FIANNA Fáil Senator Mary White is set to net up to €1.2 million from the sale of Lir, the chocolate making company she co-founded. Ms White owns 15.2% of the company, which yesterday agreed to an €8m takeover by British firm Zetar.

FIANNA Fáil deputies, senators and MEPs from the western seaboard conceded last night that the Aer Lingus decision to pull its Shannon to Heathrow service was a done deal and that their anger over the decision will not materialise into a rebellion.

Fianna Fáil Senator Mary White has said that the law on retirement needs to be changed.

A ban on GPs aged 70 and over treating public patients is nothing but ageism, the Seanad heard today.

Fianna Fáil Senator Mary White has called on the British authorities to reopen the case of an Irish jockey serving a life term in Britain for murder.

Fianna Fáil Senator Mary White has called for more to be done to tackle the growing problem of childcare for working parents.

A conference involving former republican and loyalist prisoners takes place in Dublin Castle today.