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At the 2002 general election, Fine Gael had a disastrous result, dropping from 54 seats to 31 and a number of high-profile front bench member losses, including Alan Dukes, Deirdre Clune, Alan Shatter and deputy leader Jim Mitchell. [3] Noonan resigned as Fine Gael leader on the night of the election.
In 1992, in the X Case, the Supreme Court held that a risk to the life of woman from suicide was a permissible ground under Article 40.3.3° for abortion. In 2002, Fine Gael campaigned against the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the Constitution, which proposed to remove suicide as a grounds for granting a termination of a pregnancy. The amendment ...
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 ...
Taoiseach Simon Harris has warned that Fine Gael cannot be taken for granted in government formation talks. The party leader said speculation had prematurely jumped to issues around how ministries ...
On each occasion from 1948 until 2016, it was the leading party of a coalition with the Labour Party, and in three of those cases also with other smaller parties. At the 2011 general election, Fine Gael became the largest party in the Oireachtas with 36.1% of the vote. Fine Gael has 38 TDs, 17 senators, four MEPs and 246 councillors.
Fianna Fail and Fine Gael look well placed to return to power with Sinn Fein’s vote share well down on 2020. Fianna Fail set for most seats amid uncertainty over rotating taoiseach re-run Skip ...
The Minister for Justice has ruled herself out of the running to replace Leo Varadkar as Fine Gael leader and Taoiseach. A contest for Fine Gael leadership would benefit the party, McEntee insists ...
On 6 July 2022, the government lost its majority after Fine Gael TD Joe McHugh voted against legislation underpinning a €2.7 billion mica redress scheme and subsequently resigned the Fine Gael party whip. [83] Sinn Féin tabled a motion of no confidence in the government, to be debated on 12 July before the summer recess. [84]