A Fianna Fáil TD has said he has not paid his septic tank charge, because the fee is an issue of equality.

The Fianna Fáil TD Eamon Ó Cuív has said he will announce this afternoon whether or not he has decided to leave the party.

The Fianna Fáil TD Eamon O'Cuiv could face disciplinary action over his decision to campaign against the EU Fiscal Treaty.

Fianna Fáil TD Eamon O'Cuiv will not face expulsion from the Parliamentary Party after declaring that he is campaigning against the EU Fiscal Treaty.

The Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore has said Ireland could apply to the IMF for a second bailout even if the country votes against the EU Treaty referendum.

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has said he is not in favour of any future coalition with Sinn Féin.

Éamon Ó Cuív has resigned as the Fianna Fáil deputy leader and spokesperson on communications after differences with party leader Michael Martin over the EU fiscal treaty.

The Fianna Fáil whip and Foreign Affairs spokesman Seán O'Fearghaíl has re-iterated the party's position over the referendum on the Fiscal Compact Treaty.

The Government has been called on to force the mortgage lender Permanent TSB to reduce the interest rate it applies to mortgages.

The Government is coming under pressure from opposition parties in the Dáil to halt its plans for the sale of certain State assets.

The Government and the Opposition have clashed over legislation to regulate political lobbying.

Newly-reelected TD Eamon O'Cuiv has said he has given no thought to whether he would be interested in a position as deputy leader of Fianna Fáil.

Eamon O'Cuiv has been elected in Galway West.

Taoiseach Brian Cowen insisted he worked hard to fix past mistakes during his farewell speech as leader of the country today.

Senior Fianna Fáil minister Eamon O'Cuiv has said that anyone in the Cabinet who does not believe or trust in Brian Cowen should resign.

The Minister for Social Protection Eamon O'Cuiv is rejecting that the cut in dole payments is designed to get people to look for work.

The Social Protection Minister Eamon O'Cuiv has said by-election results "do not always reflect national trends" or what will happen at the next General Election.

Social Protection Minister Eamon O'Cuiv has told the Fianna Fáil Parliamentary Party meeting today that the Government has no plans to means-test the contributory old age pension.

The Minister for Social Protection Eamon O'Cuiv has said there are no plans to bring back the Christmas bonus for social welfare recipients this year.

The Government is coming under fire for appointing the Social Protection Minister Eamon O'Cuiv as Fianna Fáil's campaign manager in the Donegal South West by-election.

Minister for Social Protection Eamon Ó Cuiv is not ruling out cuts to child benefit in the upcoming Budget.

Cabinet minister Eamon O'Cuiv is insisting there is no question mark over Brian Cowen's leadership of Fianna Fáil as the party begins a two-day meeting in Galway.

The Minister for Social Protection Eamon O'Cuiv is denying reports that up to 60% of claims for the back-to-school allowance have yet to be processed.

The Minister for Social Protection Eamon O'Cuiv wants to see a profile of the customers whose electricity supply the ESB has been disconnecting.

A Government Minister is dimissing suggestions that there won't be enough money to pay social welfare benefits.

The Social Welfare Minister Eamon O'Cuiv has said there are no plans to introduce means testing for people on the Contributory State Pension.

The Minister for Social Protection Eamon O'Cuiv has said he cannot rule out a budget cut to the old age pension.

The Minister for Social Protection Eamon O'Cuiv has announced plans for locating social welfare and FAS services in a one-stop shop.

A revolutionary new harbour costing €14m has been completed on one of the Aran Islands.

Minister Eamon O'Cuiv will today visit the Isle of Man and follow in the footsteps of his grandfather Eamon de Valera who helped save the native language 60 years ago.

The first electric bus on an offshore island will be launched on Inis Oirr today by Minister for the Gaeltacht Eamon O'Cuiv.

The Irish Government must protect the rights of Irish speakers in the North, it was claimed today.

The Minister for Rural Affairs Eamon O'Cuiv has denied that the Government is split over the controversial Aer Lingus decision to axe its Shannon to Heathrow route.

Community groups that promote the Irish language are being honoured at the annual Glór na nGael ceremony in Belfast today.

The Minister for Gaeltacht Affairs, Eamonn O'Cuiv has been involved in a car crash in County Kerry.

Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs Eamon O'Cuiv has announced that €70m has been invested in the Clar programme since its launch two years ago.

A Government minister has said he is stunned at the stance being adopted by some of the anti-Nice Treaty campaigners.

The Government will today consider a strategy for reversing last year’s shock referendum defeat of the Treaty of Nice plan for European Union expansion.

Rural communities face being wiped out as more people move to bigger towns and cities, the rural development minister said today.

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern tonight said the European Union’s Treaty of Nice - rejected in a referendum last week - could not be renegotiated.

A junior government minister has proposed the reinstatement of the five provinces of Ireland.