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Short campaign means digital battle could play a major role in how election plays out

Election 2020: Politicians playing catch-up with social media

‘Small things can get you noticed, and that can translate into wider media coverage’

Election 2020 outtakes: Vintage van and limo prove a stretch

Catherine Noone’s Volkswagen runs her into bother while Kevin O’Keeffe’s joke backfires

Anti-abortion protest sparks renewed calls for exclusion zones

Simon Harris ‘appalled’ by protest by 100 people outside National Maternity Hospital

Miriam Lord: The Dara Murphy Fierce Big Job in Europe award goes to . . .

Political awards for 2019: Gongs for Varadkar, Healy-Rae . . . and Bertie

Senators report separate cases of identity theft and ‘death threat’

Gerard Craughwell (Ind) and Catherine Noone (FG) were speaking during a Seanad debate

Miriam Lord’s Week: Fine Gael troops told to push back against Fianna Fáil swagger

The party needs to stop talking itself into opposition, reckons Simon Harris

Fine Gael Senator proposes ‘positivity seminar’ to boost party morale

Some within Fine Gael believe the Taoiseach may go to the country within weeks if a Brexit extension or deal is achieved

Miriam Lord: Lofty new chamber fails to inspire waffling Senators

Back in their expensively refurbished Upper House, the talk was still resolutely cheap

International students have ‘eye opening’ experience in Leinster House

Meeting the Taoiseach, Brexit, bus stops and ’violence’ of French education system

Tech companies ‘must take responsibility’ for dating app safety

Women’s council calls for State survey into sexual violence to include analysis of dating apps

The year conservative, Catholic Ireland lost its mojo

The abortion referendum result was the ‘culmination of a quiet revolution in Ireland’

Taoiseach criticised in Dáil as families queue for nappies

Varadkar says many people ‘for their own reasons’ go to charities rather than State

Election talk abates as politicians head off on holiday

Recent weeks have seen a flurry of activity as Fine Gael continues to select candidates

Senator Catherine Noone added by Fine Gael to Dublin Bay North constituency

Candidate will run alongside Richard Bruton in next election

Ministers unlikely to raise NI abortion law with British counterparts

Irish and UK politicians call on British government to reform North’s abortion laws

European body urges Government to reconsider judicial Bill

Fine Gael Senator describes legislation as an ‘insult to legal profession’

Government to proceed with referendum on woman’s place in home

Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan proceeds with deletion despite concerns

Sports clubs losing members over under-age competitiveness

Oireachtas committee hears children dropping out because they can’t get games

How Simon Harris became the ‘Yes Minister’

The strongest political advocate for repeal was also the abortion referendum’s biggest winner

Harris steals glory but Fine Gael set to benefit in wake of outcome

Varadkar’s confidence also enhanced by referendum result ahead of big challenges

The Citizens’ Assembly – a canny move on the road to repeal

Assembly was a portent of shifting public attitudes on abortion

Abortion laws would allow safe treatment, committee members say

Cases of rape and incest ‘simply impossible to legislate for,’ Senator Catherine Noone says

RTÉ referendum debate sees all sides trade abuse

Great heat, little light on Claire Byrne Live

Barrister sues politicians over tweets after abortion radio debate

Benedict Ó Floinn BL sues Simon Harris and Catherine Noone

Government may not be able ‘to pass abortion legislation’

Simon Harris says any reforms after Eighth Amendment vote could be disrupted by an election

Coveney to seek clause to limit future abortion law changes

Support for 12-week proposal prompts shock and praise in parliamentary party

Temple Street hospital team warns politicians on childhood obesity

Clinical and morbid obesity nearly double in schools serving poor areas, Dáil committee told

Shift in political gear means election is approaching

Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil are scouting for additional candidates

Fine Gael bullying row settled, TDs told

Catherine Noone tells party colleagues she wants to ‘get back to focusing’ on her work

Referendum on Eighth Amendment can go ahead after court ruling

Senator Catherine Noone welcomes Supreme Court decision on the unborn

Fine Gael Senator will not make formal bullying complaint

Catherine Noone made claims of bullying and sexism against party colleague

Inquiry into allegations of sexism at Leinster House urged

Oireachtas Women’s Caucus writes to Ceann Comhairle Sean Ó Fearghaíl over issue

Varadkar willing to pay more to EU, but is against common tax rate

Taoiseach also tells those who question Belfast Agreement to ‘respect our vote’

FG to launch Noone bullying investigation

Party to examine claims by Senator Catherine Noone she was bullied by party colleague

Internet safety recommendations ‘not implemented’, committee told

‘Confusion’ in Government over who is responsible for protecting children online, expert says

Committee 'couldn't find' any anti-abortion medical experts to argue for Eighth

Noone: No Irish-based consultants or GPs ‘made available to Committee on Eighth’

Ministers should not have lost State cars and drivers, says FG Senator

Catherine Noone claims politicians degraded themselves in populist cost-cutting moves

Congressmen extend warm welcome to Irish politicians

America Letter: Dáil delegation delivers Washington a message about healthy politics

Church of Ireland opposes unrestricted abortion in first 12 weeks of pregnancy

All four main Churches in Ireland now oppose 12-week proposal

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