Michael Fitzmaurice

Any drift towards the right could be disastrous for Europe’s climate agenda

It’s not just the ‘far right’ who weaponise climate policies for politically opportunistic reasons

Tue May 07 2024 - 06:00

Michael Fitzmaurice becomes third TD to join ‘Independent Ireland’ party

New grouping with Michael Collins and Richard O’Donoghue offers ‘common sense’ to voters, Fitzmaurice says

Mon Feb 12 2024 - 10:38

Miriam Lord’s political awards for 2023

Gongs go to Timmy Dooley, Mary Robinson, Seán Ó Fearghaíl, Louise O’Reilly, Thomas Pringle, Michael Collins, Mary Lou McDonald and Helen McEntee, but will they be thrilled?

Sun Dec 24 2023 - 07:00

New farmers’ political party has become ‘serious discussion point’ in Oireachtas

Contentious issues among disaffected rural voters include turf-cutting, nitrates, bog rewetting, roads investment and forestry privatisation

Wed Sept 20 2023 - 20:30

Sitting TDs assess re-election chances after losing key areas in constituency review

New calculus for Michael Fitzmaurice, Paul Kehoe, Aindrias Moynihan and Cathal Berry after population shifts

Fri Sept 08 2023 - 05:00

EU rewetting proposal could ‘destroy the fabric of rural Ireland’, Galway meeting hears

More than 350 farmers attend public meeting in Ballinasloe on Sunday raising concerns

Sun Jul 09 2023 - 20:10

‘It feels like we’re being bullied’ - farmer on rewetting peatland ahead of next EU vote

Farmers - for and against the rewetting of peat farmland - talk about their hopes and fears on the eve of the next vote on the nature restoration law at the European Parliament on Tuesday

Tue Jun 27 2023 - 06:30

A Dutch warning: Disconnection from Dublin feeds rural discontent

Recent protests in Co Clare show that small-town Ireland is about more than just farmers

Sat May 20 2023 - 05:00

Diarmaid Ferriter: The ‘opposite of the Greens’ party will serve no one

Farmers have mobilised for years around the theme of rural neglect. Any new rural political party has to offer something more than simply 'opposite to the Greens'

Fri Apr 28 2023 - 05:00

Odds stacked against a new farmers’ party

Many independents unlikely to give up control over their own vote

Wed Apr 19 2023 - 19:32

Independent TD proposes setting up ‘rural political party’

Independent TD says an Irish rural party could emulate success of Dutch farmers’ party in recent elections

Wed Apr 19 2023 - 12:54

Government’s vacant homes tax ‘so low it is actually laughable’ - Holly Cairns

Social Democrats leader describes tax as ‘tokenistic’ and claims it is intended to maintain ‘status quo’

Wed Apr 19 2023 - 12:06

Parents of three-year-old in west of Ireland waiting 10 months for blood test result, Dáil hears

Independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice says blood sent to England for analysis but family received no results

Thu Mar 02 2023 - 15:30

Eamon Ryan says Ireland must ‘follow the science’ on peat briquettes

Regulations will have to be introduced in the autumn for smokey coal, Minister tells Dáil

Fri May 06 2022 - 10:05

Carbon budgets to help halve emissions passed in Dáil without a vote

Emissions ceilings to be decided for economic sectors once budgets come into effect

Thu Apr 07 2022 - 10:09

Excise duties on petrol and diesel should be cut to combat inflation, industry says

Reductions would be offset by a rise in VAT income, FFI tells Minister

Fri Mar 04 2022 - 19:38

Miriam Lord’s Week: Dáil assured Santa won’t be caught in Brexit red tape

TDs and Senators pose with their pets and Howlin marks a special anniversary

Sat Dec 18 2021 - 04:00

Miriam Lord: Joe Duffy sleeps in oxygen tent to prepare for reaction to free contraceptives

Outbreak of civility as Ministers unveil Budget 2022, with even SF toning it down

Tue Oct 12 2021 - 22:43

Tax move decried as ‘shameful to legacy of our 1916 leaders’ by Independent TD

Move on corporate tax ‘appeased our EU masters’, and is ‘just the beginning’, says Nolan

Tue Oct 12 2021 - 20:52

Bus Éireann working ‘intensively’ to secure school transport

Some services continue to operate at 50% capacity due to Covid-19 health advice

Fri Aug 27 2021 - 06:55

Bord na Móna making progress in move from brown to green

Transition cannot be denied, as 80% of its operations now focus on renewable energy

Sat Jul 17 2021 - 06:01

People who receive vaccines not approved by EMA must enter hotel quarantine, Dáil told

More than 8,000 people have been through system since March, with 376 positive tests

Wed Jul 14 2021 - 12:38

Farmers to seek assurances on effect of rewetting bogs on lands

Bord na Móna plans to rewet 31,000 hectares of bog to be used as carbon sinks

Tue Mar 02 2021 - 02:00

Galway nursing home sees 26 out of 28 residents test positive for Covid-19

One nurse and one carer working 13-hour shifts looking after 24 residents, says director

Thu Oct 22 2020 - 17:26

Taoiseach says ‘difficult and tough six weeks ahead’ as country begins lockdown

Independent TDs Fitzmaurice and McNamara appeal for marts to be allowed to remain open

Wed Oct 21 2020 - 19:34

Coronavirus: 518 more cases as Holohan warns of ‘significant’ reverse

‘It is vital we do everything in our power now to arrest the current trajectory,’ says CMO

Mon Oct 05 2020 - 18:10

Covid-19: Calleary calls for understanding on teachers with high-risk conditions

Dáil hears claims children being left ‘on the side of the road’ over lack of school transport

Fri Sept 04 2020 - 01:00

First climate action Bill passed by Dáil, Seanad is ‘statement of intent’ - Eamon Ryan

€500m fund established to invest in projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions over next decade

Wed Jul 22 2020 - 21:44

Rural TDs voice anger over decision to keep pubs closed

Leo Varadkar said reopening depends on Covid-19 numbers as he faced angry TDs

Thu Jul 16 2020 - 14:33

Mary Kenny no longer taking part in festival after questioning ‘draconian’ travel rules

Journalist who was due to travel from England to Roscommon says Covid-19 not the Black Death

Mon Jul 13 2020 - 16:20

TDs call on Government to extend maternity leave benefits

Brid Smith says new mothers had been left ‘isolated’ from support services

Thu Jun 11 2020 - 11:14

Independents offered Jackie Healy-Rae style deal to support new coalition

Taoiseach makes offer at meeting attended by leaders of Fianna Fáil and Green Party

Wed Jun 03 2020 - 19:22

Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil inch towards government formation

Greens’ internal issues have made Labour a more attractive option as coalition partners

Sat Apr 04 2020 - 06:00

Regional Independent Group of TDs most likely target to be partners in coalition

Members of the group reluctant to enter coalition with the two larger parties without another small party

Thu Mar 26 2020 - 19:45