Prolonged period of lockdown ahead, Taoiseach tells party meeting

Micheál Martin says UK variant keeping Covid-19 numbers stubbornly high

Martin appoints 18 Fianna Fáil TDs to spokesperson positions

Dara Calleary takes social protection role while Barry Cowen turns down climate job

Fianna Fáil party meetings used to vent frustrations over Martin’s leadership

Analysis: ‘This is a slow bicycle race towards a [leadership] contest likely in 2022’

Golf group insist they adhered to public health guidelines during Tullamore trip

Hotel death unrelated to Covid-19 but woman later found to have had virus, statement says

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

Broad outline of Cabinet emerges as issues remain unresolved

Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael to each have six full Cabinet ministers with Greens having three

Election 2020: Barry Cowen (Fianna Fáil)

Laois-Offaly: Elected on 8th count

Four Fianna Fáil TDs apologise for role in voting controversy

Any sanction to be decided after ethics group’s recommendation, says Ceann Comhairle

Fianna Fáil TD criticises ‘same old tired record from John McGuinness’

Cowen and McGuinness had row at Fianna Fáil party meeting over extension of confidence and supply deal

Fianna Fáil says Simon Harris must say Dáil was misled

Spokeswoman for Minister indicates he will apologise this week

Donohoe says wage deal cannot be put at risk to solve nurses’ strike

Minister says nurses’ demands would ‘tilt the public finances into an unsustainable spiral’

FF would collapse Government over children’s hospital but for Brexit

Party denies it is propping up Government: ‘we don’t think they are doing a good job’

Martin prevents FF TDs and senators tabling abortion law amendments

Leader says any amendments must go through health spokesman

Fianna Fáil reshuffle: Dara Calleary appointed deputy leader

Party has struggled in recent polls as deep divisions emerge, particularly over Eighth

Varadkar’s email to Fáilte Ireland shows ‘bad judgment’

Sinn Féin and Green Party criticise Taoiseach’s intervention over Doonbeg wind farm

Divisive abortion issue a national torture, says Fianna Fáil TD

Cowen: Decision to support termination up to 12 weeks ‘agonising and difficult’

Fewer than 20 TDs present for Dáil debate on child homelessness

Sinn Féin TD Imelda Munster makes emotional plea to help homeless families

Homeless crisis will get worse before improving, says Murphy

Minister denies there is Government strategy to downplay housing market problems

Vat proposal “few years too late” says Michael O’Flynn

The developer insists that a VAT reduction would immediately cut cost of houses

VAT cut for developers would repeat mistakes of past – Minister

Eoghan Murphy confirms cut to VAT on building houses has been ruled out

Coveney must accept water charge ripples to avoid election

Analysis: Minister says he will proceed with water legislation despite his reservations

Martin claims Coveney’s leadership ambitions hindering water deal

Minister rejects accusation and says FF leader’s comments are not helpful

FF abandons water charges talks after Coveney intervenes

Minister writes to Pádraig Ó Céidigh to highlight potential problems with report

FG to demand penalty for homes at 70% over ‘normal’ water usage

Coveney says levy is needed to meet Ireland’s obligations under European law

Oireachtas water committee at odds over excessive usage charge

Committee now facing the possibility it will fail to produce a final report

FG and FF refuse to rule out election over water charges

Parties clash as Oireachtas committee fails to agree position on excessive use

People who paid water charges likely to be repaid in full

Dáil committee urges refund as it finalises its report on the future of water service funding

Government Ministers at odds over water charge refunds

Coveney and Varadkar say focus should be on seeking levies from those who did not pay

Council sick leave rates highest in Leitrim, Louth and Dublin

Absenteeism in every local authority exceeds that of private sector, new figures show

Irish charity sector is being drained by duplication

Agencies are funded mainly by the State, but expanding payrolls are burning up that money

Water commission chairman criticises calls for resignation

Fianna Fáil and AAA-PBP call for Joe O’Toole to step down after controversial remarks

FF to reconsider Government support if housing plan inadequate

Barry Cowen says solutions to crisis crucial part of deal between his party and Fine Gael

Sinn Féin playing ‘silly buggers’ with rent certainty motion

Fianna Fáil’s Barry Cowen says party wish to undermine Oireachtas committee on housing

Government links council funding to performance

Rent supplement and housing assistance payment to be increased by 15 per cent

Fianna Fáil says Varadkar compared water meters to e-voting machines

Minister for Social Protection insists Micheál Martin has taken him out of context

Two Fianna Fáil TDs call for coalition with Fine Gael

TDs John McGuinness and Bobby Aylward ask the party not to ignore electorate

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