#fine-gael

#fine-gael

A former government minister, a former sports coach and an independent leftwing politician are to contest Ireland's presidential election. The three-way race was confirmed on Wednesday when the nomination window closed without any political outsiders getting on the ballot. Heather Humphreys, a former cabinet minister, will run for the ruling centre-right Fine Gael party. Jim Gavin, who managed Dublin's Gaelic football team, will represent its centrist coalition partner, Fianna Fail.

Independent still hopeful of getting on the ballot, backers say

funny in any way

"Fine Gael public representatives cannot in any way facilitate the nomination of any candidate other than the ratified Fine Gael candidate. "In the event of a vote of any local authority on the nomination of a person other than the ratified Fine Gael candidate, the Fine Gael local authority members are whipped to oppose that nomination," the email from party general secretary John Carroll said.

Every dog and divil in Kerry knows that man who pleaded guilty to electoral fraud worked for Healy-Rae company, according to one Fine Gael senator.

To keep chasing a youth vote that simply isn't there for Fine Gael, at the expense of loyal older voters, makes no sense.

Dublin Bus has criticized Fine Gael's claims that 'buses can endanger pedestrians' as "misleading and unhelpful," reflecting concerns over public safety discourse.

"I meant it when I said I think we should legislate in relation to the Occupied Territories. I will fulfil the commitment of the programme for government to bring forward legislation in relation to the occupied territories, we have to do everything humanly possible here, use every lever at our disposal."