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In its early years, the party was commonly known as Fine Gael – The United Ireland Party, abbreviated UIP, [35] [36] [37] and its official title in its constitution remains Fine Gael (United Ireland). [38] Fine Gael holds a pro-European [39] stance and is generally considered to be more of a proponent of economic liberalism than its ...
As a result, Fine Gael–The United Ireland Party was founded as an independent party on 8 September 1933, following a merger of Cumann na nGaedheal, the National Centre Party and the National Guard. The merger brought together two strands of Irish nationalism namely the pro-treaty wing of revolutionary Sinn Féin and the old Home Rule party ...
The 35th government of Ireland is the government of Ireland which was formed on 23 January 2025 following the 2024 general election to the 34th Dáil held on 29 November 2024. It is a coalition government of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael with the participation of independent TDs at the rank of minister of state. It has lasted 8 days to date.
One of Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael has been in power in Ireland since the foundation of the state more than 100 years ago. But the two parties’ combined vote share has declined for a fourth ...
Ireland poised to get its youngest ever premier as Simon Harris elected leader of Fine Gael party; New York City's mayor cancels a border trip, citing safety concerns in Mexico; Some of nearly 300 abducted schoolchildren in Nigeria's north are freed after weeks in captivity; Senegal votes in a tightly contested presidential race after months of ...
The exit poll placed Sinn Féin at 21.1% of the vote, narrowly leading the Irish Taoiseach Simon Harris's party Fine Gael who had 21% of the vote, and their governing partners Fianna Fáil at 19.5%.
Fine Gael party confirmed Harris’ leadership following the resignation of party leader and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar on Wednesday. Harris was the only candidate to put his name forward in nominations.
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, 12 Senators, four MEPs and 246 councillors.