Fine Gael

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Customers unlikely to see drop in prices due to VAT cut for restaurants, Harris says

Move helping hospitality sector and hairdressers is expected to cost €681m and has attracted criticism

Boy with educational needs receives 18 rejections for special school place

Dáil also hears of aautistic and non-verbal boy facing into third year without primary school place in September

Ireland’s budget plan has a name: ‘Sure it’ll be grand’

Coalition parties dream of income tax cuts while most economists predict shades of financial Armageddon

One in five fear Ireland’s new savings scheme will ‘benefit only the wealthy’

Study shows younger people and those on lower incomes are distinctly more sceptical about Government plan to tap bank savings

Councillor Daryl Barron elected 359th Lord Mayor of Dublin

Fianna Fáil representative for Donnaghmede says election to first citizen ‘truly the greatest honour’ of his life

‘Soundbites’ on Irish unity not helpful, says Taoiseach, after recent O’Callaghan comments

Government’s €2bn Shared Island Fund succeeding because it has not become embroiled in constitutional debate, says Martin

Vote on three-day wait for abortion is a sign of leaders out of step with their parties

Are we supposed to believe 60,000 abortions since 2018 have nothing to do with falling school enrolments?

Go-slow or proper scrutiny? The divide over Bill scrapping three-day wait for abortion

Proponents say proposal has had plenty of examination - but opponents may play for time

Dublin council blocked from impending rent hike following emergency meeting

Successful motion obliges council to engage with tenants and unions before increases can come into effect

Government concerned by level of organised pushback against human rights, says Minister

Progress in eradicating extreme poverty has decelerated in past decade due to interconnected crises, says Neale Richmond

UN expert preparing report on Aughinish Alumina for human rights committee

Special rapporteur has interviewed locals about concerns regarding soil, air and water contamination

‘As an older person, it is very scary’: Rise in homeless people aged 65 or older

Figures show 265 people aged 65 or older, of whom 146 in Dublin, in emergency accommodation during April

Security during EU presidency ‘taken extremely seriously’, Tánaiste says

Harris says right to protest does not extend to blockading critical infrastructure

New Cork Lord Mayor pledges ‘be sound’ philosophy

Cllr Damian Boylan (Fine Gael) defeated Sinn Féin’s Cllr Fiona Kerins by 19 votes to eight with one abstention

Minister has ‘no difficulty’ with powers for cities to introduce tourism tax

Nightly levy has been considered in Dublin, but would require a change at national level

Whatever Simon Harris says, we are far from a ‘blueprint’ for a united Ireland

A blueprint is a detailed plan which can be followed to build something. Harris is promising it by the time of the Fine Gael ardfheis in November. It’s not going to happen

Why has Simon Harris changed his tune on a united Ireland?

Analysis: The speed of the Fine Gael leader’s shift in attitude has taken even his own party by surprise

How detailed will Fine Gael’s plan for Irish reunification be?

Issues from policing to currency that affect all of us need to be addressed

Dublin and the east coast are bursting at the seams. Ireland needs another city

As we prepare for a reconfigured Ireland, the ideal place for a new city is the northwest – Sligo to be precise

What does division over abortion within Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael mean for Government?

Possible leadership contenders O’Callaghan and Calleary vote against removing three-day waiting period

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