7:00 AM
Timmy Dooley and Billy Kelleher travel to Lviv for talks with political leaders
Dooley said Ireland will have to play its part in providing accommodation “and lots of it” to refugees fleeing Ukraine.
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Mar 7th 2022, 9:35 AM
'Pathetic': Dáil takes a turn for the ugly as housing 'debate' gets dredged into history
Both Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil brought up events of the past.
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Feb 23rd 2022, 1:22 PM
Taoiseach suggests FF councillors should not have voted against housing motions alongside Sinn Féin
The issue has become a source of disagreement in recent weeks.
Micheál Martin has repeatedly accused Sinn Féin councillors of "objecting" to new homes.
Analysis by The Journal found several Fianna Fáil councillors voted alongside Sinn Féin in housing motions.
Taoiseach: 'We can't say this is a crisis and then just habitually vote against projects'.
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Feb 23rd 2022, 12:05 AM
FactCheck: Has Sinn Féin objected to the construction of 6,000 houses?
A report by
Stephen McDermott
The claim has repeatedly been made by the Taoiseach.
The claim has repeatedly been made by the Taoiseach in the Dáil during debates on housing.
Fianna Fáil cited 24 motions on housing across five different local authorities as evidence for the claim.
Government party's councillors voted the same way as their opposition counterparts in some votes, Stephen McDermott writes.
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Feb 19th 2022, 12:05 AM
Explainer: Was the USC meant to be a temporary measure?
Some politicians’ stances on the tax have changed over the years.
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Feb 15th 2022, 2:44 PM
Relationships cracks between Coalition partners show we're returning to business as usual
The Coalition partners buried their differences during Covid-19, but now the cracks are beginning to show.
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Feb 5th 2022, 11:00 AM
Taoiseach says Dara Calleary 'paid a high price' for Golfgate and suggests 'a way back' for the former minister
Martin was speaking following the completion of a trial in which four men had their charges dismissed.
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Feb 4th 2022, 5:24 PM
Sinn Féin remain most popular party, but current coalition government is the preferred option
Sinn Féin is in the lead with 33% support, while Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil are on 23% and 19% respectively.
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Jan 9th 2022, 12:25 PM
Martin says Sinn Féin are in ‘destructive opposition mode’
Micheál Martin said he found it extraordinary that the party had been ‘silent’ on the Russian build-up of troops on the Ukrainian border.
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Jan 2nd 2022, 8:10 AM
Taoiseach ‘focused on getting work done’ rather than future role in government
Micheál Martin is set to hand the reins over to Fine Gael leader Leo Varadkar in December 2022.
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Jan 1st 2022, 7:11 AM
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Martin says mood in Fianna Fáil has ‘settled down’, following months of unease among some
There had been reports of unease among some backbenchers about his leadership of Fianna Fáil.
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Dec 29th 2021, 7:27 AM
Taoiseach says Treaty negotiators were 'great people' but declines to say if De Valera should have been among them
Éamonn De Valera, the founder of Martin’s Fianna Fáil party, famously did not travel to London for the Treaty negotiations in 1921.
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Dec 6th 2021, 5:04 PM
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