The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
FINE GAEL leader Enda Kenny has said “frontline” jobs and services must be protected in next month’s budget and warned that Ireland cannot tax its way back to prosperity.
The Spire (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
With the impending Green conference on the Programme for Government on Saturday, much speculation surrounds the fate of the Government and the possibility of an early General Election perhaps within weeks. Such speculation is ill-informed, and smacks either of wishful thinking, ignorance of the Constitution, or both. I predict with near-certainty that there will be no General Election, on the basis...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
POLITICAL REACTION:IRELAND WAS now leading Europe as a result of its “very mature and informed decision” to support the Lisbon Treaty, Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny has said.
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 10/04/2009
Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny said the result of the Lisbon Treaty referendum was a victory for the Irish people.
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 10/03/2009
Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny said the result of the Lisbon Treaty referendum was a victory for the Irish people.
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
FINE GAEL LEADER:THE LISBON Treaty referendum was described by Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny as “a real and unique opportunity” for Irish people when he called for a Yes vote at his final press conference yesterday.
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009
FINE GAEL/LABOUR:THE LISBON Treaty referendum vote on Friday is “an opportunity for Ireland to lead Europe”, Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny said yesterday. Canvassing voters on Dún Laoghaire’s East Pier, Mr Kenny said a Yes vote would send “a big message about our country, actually an opportunity for Ireland to lead Europe, because we know the potential and the possibilities...
SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | 09/16/2009
Irish News 14/09/09 THE popularity of Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams as a party leader in the Republic has fallen to a new low, according to one opinion poll. The Sunday Independent telephone poll found Mr Adams recorded a satisfaction rating of just 15 per cent among the 500 people surveyed. This has fallen from 28 per cent last month and 31 per cent in January. The West Belfast MP, pictured, according...
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 09/14/2009
Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny has said a Yes vote in the Lisbon referendum will help create thousands of new jobs by returning confidence to Ireland's "battered economy".
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 07/23/2009
Ireland’s political system is broken and a radical overhaul is now needed to fix it, Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny claimed tonight.
SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | 07/10/2009
BBC 9 July 09 SDLP leader Mark Durkan has led a party delegation to meet Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen in Dublin. The meeting focused on a range of issues, including the devolution of policing and justice. He said the SDLP wanted to "maximise the potential of the devolution project and the north-south bodies". "The SDLP once again reiterated our position that a North-South approach...
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny today told the Dáil the recent report from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Ireland was a "damning indictment" on the Taoiseach and predicted Ireland would suffer a decade of economic stagnation.
Balrog (Free subscription) | 06/14/2009
I have to say that towards the end of the election I was a little confused by the faux outrage of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael at the mere mention by Frank Flannery, Fine Gael Strategy Supremo, that perhaps the time was coming when the Blue Shirts would have to consider government with Sinn Féin. According to Dermot Ahern he was sick to his stomach, so was I..........I thought Flannery said...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 06/08/2009
DUBLIN SOUTH BYELECTION:THERE WOULD be no reshuffle of the Fine Gael front bench in the near future, party leader Enda Kenny said at the weekend. “We’ll consider these things in the times ahead,” he told The Irish Times.
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 06/07/2009
DUBLIN, Ireland, June 6 (UPI) -- Irish voters rejected the country's governing coalition in local elections and two by-elections as results were released Saturday. An exit poll by the state broadcaster, RTE, showed Fianna Fail, the senior partner in the government, and the Green Party losing ground to Fine Gael, the leading opposition party, and the Labor Party. The results for seats in the European...
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