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Wed Apr 22 2020 - 00:00

‘Brave’ or ‘a betrayal’? Fianna Fáil members split on Martin’s abortion stance

‘Micheál has given the proverbial two fingers to the majority of my fellow members’

Fri Jan 19 2018 - 17:40

Mary Hanafin added to Fianna Fáil election ticket in Dún Laoghaire

Former Minister to stand in old constituency despite losing at selection convention

Thu Dec 21 2017 - 15:27

Fianna Fáil passes motion supporting unborn’s right to life

Majority of members at ardfheis speak in favour of retaining ‘vision’ of Eighth Amendment

Sat Oct 14 2017 - 17:10

Fianna Fáil eyes up political return for Barry Andrews

Former Goal chief previously held Dún Laoghaire seat for party

Thu Dec 22 2016 - 16:18

Nominations for Seanad vocational panels close

Sinn Féin to seek reform of the Upper House which will be elected next month

Tue Mar 22 2016 - 01:00

Mary Hanafin added to Fianna Fáil ticket in Dún Laoghaire

Former minister lost out narrowly to Cormac Devlin in party selection convention

Wed Sept 30 2015 - 11:36

FF Dún Laoghaire selection convention may be close run race

Former minister Mary Hanafin thought to have backing from majority of long-serving activists

Mon Sept 28 2015 - 01:00

Fianna Fáil opts to stick with party gender directive

National Constituencies Committee mulls directive to choose woman in Dún Laoghaire

Wed Sept 23 2015 - 01:00

Fianna Fáil orders two women to be selected without contest

Gender quota rules applied in Galway East and Louth constituencies

Tue Sept 22 2015 - 01:00

Legal threat by FF councillor over female candidate directive

Former Fianna Fáil leader Bertie Ahern describes gender quotas system as ‘zany’

Sat Sept 19 2015 - 01:05

Fianna Fail to finalise candidate selection in coming weeks

Party says it is confident it will meet the 30 per cent gender quota for upcoming election

Mon Aug 31 2015 - 01:00

Fianna Fáil meeting to decide on candidates for election

Séan Haughey to be added in Dublin Bay North, Mary Hanafin in Dún Laoghaire

Sat Aug 22 2015 - 01:01

Our Wedding Story: The bride drove a Ferrari

Fidelma Butler and Robert MacNamara: ‘It’s the first time they’ve had a bride drive herself to her wedding reception’

Sat Aug 15 2015 - 01:00

Aylward and Power moves suggest FF renewal losing steam

Hard for Fianna Fáil to escape image its new politics is identical to its old approach

Fri May 29 2015 - 01:00

Hanafin denies saying Fianna Fáil stands for nothing

Former minister says comments in leaked minutes misrepresented what she had said

Wed Apr 22 2015 - 13:20

Hanafin only ex-senior FF minister outside Dail to run

Intense battle looming with local councillors for nomination in Dun Laoghaire

Mon Apr 13 2015 - 13:10

Mary Hanafin urges State bring back post-graduate grants

Former FF minister gets AmericanStudies MA from UCD’s Clinton Institute today

Mon Dec 01 2014 - 15:27

Minister says patriotism can offer certainty in modern world

Paschal Donohoe tells Parnell Summer School patriotism should be two-sided

Tue Aug 12 2014 - 02:09

It’s pathetic to label young people apathetic

Any young person worth their salt should seek to change the system

Mon Jul 28 2014 - 18:22

Broken promises leave young shy of politics, MacGill hears

Newly elected councillors address summer school on issue of political apathy

Thu Jul 24 2014 - 12:14

Fianna Fáil drops disciplinary threat against Mary Hanafin

No action will be taken over former minister’s defiance of party leader

Fri Jun 06 2014 - 09:56

Dún Laoghaire count adjourned indefinitely

Long serving Labour councillor Jane Dillon Byrne narrowly missed out on final seat

Sun May 25 2014 - 22:12

Both Hanafin and Feeney elected for FF in Blackrock

Fianna Fáil had asked Hanafin to withdraw from race

Sun May 25 2014 - 11:42

Elections 2014: Coalition loses out to Sinn Féin and smaller parties

Taoiseach Enda Kenny admits it has ‘not been a good day’ for the Government parties

Sat May 24 2014 - 22:44

Micheál Martin expresses satisfaction with party’s performance

Fianna Fáil leader confident of two European seats and still in the running for Dublin

Sat May 24 2014 - 22:33

Mary Hanafin says she has faith in Micheal Martin

Former minister defied party headquarters and ran after being instructed not to compete

Sat May 24 2014 - 19:03

Martin says Fianna Fáil to investigate Hanafin’s defiance

Former minister insists she ‘wouldn’t do anything to damage the party’

Wed May 07 2014 - 01:00

FF to investigate Hanafin’s defiance of party rules - Martin

Leader says former minister ‘chose to ignore’ long-standing ratification process

Tue May 06 2014 - 16:25

Hanafin to defy FF and run in local elections

Former minister says she was given ‘good reasons to run’ and none for pulling out

Tue May 06 2014 - 12:13

Analysis: Michéal Martin looks weak and indecisive

Mary Hanafin debacle does not show FF leader in good light

Tue May 06 2014 - 11:49

Mary Hanafin looks unlikely to stand down

Former minister insists she was asked to stand and she has signed documentation

Tue May 06 2014 - 08:42

No sign Mary Hanafin will withdraw nomination

‘I am an officially nominated candidate in the Blackrock ward,’ says former Fianna Fáil TD

Mon May 05 2014 - 01:00

FF says Hanafin was told she will not be an election candidate

Former minister lodged nomination papers to run in Blackrock area in May 23rd local elections

Sat May 03 2014 - 01:00