There is an onus on the party to eke out its true definition, as a right-of-centre party, and put a real end to civil war politics, writes Daniel McConnell.

It's been a “change” election in so many ways, but one certainty we cling to is that we’re stuck in the same old territory when it comes to the election of women to the Dáil.

Fine Gael is in full crisis mode as it is set to lose more than 15 seats, with several senior ministers in jeopardy.

The National Family Support Network said more needs to be done to stop the “devastating and preventable” deaths caused by drugs, which have continued to increase to new heights.

An opposing submission from the local primary school St Audoen’s describes school staff and parents tryingto revive a woman who had overdosed on drugs on a green across from the junior playground.

The Government has asked the HSE to explore setting up a new helpline for people with a drug addiction based on a service in the UK named Frank.

"(This) will allow us to reach people who are currently isolated and vulnerable, offering them vital healthcare and treatment options."

The Minister for the National Drugs Strategy has said she hopes planning permission will be granted on appeal for a supervised injecting facility in Dublin.

A local drug project looks set to close its doors if it cannot secure State funding by the end of the year.

A group comprising every former Drugs Minister in the State has called for urgent action on the drugs crisis in Ireland, citing the situation as being “at epidemic proportions”.

A facilities firm has been ordered to pay €30,000 to a female catering assistant who had her bottom pinched by a chef/manager in a series of sexual harassment incidents involving the senior male employee.

Dublin City Council has refused to clarify if its chief executive Owen Keegan or senior management knew that protection money was paid to criminals under the guise of ‘security’ at a housing development.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, Health Minister Simon Harris and Health Promotion Minister Catherine Byrne announced that a HIV PrEP programme will begin next month.

Demands have been made to clarify who knew what, and when, as concerns were raised over a potential unofficial policy to pay off criminals to ensure housing construction sites were not attacked.

Junior minister for drugs Catherine Byrne admitted the situation as Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy insisted he knew nothing of the situation until media reports this morning.

Ireland's hepatitis C elimination plan has fallen 20 years behind its 2030 target, a campaign group has claimed.

A number of drug seizures were made by gardaí yesterday, with people found in possession of cocaine, ketamine, LSD and MDMA when attempting to enter the gates.

Frontline drug workers say landmark Government changes to drug possession sanctions are a “good start” but criticise the “three strikes and you’re out” approach in the plans.

The precarious position Keith Byrne finds himself in highlights the issue at the heart of developments here on how to deal with personal drug use.

The Government has announced major changes today to laws on the possession of drugs for personal use.

The Government will today formally announce proposals which it claims mark “the biggest shift” in the State’s approach to drug use.

Catherine Byrne stored over €190,000 of drugs and collected a shotgun to pay off her daughter's drug debt.

Grave concerns within Government over its plan to liberalise Ireland’s drug laws are today revealed in a top-secret Cabinet document.

The future of the proposed supervised injecting centre hangs in the balance as Merchants Quay Ireland considers whether or not to appeal a decision refusing it planning permission.

Drugs strategy minister Catherine Byrne has said she is “disappointed and frustrated” at the further delay in implementing the Government's decision to introduce a supervised injecting facility.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar confirmed that the Government’s new plan on reforming laws around drug possession will see a move towards a “health led approach”.

Minister intervenes over funding crisis facing street project to tackle drugs and gangs issue

An intensive street project aimed at diverting young people away from the drugs trade and criminal gangs faces the axe because of an impending funding crisis.

Almost half the Cabinet has failed to turn up in the Dáil for topical questions this year — despite a pledge by the Government that debates would be revamped and junior ministers would not just read scripts.

A Dublin-based car dealership dismissed a car salesman after he recorded zero car sales after seven weeks in the job during the busiest time of year for car sales.

A HIV prevention strategy using a highly effective drug will be launched in the autumn.

A HIV prevention strategy using a highly effective drug will be launched in the autumn.

A PrEP HIV prevention programme will be rolled out for 2019.

The Government has announced an increase in funding of €450,000 to prevent and treat HIV.

It’s one of the most hidden forms of poverty that is very much present in Ireland, affecting thousands of people across the country on a daily basis.

Health Minister Simon Harris and Health Promotion Minister Catherine Byrne welcomed the beginning of Men's Health Week today.

The EU drugs agency said there were 104,000 seizures of cocaine in the EU in 2017, compared to 98,000 seizures in 2016.

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has denied the country is ‘sleepwalking’ into the legalisation of cannabis.

The comment comes after the Chief Superintendent of the Louth division said the country was "loaded" with the drug.

The woman was sacked in July 2017 for gross misconduct after company investigators found that the content of the email to ‘Tony’ was very inappropriate, an attack on Tony’s character and “tantamount to bullying and harassment”.

Last Monday, word emerged that Fine Gael junior minister Catherine Byrne was on the verge of voting against the Government.

The Government saw off a motion of no confidence against Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy by 59 votes to 49, with 29 TDs abstaining

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar will sack junior health minister Catherine Byrne if she abstains in a vote of no-confidence in Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy today.

Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy will tomorrow attempt to address concerns by junior health minister Catherine Byrne after a warning that she may abstain or support a Dáil motion against him.