Fianna Fáil TD and Ireland South MEP election candidate Billy Kelleher has been accused of "selling out" traditional pro-life party support over his decision to back the removal of the eighth amendment.

MEP candidate Mick Wallace says he has no money as he is only allowed €250 a week under his bankruptcy deal but will be “debt free” next year.

The colourful, unconventional Wexford TD, a former construction firm owner, tells Juno McEnroe he wants to become an MEP so that he can stand up for the less-well-off.

A Fianna Fail TD’s Christmas wish that the Government would provide small farmers or pensioners with vouchers to subsidise their meals in local restaurants was dashed last week.

Fianna Fáil finance spokesman Michael McGrath has said there is a need for tax cuts in Budget 2019 or workers will inevitably end up paying more to the state with higher wages.

Mick Wallace laid it out with a splash of colour: “There’s never been a judge in the history of the State told so many lies,” writes Michael Clifford.

An extension of the confidence and supply deal between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil needs to be negotiated before October’s budget and in the interests of maintaining stability for the country.

Labour has warned that new government-backed low-cost mortgages could push up house prices and said the price of new homes should instead be as a low as €130,000 for buyers.

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There are plenty within Fianna Fáil who would much easier do a deal with Sinn Féin than with Fine Gael, writes Daniel McConnell.

Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil should rotate power in the next Government but should not form a ‘grand coalition’, junior Finance Minister Michael D’Arcy has said.

A wine bar and restaurant company co-owned by TD Mick Wallace made a profit of €40,000 last year, although the firm’s debts continued to grow by €63,732 to nearly €400,000.

His supporters believe that he has been the best taoiseach since Seán Lemass. As he steps down, Political Editor Daniel McConnell look back at Enda Kenny’s highs and lows as leader of Fine Gael and of the country

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Inevitably with a new Cabinet or reshuffle of ministers, there will be losers as well as winners.

A number of government TDs are backing the idea of a Brexit minister amid concerns Taoiseach Enda Kenny is unable to focus on securing the best deal for Ireland.

Mick Wallace has been declared bankrupt in the High Court.

Three banks have recouped nearly €5m, between them, from the receivership of assets formerly owned by M&J Wallace; main building arm of independent TD Mick Wallace.

Opposition TD Mick Wallace has alleged a former Nama portfolio manager used “insider knowledge” to help a “vulture fund” he held a 30% stake in to purchase the gardaí’s headquarters in Dublin from the State body.

The Fine Gael backbencher at the centre of stamped-out plans for Taoiseach Enda Kenny to resign has told potential successors to go public with their ambitions if they want a change of leader.

Fianna Fáil TDs who backed a Dáil bill for terminations in cases of fatal foetal abnormalities say it was the “right thing to do” and that a “stick should not be held over” troubled parents.

Wexford TD and former minister Brendan Howlin has been elected unchallenged as the 12th leader of the Labour Party.

Ireland will accept dozens more refugees in the coming weeks ahead of an expected increase in migrants attempting dangerous crossings into Europe.

Homeowners look set to lose out on the €100 water conservation grant payment for 2016 as it has been “shelved” amid deep uncertainty over the future of Irish Water, the Irish Examiner can reveal.

The possibility of a second election is growing by the hour after Fianna Fáil rejected Fine Gael’s offer to suspend water charges for up to nine months instead of its sought-for five-year period. It said it will not make a counter-bid today.

For a party criticised for shooting itself in the foot throughout the election, it is more than a little ironic that Fine Gael now appears set on shooting itself in the back.

A poll finding that most Irish people oppose the US using Shannon Airport for military purposes has fuelled calls for Taoiseach Enda Kenny to raise the issue with President Barack Obama.

There will be no cuts to welfare payments over the next five years, if the Labour Party is returned to government, Public Expenditure Minister Brendan Howlin has pledged.

The extent to which former justice minister Alan Shatter was excluded from top-level talks on the phone recording controversy was due to his perceived closeness to the former Garda commissioner, according to independent TDs Clare Daly and Mick Wallace.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has ruled himself out leading Fine Gael into the next decade and rejected comments by chief whip Paul Kehoe that he would seek a third term as Taoiseach.

A claim that a Nama official asked and received a €15,000 bribe have been discussed by gardaí and Independent TD Mick Wallace.

A police probe into allegations that the €1.5bn sale of Nama’s Northern property portfolio was connected to a major political pay-off has intensified calls for a top level investigation into the Government agency’s deal south of the border.

Independent TD Mick Wallace has launched a civil action against former minister for justice Alan Shatter for disclosing private information about him on RTÉ’s Prime Time.

Independent TD Mick Wallace has launched a civil action against former Minister for Justice Alan Shatter for disclosing private information about him on RTE’s Prime Time.