Fine Gael's problems in Waterford have escalated as Fine Gael Senator Paudie Coffey has announced he will not contest the next General Election in Waterford.

In a letter circulated in the south Dublin area today, the TD said she wants the record "corrected" and would like clarity over whether members or the Taoiseach decided to drop her.

Deselected swing-gate TD Maria Bailey has complained to constituency members about the Taoiseach's decision to take her off the general election ticket in Dun Laoghaire.

The bitter feud in Fine Gael’s Waterford organisation which has exploded this week has been a long time coming.

Waterford Fine Gael TD John Deasy has hit out at party rivals Paudie Coffey and Maurice Cummins saying he won't listen to people “who couldn't get elected to the Dáil”.

Waterford Fine Gael TD John Deasy has demanded the local Fine Gael organisation be stood down as he hit back against a motion of no-confidence in him.

Fine Gael has confirmed the resignation of one of its councillors, Frank McBrearty, just two months after he joined the party and one week after the local elections.

Maria Bailey's car-crash interview with Sean O'Rourke was meant to repair the damage done by last week's swing claim controversy, writes Daniel McConnell

Batting first in the game which was reduced to 45 overs-a-side Ireland were bowled out for 198.

Agrocycle Marketplace is a new website where farmers and food producers can sell their food-waste and agricultural waste to biogas energy producers and other users across Europe.

A partnership is simply a business arrangement that benefits all parties involved.

It can bore the pants off many but for a considerable number of people politics is an addiction, says Alison O’Connor.

Though the last prosecution in Ireland for a suicide attempt was in 1967, the jury is still out on the topic of assisted dying.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar insists Fine Gael is taking claims from Senator Catherine Noone that she was bullied for years by a Seanad party colleague “very seriously” and will take “any necessary action” needed to resolve the dispute.

Fine Gael senator Catherine Noone’s allegations of sexism and bullying against a colleague are to be investigated by party bosses.

The two parties of the last government — Fine Gael and Labour — posted a combined deficit of almost €3m last year, despite receiving funding of almost €8m from taxpayers, the Irish Examiner can reveal

The two parties of the last government — Fine Gael and Labour — posted a combined deficit of almost €3m last year, despite receiving funding of almost €8m from taxpayers, the Irish Examiner can reveal.

I have one issue. My right to die at a time of my own choosing in company of my own choosing, writes Terry Prone.

The Fine Gael TD abused online by colleague Barry Walsh has welcomed his resignation from the party’s national executive council after a damning 48-hour public backlash.

This is a problem far bigger than Barry Walsh, writes Political Editor Daniel McConnell

TD Kate O’Connell has made a formal complaint to party bosses about a non-elected senior figure in Fine Gael engaging in online abuse.

Election planning and proposals for a special conference to approve going into any future coalition in government will form part of discussions at this week’s Fine Gael pre-Dáil conference.

John Sexton is the share farmer in the 100-cow share-farming arrangement set up by Teagasc and Shinagh Estates in Bandon, Co Cork.

A ‘beautiful, energetic, vibrant woman was crushed by what she described as her ‘tortured shell of a body’ so her friend decided to help her in seeking an assisted suicide, writes Eoghan O’Sullivan

Fine Gael have been warned to be on an election footing once the change in the party’s leadership is finally dealt with and Enda Kenny steps down.

Fine Gael’s general secretary has warned TDs and senators to “get your act together” and not repeat the “embarrassing” election expenses mistakes which saw deputy leader James Reilly referred to gardaí by the State watchdog.

It has been a roller coaster year for Wicklow TD Stephen Donnelly, writes Juno McEnroe.

A right-to-die campaigner has said he has full confidence that the use of cannabis for medicinal purposes will be legalised in Ireland.

An internal report into why Fine Gael lost the election does not name anyone and does not vilify any individual, the Irish Examiner can reveal.

Social Protection Minister Leo Varadkar says he is very “concerned” by allegations of harassment in a row between Fine Gael bosses and ex-TD John Perry.

Minister for Local Government Simon Coveney has announced a review of the controversial merger plan for Cork city and county councils in a bid to find a compromise.

A former high-flying marketing executive living with Parkinson’s disease has told how he was committed to a psychiatric hospital for trying to plan his own death.

IN an exclusive interview with the Irish Examiner on Tuesday, the partner of the late right-to-die campaigner Marie Fleming admitted that he has helped dozens of seriously and terminally ill people plan their deaths.

Laws giving terminally ill people the right to assisted death need to be a Dáil priority, Junior Minister John Halligan says.

The partner of the late right-to-die campaigner Marie Fleming says he helped dozens of seriously and terminally ill people plan their deaths with loved ones who risk jail for assisting them.

Tom Curran and his partner Marie Fleming unsuccessfully campaigned to allow him assist her to die. He tells Caroline O’Doherty why he is now risking jail by disclosing that in fact he did assist her to die in 2013

A Waterford woman who suffers from the late stages of multiple sclerosis has called for the next Dáil to legislate for access to assisted suicide for those with terminal illness.