Fine Gael have “little or no interest” in seeking a continuation of government with Independent Alliance “headbangers” after the next election, sources say.

Seán Canney is leaving the Independent Alliance.

Independent Alliance members expect that TD Sean Canney will leave the political group after a spat over whether he or colleague Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran holds the title of junior minister.

Independent Alliance TD Sean Canney is considering his future in the group.

Members of the Independent Alliance have asked Sean Canney to clarify his position in the party.

Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport Shane Ross has been criticised after grant applications by 30 public schools were turned down before one was awarded to Wesley College in Dublin.

Independent Alliance ministers have reacted with anger at what they see as their deliberate exclusion from the controversial newspaper ‘advertorials’ by Fine Gael.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and the Independent Alliance have spoken about aiming for a second term in government together, writes Political Correspondent Juno McEnroe    

No doubt the Alliance are damaged but the gang of five have shown far more to justify their time in Government, writes Daniel McConnell.

The meek are promised that they shall inherit the earth. That distracting, deferred consolation, though of ever more questionable value, may transpire. 

The Independent Alliance (IA) sought this week to have the assets of the banks frozen and their banking licences revoked over the tracker mortgage scandal, only to be rebuked strongly by Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe, the Irish Examiner can confirm.

Major stumbling blocks around Housing Assistance Payments (HAP) and the retirement age remain unresolved between Fine Gael and the Independent Alliance ahead of next week’s budget.

Government partners the Independent Alliance are refusing to back Leo Varadkar’s first budget, after a row over supports for the vulnerable and gambling taxes going on mental health services among other areas.

Government partners the Independent Alliance are refusing to back Leo Varadkar’s first budget, after a row over supports for the vulnerable and gambling taxes going on mental health services among other areas.

The Independent Alliance is demanding more free votes within Government if Leo Varadkar is to secure its members’ votes to become taoiseach next Tuesday.

Leo Varadkar will sit down for talks with the Independent Alliance TDs today.

Latest: The Government has just won a motion of confidence in itself in the Dáil by 57 votes to 52, with Fianna Fáil abstaining.

The Government is facing the threat of collapse as the Independent Alliance says it is “dismayed” at contradictory versions of events in the Maurice McCabe crisis.

The Independent Alliance is wooing Independent TD Stephen Donnelly and hopes to cut a deal with the Wicklow man so he will join the group in the new year.

Ministers who vote against the government in an upcoming Bill on repealing the Eight Amendment should resign, Labour leader Brendan Howlin has said. writes Irish Examiner Political reporter Elaine Loughlin.

Today we will witness the county’s first opposition budget.

The Independent Alliance has moved to defend its role in Government after taking a hit in the latest opinion poll.

The Independent Alliance has confirmed it had to insist the Government's appointment of a vice president of the European Investment Bank was made through an open process.

The Roscommon-Galway TD Michael Fitzmaurice has quit the Independent Alliance grouping.

Independent Alliance member Michael Fitzmaurice has said he is considering setting up a new political group.

There is unlikely to be a vote for Taoiseach until next week according to an Independent Alliance TD.

Divisions over the health crisis, political reform, rail links, state appointments and agriculture still threaten to derail talks between the Independent Alliance and Fine Gael about forming a Government, writes Daniel McConnell, political editor.

The Independent Alliance have said it is not certain they will join a Fine Gael led Government.

The Independent Alliance have confirmed they will abstain from a vote for a Taoiseach this afternoon as the group believes neither of the main parties have put forward radical enough measures.

The Independent Alliance has said it will make a decision on Tuesday on whether or not it will back Enda Kenny or Micheal Martin for Taoiseach.

A member of the Independent Alliance has said the group will put forward a nominee for Taoiseach.

The founder of the Independent Alliance has refused to say who he would prefer to become the next Taoiseach.

Independent Alliance spokesperson Shane Ross is claiming that a Fine Gael/Fianna Fáil coalition is “a hidden threat hovering over the General Election”.

Kerry Labour TD Arthur Spring has claimed Independent Alliance TD Shane Ross sought to have a “crony” appointed to a State board, and has threatened to reveal the name to the Dáil tomorrow.

A former Fianna Fáil member has become the latest addition to the diverse grouping of the Independent Alliance.

The Independent Alliance has published a ten-point charter which it says will be necessary for any Government it can support.

The Independent Alliance will this week outline its demands in return for supporting any government after the general election — including ending cronyism and supporting rural Ireland.

The founder of the Independent Alliance has tabled his own law which would allow the name of the group to appear on ballot papers.

Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has hauled in a sitting party TD subjected to an allegedly bullying campaign earlier this year after it emerged she has held exploratory talks about joining rival group the Independent Alliance.

A Sinn Féin TD who was allegedly bullied out of her position by party colleagues has held exploratory talks with the Independent Alliance in recent weeks about a possible general election bid, the Irish Examiner has learnt.

The Independents Alliance political grouping has been formally launched.