Diarmaid Ferriter on Speaking My Mind by Leo Varadkar: Jaunty but superficial and lazy at times
Former taoiseach provides gossip and entertaining titbits but displays detachment about matters of substance
Frances Fitzgerald
‘Now is your time’: How Michael Healy-Rae led the push for a Heather Humphreys presidential run
Senior Fine Gael politicians are confident former minister for social affairs will not be beaten if country gets to know her as they do
Presidential election: Heather Humphreys giving ‘very serious’ thought to running for Fine Gael
National executive member Regina Doherty says there should be a contest between former minister and MEP Seán Kelly if both wish to run
Can you have too much democracy?
Ireland is one of Europe’s most referendum-happy nations - that is not without its pitfalls
After Mairead McGuinness dropped out, where do we stand in race for the Áras?
After Mairead McGuinness’s department, none of the three main parties even has a candidate
Liechtenstein’s LGT takes stake in CEO advisory firm Teneo
New York-based PR and financial advisory group has a large operation in Dublin with annual revenues of €20m
Former tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald joins consultancy firm Teneo as adviser
Former Fine Gael TD and MEP joins Teneo Ireland board, chaired by businessman Gary McGann
Frances Fitzgerald rules out seeking nomination to run for presidency
Simon Harris spoke to the former minister and MEP about possibility of being Fine Gael’s candidate
Independent senator Aubrey McCarthy expresses interest in possible Áras run
Businessman and charity co-founder the latest person to reveal they are considering presidential tilt
How did Ireland’s MEPs perform in Europe over the last five years?
Coalition-building across political groups more important in European Parliament than in the Oireachtas
Simon Harris: The five career moves that led him to the taoiseach’s office
The Fine Gael politician has scraped through tight corners in politics to become taoiseach-designate
Online abuse putting young women off political careers, female ex-tánaistí say
Frances Fitzgerald recently had to go to gardaí over threat to sons while sexism still a day-to-day reality
EU directive on violence against women will not include rape after legal definition roadblock
Irish MEP Frances Fitzgerald says there were months of ‘tough negotiations’ on issue
Ireland doesn’t have the right people in the right places in the European Parliament
Too many of our 13 MEPs are in peripheral groups, where little real power is exercised. Thirty per cent of Ireland’s parliamentary presence is in a group that comprises just over 5 per cent of the parliament
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