Barry Cowen

Special meeting scheduled for September 1st will now be part of party’s think-in on September 9th

Taoiseach’s remarks come as some in Fianna Fáil say he should go as leader

TDs cast doubt on whether Micheál Martin will lead party into next general election

Party TDs express disappointment at slowness of report and poor byelection showing

Former minister doesn’t mention leadership issue but says electorate deserve ‘cohesive’ party

Senior TD Barry Cowen says Martin should step down as party leader before next vote

The coalition leaders showed more competence in dealing with the big issues that faced them in winter, but with the virus still surging, they will undoubtedly face further enormous challenges in the coming year

2020 in review: Megxit, Weinstein, missing paddleboarders, Black Lives Matter: it wasn’t all Covid-19

Project stalled after department refused immigrant investment programme application

‘Game-playing he constantly engages in has to end,’ says senior Fianna Fáil figure

Party veteran says low poll figures show organisation facing ‘existential crisis’

Martin in ‘no hurry’ to replace ex-deputy and appointment may not take place for weeks

Analysis: the revelations have undermined - and perhaps destroyed - public trust

Tanaiste says coalition has got off to ‘a pretty rocky start’ as Dáil breaks for six weeks

The impression is of a Government whose disparate parts have yet to cohere into an effective whole

Road safety group urges Garda Gcommissioner to implement technology

TD who was sacked as minister for agriculture says he has not spoken with Martin since Tuesday

Cowen affair may mean as many as one-third of party TDs no longer support the Taoiseach

Fianna Fáil leader must take advantage of the Apple tax decision to reboot as Taoiseach

Taoiseach doesn’t expect to see a united Ireland in the lifetime of the Government

The Irish Times political team discuss the sacking of Barry Cowen, at an Inside Politics event

Co Offaly town expresses disappointment at removal of local Fianna Fáil TD from Cabinet

New Government ‘could not have had a worse first few weeks’, says FF deputy

The appointment means the west of Ireland now has a senior Cabinet Minister

Government and Fianna Fáil have suffered political damage from Barry Cowen sacking

TD ‘surprised and disappointed’; move comes amid continuing controversy over drink driving ban

Darragh O’Brien defends Taoiseach’s decision as he acted ‘decisively’ to ‘draw a line’

Minister accuses gardaí of criminality for leaking false claims he tried to evade a garda checkpoint

Road Safety Authority recommends stringent new conditions for licence renewals

Parc says they need answers on how many laws he broke when on learner permit

Lesson for Taoiseach and his colleagues is that being in government is very different to Opposition

The Minister for Agriculture has been embroiled in controversy since his 2016 drink-driving ban emerged

Green Party leader says it wouldn’t be practical to impose mandatory quarantine

Minister to make Dáil statement after being disqualified from driving for three months

Minister of Agriculture served three-month ban in 2016 after being stopped for drink-driving

Eamon Ryan set to head up new department responsible for climate and transport

Sunday’s draft agreement came after blame games and much bickering

Varadkar had objected directly to Martin about attacks by Fianna Fáil TDs on the Government over election contingency plans

Fine Gael still insists it wants to enter opposition after policy exchange meeting

Mood within the party got steadily darker during second day of counting