Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has accused the Taoiseach of being two-faced and branded his jobs policy a failure.

A barman on duty at the Fianna Fáil conference which led to Brian Cowen’s infamous “Garglegate” interview has told of the “horrifying” level of drinking he witnessed at it.

Did a single bogus tweet cost Seán Gallagher the presidency?

THE state should avoid “waving the green flag” and “glamourising the gun” when commemorating the centenary of the Easter Rising in 2016, former senator Eoghan Harris has said.

Former Minister for Tourism Mary Hanafin has failed to retain her seat in Dun Laoghaire. Richard Boyd Barrett won the seat, bringing the haul of seats for Independents and others to 17.

LEADING political analyst Sean Donnelly has predicted Fianna Fáil could lose all seats in the two Co Donegal constituencies, including Tánaiste Mary Coughlan’s.

A FRUSTRATED Green Party have bemoaned the overshadowing of yet another of its pre-Dáil return gatherings by a controversy whipped up by a social outing of Taoiseach Brian Cowen.

LIKE the Taoiseach himself, the defence was slow to get going but by the end of a very long day for Brian Cowen his supporters had finally found their voice.

FIANNA Fáil has defended Tánaiste Mary Coughlan’s absence from the party’s press conferences on Lisbon, insisting nothing should be read into it.

THE affray at the bay began with a Merc, a smirk and a jerk of the hand – all three of which belonged to the extended Lenihan clan.

BRIAN COWEN last night insisted he was not out of touch with the pain caused by the economic crash as he vowed to defy the polls and escape an election rout.

EDUCATION Minister Batt O’Keeffe said he “cannot understand” how universities claim they are starved for cash given their increase in funding in recent years.

‘Applied to Bertie’s house, “orchestrated” suggests that a bunch of disparate media personalities in constant mutual competition and employed by rival media outlets, got together under the direction of one conductor to damage the Taoiseach.’

Jobs, housing and hospital hygiene will dominate the agenda of today’s General Election campaign.

The Taoiseach’s financial affairs tonight continued to cloud Fianna Fáil's general election campaign after the issue earlier overshadowed his manifesto launch.

PLANS for a landmark monument to be sited near the Border to commemorate the Northern Ireland peace process have been announced by Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern.

DOES Social and Family Affairs Minister Seamus Brennan have any sense of irony?

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern last night committed himself to establishing a Cork Docklands National Steering Forum similar to the body which facilitated the development of the IFSC in Dublin.

Accoring to a new survey, one in five young people in Cork are using cocaine.

It is hoped that new proposals from the Minister for Agriculture Mary Coughlan will create a more open market for dairy farmers.

A demonstration will be held this evening against plans to build a new super prison in North County Dublin.

BUDGET 2005 should see substantial improvements in tackling poverty and social exclusion, CORI Justice Commission spokesman Fr Sean Healy revealed yesterday.

WAS Charlie McCreevy rewarded or shafted? It would seem that he was both. He was offered the velvet shaft and invited to jump for the reward of a plum job in Europe.

The Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has said the Government will decide this week what form of investigation will take place into the 1970’s Arms Trial.