Fine Gael officials will decide on whether to run under-pressure European Affairs Minister Dara Murphy in the general election at a grass-roots vote in his constituency tonight.

Fianna Fáil has backed down on mooted plans to order party members to pick a female general election candidate in a tightly contested constituency after a legal threat from a male councillor who claimed he was being blocked from running.

Fianna Fáil has ruled out holding a referendum on changing the Constitution in relation to abortion if the party was to enter Government after the next general election.

Fianna Fáil is in a “conundrum” over whether party headquarters should issue a directive to select only a female candidate for a Co Dublin constituency, it has been claimed.

A smear campaign has been launched against former Education Minister Mary Hanafin in a bid to derail her attempt to return to the Dáil in the general election.

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has been accused of “cosying up” to Fine Gael in a desperate bid to survive as head of the party, and enter government after the next general election.

The Fianna Fáil leader has vowed to fight until the end, but has he got the mettle to to stand up to his detractors and get them in line before the election, asks Juno McEnroe

Broken promises and cheap soundbites are turning young people away from politics and causing apathy among first-time voters, newly elected councillors have warned.

The battle in Blackrock is over, but the war within Fianna Fáil over ex-minister Mary Hanafin’s decision to run in the area may be only just beginning.

By Fiachra Ó Cionnaith, the Irish Examiner, in City West

Former Minister Mary Hanafin has been elected for Fianna Fáil to Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council.

Fianna Fáil candidates Mary Hanafin and Kate Feeney are set to both gain seats at the first count later today, despite a high-profile falling out over the ex-minister's decision to run.

Fianna Fáil candidates Mary Hanafin and Kate Feeney are set to both gain seats at the first count later today - despite a high-profile falling out over the ex-minister’s decision to run.

A dirty tricks campaign has been launched against former Education Minister Mary Hanafin in an bid to disrupt her attempt to win a local election seat in Blackrock, Co Dublin.

Former Fianna Fáil minister Mary Hanafin has killed off any chances of contesting a Dáil seat for the party after her decision to defy the leadership and go ahead with plans to run in this month’s local elections.

Fianna Fáil says it will only be supporting one candidate in local elections in Blackrock in Dublin - and that it will not be Mary Hanafin.

Mary Hanafin is to contest the local election for Fianna Fáil in the Blackrock ward in Dublin, despite being asked three times by party eader Micheál Martin not to do so.

Former Minister Mary Hanafin has until noon today to withdraw as a local election candidate for Fianna Fáil in Blackrock in Dublin.

Fianna Fáil have said they are only fielding one candidate in the local elections in Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, despite Mary Hanafin submitting her nomination papers.

A number of Irish ‘neknominate’ pages have been shut down in the wake of the death of Carlow teenager Johnny Byrne.

Ógra Fianna Fáil has elected its first female president.