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Fine Gael was created in 1933 following the merger of three political organisations; Cumann na nGaedhael (CnaG) led by W. T. Cosgrave, the National Centre Party led by Frank MacDermot and James Dillon, and the National Guard (better known as the Blueshirts), led by Eoin O'Duffy.
Fine Gael (/ˌfiːnə ˈɡeɪl, ˌfɪn-/, Irish: [ˌfʲɪnʲə ˈɡeːl̪ˠ]; English: "Family (or Tribe) of the Irish") is a political party in Ireland, formed in 1933 as a merger of Cumann na nGaedheal, the National Centre Party, and the Blueshirts.
As Fine Gael became more and more socially liberal in the 1970s under Garret FitzGerald, the party reacted by embracing social conservatism and populism. [ 4 ] [ 169 ] In the same time period, the emergence of the Troubles and the Arms Crisis of 1971 tested the party's nationalism, but despite these events, Fianna Fáil maintained their ...
Fine Gael, on the other hand, has suffered in recent opinion polls after a number of controversies surrounding the party during the campaign, most notably an encounter between Harris and a care ...
Sinn Fein took 39 and Fine Gael 38. Labour and the Social Democrats both won 11 seats; People Before Profit-Solidarity took three; Aontu secured two; and the Green Party retained only one of its ...
The leaders of Ireland's Fine Gael and Fianna Fail, two of the three largest parties to emerge from a Feb. 8 election, will meet early next week for what they described as exploratory talks as ...
That came about in September 1933, with the formation of Fine Gael from the three parties, though, in reality, Fine Gael was a larger version of Cumann na nGaedheal. It was in the lead-up to the merger that the then Editor of the Irish Times , R.M. Smyllie , described Cumann na nGaedheal as a party "who one wished would be open to ideas, until ...
Fine Gael deputy leader Helen McEntee defended Harris, citing the long day of campaigning. [ 81 ] [ 82 ] On 23 November Philip Sutcliffe Snr , a councillor for Independent Ireland and candidate for Dublin South-Central , quit the party after controversy arose over his association with Conor McGregor following McGregor being found liable for ...