Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has claimed that Fianna Fail are "not to be trusted" as he criticised their MEP for proposing to vote against the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement.

Fianna Fail Senator Lorraine Clifford-Lee has said she would like to apologise “face to face” to the Travelling community for controversial tweets sent nine years ago.

Fiann Ó Nualláin follows in the footsteps of the Fianna as he explores a province’s hills and vales.

Almost €1.74 million has been paid out from the court poor box to various charities in 2018, according to figures released by the Courts Service.

Building on the success of the Wild Atlantic Way, the Hidden Heartlands showcase the very best our inland counties have to offer, writes Ciara McDonnell.

Vulture funds will escape tougher regulations after a Central Bank report for the government and finance minister recommended no changes be made to the current code on mortgage arrears.

Páirc Uí Chaoimh stadium director Bob Ryan says “there’ll be no issue with the pitch” for tomorrow week’s Munster SHC opener between Cork and Clare at the venue.

Fianna Fáil has accused Communications Minister Denis Naughten of acting like ‘ Comical Ali’ by refusing to allow an immediate review of the Government’s broadband plan because he believes it is still on track.

Dublin ladies senior football team manager Mick Bohan is hoping that 2011 All-Ireland winner Paul Casey will be part of his coaching team for the forthcoming season. Subject to ratification at a Dublin LGFA meeting next month, Casey could come on board as defence coach with the reigning TG4 All-Ireland senior champions.

The newspaper industry should be supported with taxpayers’ money to challenge fake news, Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has said.

The 53% surge in car imports from Britain since the Brexit vote is a major challenge for the Irish car industry, Fianna Fáil has warned.

After Ophelia, and especially after a Fianna Fáil ard fheis, don’t forget that the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China opens in Beijing today. It may be more important.

Latest: Divisions between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are widening tonight over the Taoisach's intervention in the Jobstown case.

David ‘Dotsy’ O’Callaghan has confirmed his return to the Dublin senior hurling panel after a serious back injury threatened to end his inter-county career.

Michael Clifford deconstructs an interview by the woman at the centre of the Maurice McCabe/Tusla controversy and finds that it raises more questions than it answered.

THE arrangements agreed yesterday between Taoiseach Enda Kenny and his supply-and-demand colleague Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin have restored a degree of stability at Leinster House. 

Flying kites, like kissing damp babies and going to strangers’ funerals armed with a green biro, is part of our political culture. So, too, is the idea of clinging to, or achieving, power at any cost. Those habits came together this week when Taoiseach Enda Kenny refused to rule out an alliance between Fine Gael and Sinn Féin.

As the man himself so aptly put it following a night of drama in Belfast: “There’s never a dull moment in a Paddy Barnes fight!”

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has launched a strong attack on Fine Gael claiming the Government they lead is “drifting” and lacking ambition or urgency.

The articulate Waterford Fine Gael TD has long clashed with his boss, and Nama’s Northern Ireland loan portfolio is just the latest flashpoint, writes Daniel McConnell.

Fianna Fáíl would be marginally more popular than Fine Gael in the event of a sudden General Election, according to a new poll.

Look at the raft of TDs who are known for their liberal views... who got the chop from the electorate, writes Alison O’Connor.

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has led tributes to one of his party’s most popular county councillors, Dan Joe Fitzgerald, who has died after a short illness.

Fine Gael’s election promises of 2011 turned out to be nothing more than aspiration, with healthcare and the vulnerable all suffering in the meantime.

The Government is set to benefit from an unexpected €100m income boost this year due to a tax most people do not even know they are paying.

Labour ministers have backed their ministerial colleague Dara Murphy but said that his use of a garda car to travel from Cork to Dublin Airport was not an “appropriate use of resources”.

The Court of Appeal has cleared the way for an investigation by the Standards in Public Office Commission into the alleged duplication of expenses claims by Fianna Fáil senator Brian Ó Domhnaill.

A review of the special needs assistant (SNA) scheme should not lead to cuts for children with disabilities, Fianna Fáil has warned.

The “scandal” of banks routinely overcharging customers with inflated standard variable mortgage rates needs to be stopped with new intervention powers for financial regulators, Fianna Fáil insists.

Minister for Education Jan O’Sullivan has dismissed claims by Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin that Shannon Airport’s continued success was being gained at the expense of Cork Airport.

First-time buyer couples would get grants of up to €10,000 to help with deposits for their homes, Fianna Fáil has promised.

Former solicitor, financial adviser, and Fianna Fáil councillor Gary O’Flynn was yesterday jailed for three years for soliciting someone to murder a detective, a taxman, and an accountant because of a fraud inquiry against him.

Former solicitor, financial advisor, and Fianna Fáil councillor Gary O’Flynn pleaded guilty yesterday at Cork Circuit Criminal Court to six fraud charges.

A controversial senator, who quit Fianna Fáil over his opposition to adoption by same-sex couples, has claimed some gay people believe marriage equality funding would be better spent on HIV tests for the community.

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has insisted it is time to reclaim the legacy of the 1916 rebellion after the Provisional IRA tried to “hijack” the rising.

THERE’S a big hole out there where establishment parties used to be, and there will be some fun in filling it.

THEY were under siege, holed up in the GPO. Outside, the massed ranks railed against them. The constant barrage echoed though the building like the drumbeat of victory.

There is bad news for Sinn Féin in two political opinions polls this evening.