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Full coverage: Fine Gael

Tommie Gorman: Letting go of its past, uncertain about its future, Ireland may be heading in a new political direction 

In a way, the smaller parties and the independents reflect the patchwork landscape that is today’s Ireland. This is the cohort worth watching in the context of the local, European and general elections.

Tommie Gorman
25th May, 2024 - 9 min read

Business goodwill for Burke comes with pressing demands

The appointment of rural TD and SME champion Peter Burke as minister for enterprise marks a shift in the Government’s attention towards the domestic economy, where expectations are high.

Thomas Hubert
10th Apr, 2024 - 6 min read

“Never the backward glance”: Tommie Gorman on Fine Gael’s best supporting actor’s exit

Available to serve, Simon Coveney received deafening silence in response from the next Taoiseach Simon Harris. Now, for the first time in his political career, Action Man Coveney is in self-induced observe-and-reflect mode.

Tommie Gorman
6th Apr, 2024 - 10 min read

Tommie Gorman: Leo Varadkar and the great political resignation

The outgoing Taoiseach’s unusual personality in Irish politics helps explain why he has run out of road. But does the small pool of future leaders illustrate a wider disillusionment with political careers?

Tommie Gorman
21st Mar, 2024 - 6 min read

A big-house Fine Gaeler, peace and EU builder, and deep thinker until the end: Remembering John Bruton

Bruton's Rainbow Coalition laid the foundations of the Good Friday Agreement and cemented Ireland’s position as the poster child of the EU. The late Taoiseach came into his own on the world stage.

Tommie Gorman
10th Feb, 2024 - 13 min read

The Sinn Féin-Fianna Fáil rivalry is one of the dominant themes of modern Irish politics. Could there be a truce?

Fine Gael began its run as a major player in coalition governments just ten months after the Tories became the lead players in Downing Street. Is mental fatigue a factor in Dáil Eireann as well as in Westminster? In both jurisdictions, the business season is approaching.

Tommie Gorman
25th Nov, 2023 - 7 min read

Tommie Gorman: Phoney crises, like undelivered promises, have consequences

If a state of high dudgeon can be reached in the current circumstances, how will the political parties cope when high-grade manure drops from the sky without warning as inevitably it will?

Tommie Gorman
28th Jan, 2023 - 7 min read

Gary Murphy: Can the boy wonder of Fine Gael now show political maturity?

The next general election might be Leo Varadkar's one last chance to show that those who put their trust in voting for him as leader in 2017 knew what they were doing.

Gary Murphy
17th Dec, 2022 - 9 min read

“There’s no evidence that Leo Varadkar has brought Fine Gael any electoral fruits and that’s the real test for him”

The government have reached the halfway point but, as Leo Varadkar returns as Taoiseach, the prospect of one of the most significant elections in modern Irish history will dominate everything before too long.

Dion Fanning
17th Dec, 2022 - 3 min read

Gary Murphy: Where did it all go wrong for Leo Varadkar and how do Fine Gael recover?

Leo Varadkar was seen as a once in a generation politician by many who voted for when he was elected Fine Gael leader in 2017. Five years later, after a bruising general election and a series of crises, Fine Gael no longer knows what it stands for.

Gary Murphy
28th May, 2022 - 9 min read
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