Both of Fine Gael's leadership contenders - Minister for Social Protection Leo Varadkar and Minister for Housing Simon Coveney - have both told Fine Gael TDs to be on an election footing, writes Daniel McConnell of the Irish Examiner.

The group of rebel Fine Gael TDs, the Reform Alliance, are said to be seeking a suspension of normal Dáil business tomorrow to discuss reform the Seanad.

An overwhelming majority of Fine Gael backbenchers support a referendum extending marriage rights to same-sex couples, a new survey reveals.

Fine Gael TDs Peter Mathews and Billy Timmins have been removed from the Dáil's Finance Committee.

It has emerged that a number of Fine Gael TDs are to "lobby hard" in the coming weeks for the Finance Minister Michael Noonan to alter the structure of the new property tax.

Fine Gael TDs will not be allowed to vote with their conscience on any proposed legislation on abortion, the Taoiseach said.

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Brendan Howlin has today called on the eight Fine Gael TDs who criticised the performance of the Croke Park deal in

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Public servants could see their pay and allowances cut when the Croke Park agreement ends and its successor is negotiated, Fine Gael’s Europe Minister Lucinda Creighton has said.

Eight Fine Gael TDs who controversially called for a review of Croke Park deal allowances and incremenets in yesterday’s Irish Examiner have been heavily criticised by Government.

Eight Fine Gael TDs have challenged the Government’s stance on Croke Park, saying the system of pay rises and allowances for high-earning public servants must be re-examined.

A Fine Gael minister has backed proposals by the Church to lobby politicians over abortion, further widening the gulf between the coalition parties on the contentious issue.

FINE GAEL will double the number of chairmanships it holds on Dáil committees under a deal brokered with the Government.

BERTIE AHERN last night denied he was using the breakdown of his marriage to try and garner public sympathy and deflect attention from his tangled financial affairs.

FINE GAEL leader Enda Kenny will today tell his party’s parliamentary think-in, in Sligo, that the party is well on course to meet its targeted gain of 30 Dáil seats next year.