"The intention and effect of this activity was to create the impression that I was dismissive of victims of child sexual abuse."

Fianna Fáil spokesperson for older people and chair of the All Party Oireachtas Committee for Dementia, Mary Butler has said that Budget 2019 is an opportunity to start getting it right for people living with dementia.

Pro-life Fianna Fáil TDs say they will back any legislation allowing abortion for rape, incest and fatal abnormalities if the referendum is passed in a major concession on the deeply divisive potential post-referendum laws.

Fianna Fáil reclaimed its seat in the Dáil for the Waterford constituency on Saturday, with first-time candidate Mary Butler emphatically passing the quota on the first count.