Fine Gael is done making apologies: Minister

A senior Cabinet minister has said Fine Gael is “done apologising” to voters as the party moved to try and regain the political initiative after a crisis-ridden year.

The minister was speaking following a meeting of the party’s TDs and Senators aimed at arresting its slump in the polls as Fine Gael faces into the countdown to a general election ahead of the Dail’s return today.

“We’re done apologising. It’s time to move on. We made stupid mistakes last year, there’ll be no repeat of them this year,” the minister said.