A FORMER Fianna Fail councillor has appeared in court charged with the harassment of a female. Joseph O’Donovan, formerly known as Gary O’Flynn, appeared before Cork District Court today ...

A former Fianna Fáil cabinet minister has expressed disappointment that the number of women appointed to senior ministerial roles has “gone backwards”. Taoiseach Micheál Martin last week ...

The film, debuting at Sundance, comes front-loaded with intrigue. Married couple Darcy (Dev Patel) and Daphne (Rosy McEwen) live in relative isolation in the Welsh countryside. The year is 1976 ...

(L-R) Eamon Gilmore of Labour, Enda Kenny of Fine Gael, and Micheál Martin of Fianna Fáil take part in a televised debate in RTÉ during the 2011 general election campaign But despite the first ...

Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin had been poised to become the next taoiseach after agreeing a Programme for Government with the Fine Gael party and a selection of independents. However ...

Historian and political commentator Brian Feeney has been a columnist with The Irish News for three decades. He is a former SDLP councillor in Belfast and co-author of the award-winning book Lost ...

The long awaited realignment of the N17 which was put on hold by the Green Party Minister Eamon Ryan under the last project must get priority under the new Fianna Fáil/Fine Gael coalition ...

The chaotic scenes in the parliament on Wednesday mean the nomination of Micheal Martin, of the Fianna Fail party, will have to wait until at least Thursday. The speaker of the lower house ...

FIANNA Fail will take on the Departments of Children and Transport when the Greens’ ­cabinet positions are carved up this week. Fine Gael politicians and members voted in favour of the move ...

Fine Gael members have voted to ratify the draft programme for government that will underpin a coalition with Fianna Fail and a group of independents. Fine Gael has ratified the programme for ...