Fianna Fáil have proposed a referendum to prevent future governments raiding pension funds in a time of economic crisis.

Ex-Fianna Fáil junior minister Conor Lenihan’s bid to return to the Dáil has come crashing down to earth after the TD failed to even be nominated for a key candidate short-list.

Former minister Conor Lenihan has signalled he will run for the Dáil again if Fianna Fáil make him an offer he “cannot refuse”.

The recent move by the aunt and brother of the late minister for finance Brian Lenihan to represent his views would make a joke of the banking inquiry, writes Michael Clifford

Former Government minister Mary O’Rourke has voiced concerns about the banking inquiry making any allegations against her nephew, the late Brian Lenihan.

The late Brian Lenihan was remembered by family, friends and political colleagues at the launch of a book reflecting on his life and times.

Former junior ministers have spoken of the confusing nature of serving in Government and of the challenges faced by ministers of state when in their posts.

To mark the end of the elections, Dave Kenny picks the top 10 political gaffes of all time

Former Irish Minister for Science, Technology, Innovation & Natural Resources, Conor Lenihan has warned that unless Ireland weans itself off its property addiction and reforms the welfare system, we are all going to end up working for the Asian companies.

Russian billionaire Viktor Vekselberg will name Conor Lenihan, the former minister of state for science, as a senior adviser for his Renova Group investment company, according to two people with knowledge of the move.

Gulliver’s Travels, Everyman, Cork

THE MINUTE I got into the taxi I could see by the way the back of his head was dug into his shoulders that he was a disgruntled taxi driver from central casting.

Cork City Hall was converted into a technology nirvana yesterday as leaders from life sciences, technology education and investment took to the stage to plan for Ireland digital future.

A man who took his ex-girlfriend’s pregnancy test for a joke found out he had testicular cancer after being alerted by users on a website where his story was posted.

Taoiseach-in-waiting Enda Kenny is facing a one-week deadline to form a new government after Fine Gael romped to an historic victory in the 2011 general election.

The fall of Mary Coughlan signalled not only the demise of a Government but also the end of a Fianna Fáil political dynasty.

The fall of Ireland’s former Tánaiste signalled not only the demise of a government but also the end of a Fianna Fáil political dynasty.

Ireland’s incoming Taoiseach will begin sizing up options for a new government today after his Fine Gael party made an historic election breakthrough.

Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny has tonight vowed to begin efforts to renegotiate Ireland's €85bn bailout next week.

There are 70 seats filled so far.

Senior figures in the Fine Gael party have claimed they could be on course for single-party government.

Phil Hogan, Fine Gael's director of elections, has warned commentators and analysts not to rule out single-party government.

Fianna Fáil's Conor Lenihan, contesting Dublin South West, has conceded defeat.

PARANOIA, self-doubt and a complete inability to see where you’ll get a single vote?

Junior Minister Conor Lenihan has said he is seriously considering throwing his name into the race to be the next leader of Fianna Fáil.

TAOISEACH Brian Cowen has continued to express bitterness towards his coalition partners after he was denied the chance to promote six Fianna Fáil TDs to the Cabinet.

Micheál Martin, who unsuccessfully challenged Taoiseach Brian Cowen's leadership of Fianna Fáil, has now urged his party representatives to rethink Mr Cowen's leadership.

Fine Gael has said it will support the Labour Party's motion of no confidence in the Government next week.

BRIAN COWEN was facing renewed calls from his own party to quit last night after the Greens humiliated him by blocking new ministerial appointments and forcing him to bring forward the general election.

BRIAN COWEN’S choice of March 11 as an election date will rescue him from going down in the history books as being Fianna Fáil’s overall shortest serving taoiseach.

SHELL-SHOCKED Fianna Fáil TDs have begun to question if Taoiseach Brian Cowen can be overthrown as party leader just two days after voting confidence in his stewardship.

Taoiseach Brian Cowen was tonight facing calls from within his own ranks to resign after plans for a Cabinet reshuffle almost collapsed the Government.

SO much melodrama, so little change. So much time and energy wasted for so very little of any immediate importance or relevance to the country’s future.

The former Defence Minister Willie O'Dea has said he will be voting against Brian Cowen in tomorrow's Fianna Fáil confidence motion.

DÁIL ÉIREANN was always destined to be something of a second home for Brian Lenihan.

DESPERATE distraction, all this Fianna Fáil leadership stuff, isn’t it?

BRIAN Cowen’s future hung in the balance last night as he decided whether he had enough support to survive as Taoiseach while the threat of rebellion continued to grip Fianna Fáil.

MINISTERS stalking the leadership of Fianna Fáil played a cagey game as they waited for the clock to run out on Taoiseach Brian Cowen’s consultation exercise.

Labour leader Eamon Gilmore has said he will make good on his promise to move a motion of no confidence in the Government unless a date for a General Election is set before the end of January.

WILLIE O’DEA has become the latest senior Fianna Fáil figure to criticise the exodus of ministers from the party, saying the situation resembled “the flight out of Egypt”.