Taoiseach Brian Cowen tonight confirmed he would remain as leader of Fianna Fáil.

WE have been through another week of absurd politics in the European Union, and who knows what the leaders summit on Thursday and Friday will bring.

Renegade TD Jim McDaid is to quit politics, it was confirmed today.

THREE in five people believe Brian Cowen should step down as Taoiseach before the next election.

A Government backbencher has today called for a meeting of the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party to discuss a possible change of leadership.

Taoiseach Brian Cowen vowed today to continue as Fianna Fáil leader and claimed the party had been extraordinarily disciplined.

THE Government has lost three TDs in a bitter battle to force a Green Party wildlife bill through the Dáil before the summer break.

PRESSURE grew on Senator Ivor Callely last night to follow the example of his Seanad colleague Larry Butler and resign from the Fianna Fail parliamentary party over the expenses controversy.

IF Ivor Callely is expelled from the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party, why should he be allowed to continue to be a member of the Seanad?

ENVIRONMENT Minister John Gormley has blamed Fianna Fáil backbenchers for delaying plans for local government reform.

Proposals to secure some of the €1.3bn savings necessary from the public pay bill by means of unpaid leave were thrust into further doubt this afternoon following a meeting of the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party.

The Fianna Fáil parliamentary party has unanimously endorsed the new Programme for Government negotiated with the Green Party last week.

TAOISEACH Brian Cowen has appealed to people to read the report of An Bord Snip Nua carefully and not react based on selfish interests.

A NUMBER of Fianna Fáil TDs last night justified making political representations on behalf of prisoners.

Ireland must continue adopting anti-corruption measures to increase public confidence in state bodies, it was claimed today.

The Fianna Fáil parliamentary party has voted to create a new forum to allow discussion of policy between backbenchers and ministers.

The Minister for Justice Michael McDowell will meet garda representatives today to discuss the controversial proposed reserve.

Former Fianna Fáil TD Denis Foley has paid more than half a million euro to the Revenue Commissioners after underdeclaring income tax, it was revealed today.

The Fianna Fáil parliamentary party is due to continue its two-day think-in in Inchydoney, Co Cork, today.

The Fianna Fáil Ard Comhairle is due to meet in Dublin tonight to decide whether to expel Mayo TD Beverley Flynn from the organisation.

The Standards in Public Office Commission has announced its intention to investigate whether former Fianna Fáil TD Michael Collins breached Dáil ethics legislation.

HERE’S a piece of spin. It’s actually a piece of political guff, from a master of the genre. It mightn’t look like it on the surface, but it shows how devious and cunning its author is. And how much he deserves to be watched.

A group of Fianna Fail TD's could be heading back to school to learn Irish.

Beverley Cooper-Flynn has been expelled from the Fianna Fail parliamentary party.

Beverly Cooper-Flynn is to attend a meeting of the Fianna Fail parliamentary party later this morning.