FG MEPs Nominate Irish Men’s Sheds Association For European Citizen’s Prize
Fine Gael MEPs Seán Kelly, Mairead McGuinness, Brian Hayes and Deirdre Clune have jointly nominated the Irish Men’s Sheds Association for the 2018 European Citizen’s Prize. The prestigious award recognises projects or individuals that promote cross-border cooperation and EU values. Speaking on behalf of the delegation, Leader of Fine Gael in the European Parliament, Seán […]
Fine Gael Helps Trash Corporate Tax Transparency Initiative – Matt Carthy MEP
Sinn Féin MEP Matt Carthy has condemned a Fine Gael European Parliament vote on corporate tax transparency, saying the party has helped secretive multinationals avoid public scrutiny of their tax affairs. This follows a joint vote yesterday evening by the ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs) and JURI (Legal Affairs) committees in Strasbourg, in which conservative […]
Fine Gael Resorts To A Tiresome Tarnishing Of Independent TD’s – Mattie McGrath
Independent TD Mattie McGrath has strongly criticised senior Fine Gael sources for engaging in what he has described as a mean spirited attempt to discredit the role of those Independent TD’s who took part in recent Government formation talks. Deputy McGrath was speaking after senior sources within the party and an unnamed senior Fine Gael […]
Fine Gael resorts to a tiresome tarnishing of Independent TD’s – McGrath
Independent TD Mattie McGrath has strongly criticised senior Fine Gael sources for engaging in what he has described as a mean spirited attempt to discredit the role of those Independent TD’s who took part in recent Government formation talks. Deputy McGrath was speaking after senior sources within the party and an unnamed senior Fine Gael […]
Talks with Fine Gael were constructive but far from definitive – McGrath
Independent TD Mattie McGrath has described negotiations with Taoiseach Enda Kenny and the Fine Gael negotiating teams as constructive and cordial. Deputy McGrath was speaking after he and four other rural Independent TD’s met with the team in Government Buildings this morning for almost two hours: “I think the meeting this morning was a very […]
Morris Disturbed By Depths Health Service Allowed To Sink
Sinn Féin’s Tipperary General Election candidate Cllr. Séamie Morris has expressed his horror at stories he has heard whilst canvassing about the health service in Tipperary. He was speaking while canvassing in Cashel, before heading on to Templemore. Cllr Morris said: “I hear more and more stories as I canvass that would shock any normal […]
Doorsteps Cry Out Against Broken Promises – Healy
The most consistent and angriest complaint on the door steps is of broken promises and the resultant targeting of those on low and middle incomes for cuts and new taxes. When considering promises and announcements by Labour and Fine Gael in this General Election Campaign, voters are considering what happened to the promises they […]
Fine Gael pension row reeks of political opportunism – McGrath
Independent TD Mattie McGrath has said that tensions within Fine Gael over attempts to limit pension increases for former government Ministers are absurdly opportunistic and transparent. Deputy McGrath was speaking after it emerged that a Fine Gael parliamentary party meeting allegedly witnessed an ‘internal revolt’ over the Taoiseach’s suggestion that any such move to limit […]
MEP Appointed To Climate Change Committee
IFA President Eddie Downey has welcomed the appointment of Ireland South MEP Sean Kelly to the role of Chairman of the European Parliament’s negotiating committee for the International Climate Change Agreement. Eddie Downey said he looked forward to working with Sean Kelly to achieve an outcome to the international climate talks in Paris later […]
Fine Gael links to tobacco industry “unsettling in the extreme” says Prendergast
Labour MEP for Ireland South, Phil Prendergast, a former nurse and midwife, today expressed her discomfort at yet more revelations of Fine Gael links to the tobacco lobby. Speaking about the issue, Ms. Prendergast said “I find the idea of former staff members of a political party engaging so actively with an industry intent […]
