Renua is dominated by former minister Lucinda Creighton, though she says the party is bigger than just one person.

Lucinda Creighton’s proposed new party will win 10 or more seats at the next general election, her husband, Senator Paul Bradford has predicted.

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The prospect of disaffected Fine Gael and Labour elected TDs joining forces to secure greater Dáil rights has grown stronger after two from either group held discussions.

Fine Gael rebels kicked out of the party over the abortion legislation have vowed to join forces on the opposition benches as the Coalition scrambles to win important votes in the Seanad.

The Seanad will today begin two days of debate on possible amendments to the abortion bill.

Fine Gael lost two more Oireachtas members from its parliamentary party yesterday as two senators voted against the abortion legislation as it passed through the Upper House.

The Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill passed its first vote in the Seanad by 41 votes to 15.

Dissident Fine Gael senators will attempt to block the passing of the abortion legislation through the Seanad on Monday.

As her 28th novel is published, saga queen Barbara Taylor Bradford talks to Hannah Stephenson about the love of her life, her two miscarriages, and her work ethic

He's whatever Bradford needs him to be. A mysterious man dressed as Batman has walked into a UK police station and handed over a wanted man.

The man who used to helm the US yacht which crashed, claiming the lives of two Cork sailors last weekend, has given a further insight into the sequence of events that led up to the tragedy.

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A new inquest into the deaths of Lesley Howell and Trevor Buchanan will set the record straight after their partners were jailed for their murders, a coroner’s court hearing in the North was told today.

A FINE Gael candidate who sent election literature into an area of his constituency earmarked for a party colleague was under fire last night from senior party members.

ANOTHER leading Fine Gael politician in Co Cork has announced that he will not be contesting the next general election.

A SECOND Fine Gael county councillor has declared that he will be putting his name forward in order to contest the party’s Dáil selection convention in the Cork East constituency.

AN internal analysis by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of the direct impact of the carbon levy on the agriculture sector suggests the average increase in the cost of production across all farms will be some €230 per farm.

THE potential to meet the challenges facing the agricultural sector by producing energy crops is enormous, according to Fine Gael senator Paul Bradford.

A New York teenager accused of robbery has been cleared of all charges after providing a Facebook alibi.

IRELAND and the rest of Europe should be increasing agricultural production, not reducing it, as the world faces a food shortage crisis.

A DISABLED woman who claimed colleagues regularly adjusted the height of her special office chair as a practical joke has been awarded €6,000 in compensation.

FINE Gael is determined to see two of its biggest hitters join the growing list of civil wars exploding in Cork East.

A MOCK general election, by students in Cork East, produced a bag of surprises.

ANGER and surprise were expressed by local representatives and community leaders yesterday as they learnt that an army camp in North Cork could become the site of a €70 million prison.

The woman accused of stalking Colin Farrell told a court on Monday she was sorry for confronting the Irish actor during his appearance on America's The Tonight Show in July.

BIO-FUEL production at the former Greencore plant in Mallow, Co Cork, is viable, according to a report carried out by Cork County Council published yesterday.

A WOMAN who confronted Irish actor Colin Farrell on a US chat show has been ordered to stay away from him for three years.

A woman who confronted Irish actor Colin Farrell on a US chat show has been ordered to stay away from him for three years.

Authorities investigating a suspected serial killer in the United States said they got at least one promising lead after releasing photos he took of nearly 50 girls and women.

A woman who confronted Irish actor Colin Farrell on a US chat show has reportedly filed another lawsuit against the actor.

Colin Farrell has filed for a restraining order against former lover Dessarae Bradford after the model attempted to confront him during his appearance on America's The Tonight Show on Thursday.

Irish heart-throb Colin Farrell was confronted during filming for The Tonight Show With Jay Leno on Thursday by the woman who last year accused the Alexander actor of stalking her.

SIGNIFICANT moves are afoot to prevent Greencore, owners of Irish Sugar, from dismantling the Mallow sugar factory without first making every effort to find an alternative use for the facility.

SIGNIFICANT moves are afoot to prevent Greencore, owner of Irish Sugar, from dismantling the Mallow sugar factory without first making every effort to find an alternative use for the facility.

The Government has been asked to intervene immediately in the case of a black man on death row for 28 years in the US.

The woman who alleged Colin Farrell was stalking her has agreed to take a lie detector test on American TV to prove she isn't lying.

Colin Farrell is laughing off a handwritten lawsuit filed by a Los Angeles woman, who claims he pestered her with phone calls.

OH what a perfect start. Just minutes after the Cheltenham three-day festival began, the Irish were belting out a distorted version of Olé in the winners’ enclosure.

World Cup team-mates Paul Casey and Justin Rose experienced contrasting fortunes before bad weather disrupted the third round of the Dunhill Championship today.