| | Fine Gael | |
 | | | Leader | Enda Kenny | | | Founded | 3 September 1933 | | Headquarters | 51 Upper Mount Street,
Dublin 2 | | | Political Ideology | Christian democracy, Centrism | | International Affiliation | Centrist Democrat International | | European Affiliation | European People's Party | | European Parliament Group | European People's Party–European Democrats | | Colours | Blue | | | Website | www.finegael.ie | | | See also | Politics of Ireland
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| Fine Gael – The United Ireland Party, shortened to Fine Gael (pronounced [ˌfina gail], meaning Family of the Irish or Tribe of the Irish,[1]) is the second largest political party in the Republic of Ireland. It claims a membership of 30,000,[2] and is the largest opposition party in the Oireachtas, the Irish parliament. A political party is a political organization that seeks to attain political power within a government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns. ...
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Fine Gael was founded in 1933 following the merger of its parent party Cumann na nGaedhael, the Centre Party and the Army Comrades Association, popularly known as the "Blueshirts".[3] Its origins lie in the struggle for Irish independence and the pro-Treaty side in the Irish Civil War, identifying in particular Michael Collins as the founder of the movement.[4] Cumann na nGaedhael (IPA: ; Society of the Gaels), sometimes spelt Cumann na nGaedheal,[1] was an Irish language name given to two Irish political parties, the second of which had the greater impact. ...
The Centre Party was a political party in the Irish Free State in the early 1930s. ...
The Army Comrades Association (ACA), better known by its nickname The Blueshirts, was an Irish organisation set up by former police commissioner General Eoin ODuffy in the 1930s. ...
The Army Comrades Association (ACA), better known by its nickname The Blueshirts, was an Irish organisation set up by former police commissioner and army General Eoin ODuffy in the 1930s. ...
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Signature page of the Anglo-Irish Treaty The Anglo-Irish Treaty, officially called the Articles of Agreement for a Treaty Between Great Britain and Ireland, was a treaty between the Government of the United Kingdom and representatives of the extra-judicial Irish Republic that concluded the Irish War of Independence. ...
The Irish Civil War (June 28, 1922 – May 24, 1923) was a conflict between supporters and opponents of the Anglo-Irish Treaty of December 6, 1921, which established the Irish Free State, precursor of todays Republic of Ireland. ...
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Modern Fine Gael describes itself as the party of the "progressive centre"[5], with core values focussed on fiscal rectitude, free enterprise and reward, individual rights and responsibilities.[6] They are strongly pro-EU integration and opposed to violent Irish republicanism. Fine Gael is Ireland's only party in the European People's Party (EPP); its MEPs sit in the EPP-ED group. The party's youth wing, Young Fine Gael, was formed in 1977 and has approximately four thousand members.[7] Irish republicanism is an ideology based on the Irish nationalist belief that all of Ireland should be a single independent republic, whether as a unitary state, a federal state or as a confederal arrangement. ...
The European Peoples Party (EPP) is the largest transnational European political party. ...
A Member of the European Parliament (English abbreviation MEP)[1] is a member of the European Unions directly-elected legislative body, the European Parliament. ...
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Young Fine Gael Logo Young Fine Gael (YFG) is the autonomous youth wing of the Irish political party Fine Gael. ...
The current party leader is Enda Kenny. He was elected by a secret ballot of the parliamentary party on 5 June 2002.[8] For the Australian singer of the same name, see Enda Kenny (singer) Enda Kenny (Irish: ; born 24 April 1951), an Irish politician, is the 10th leader of the Fine Gael party and Leader of the Opposition in Dáil Éireann. ...
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History
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Following the rise in support for Éamon de Valera's anti-Treaty Fianna Fáil party in the mid-1920s, a new strategy was felt necessary to bolster the pro-Treaty factions which found themselves in opposition. As a result of the Army Comrades Association's defence of Cumann na nGaedhael from republican intimidation Fine Gael was formed through a merger of the ACA, Cumann na nGaedhael and the Centre Party on 3 September 1933.[9] Fine Gael candidates were elected to only thirty-one seats in the 1948 general election, however Fianna Fáil's failure to achieve an overall majority led to the creation of the first Inter-Party Government, made up of an alliance of anti-Fianna Fáil parties, which served between 1948 and 1951. Fine Gael's leader at the time, Richard Mulcahy, was considered too controversial among members of Clann na Poblachta to be Taoiseach due to his role as Chief-of-Staff to the Irish Army in the execution of republicans during the Irish Civil War.[10] Instead, John A. Costello, a compromise candidate, served as head of the government. Costello also headed the second Inter-Party Government which served between 1954 and 1957. Liam Cosgrave, Minister for External Affairs in the coalition negotiated Ireland's entry into the United Nations in 1955.[11] In 1957, de Valera and Fianna Fáil were returned to power and Fine Gael returned to opposition. During its period in opposition, the party's Just Society policy statement came into being. These policies came from an emerging social-democratic wing of the party.[12] In 1966, Fine Gael candidate Tom O'Higgins came within one percent of defeating incumbent Éamon de Valera in the presidential election. As events in Northern Ireland spiralled out of control in the late 1960s, new party leader Liam Cosgrave sought to focus the party's view on its role as protector of the state's institutions, and to neutralise feuding between the party leadership and the centre-left branch of the party. This article chronicles the history of the Fine Gael political party from its inception to the present day. ...
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Richard Mulcahy General Richard James Mulcahy (10 May 1886 – 16 December 1971) was an Irish politician, leader of Fine Gael and Cabinet Minister. ...
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Éamon de Valera[1][2] (IPA: ) (Irish: ) (born Edward George de Valera 14 October 1882 – 29 August 1975) was one of the dominant political figures in 20th century Ireland. ...
Fianna Fáil – The Republican Party (Irish: ), commonly referred to as Fianna Fáil (IPA ; traditionally translated by the party into English as Soldiers of Destiny, though the actual meaning is Soldiers [Fianna] of Ireland[1]), is currently the largest political party in Ireland with 55,000 members. ...
The Army Comrades Association (ACA), better known by its nickname The Blueshirts, was an Irish organisation set up by former police commissioner General Eoin ODuffy in the 1930s. ...
Cumann na nGaedhael (IPA: ; Society of the Gaels), sometimes spelt Cumann na nGaedheal,[1] was an Irish language name given to two Irish political parties, the second of which had the greater impact. ...
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Richard Mulcahy General Richard James Mulcahy (10 May 1886 – 16 December 1971) was an Irish politician, leader of Fine Gael and Cabinet Minister. ...
Clann na Poblachta (literally meaning Family of the Republic) was an Irish republican political party founded by former IRA Chief of Staff Sean MacBride in 1946. ...
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Fine Gael was returned to government in a National Coalition with the Labour Party in 1973. The coalition was beset by problems from the start, including the oil crisis and escalating violence in Northern Ireland.[13] The resignation of President Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh in 1976 after a confrontation with Minister for Defence Paddy Donegan was also a blow to the credibility of the coalition. In 1977, Fianna Fáil under Jack Lynch won an unprecedented twenty-seat majority in the Dáil, and returned to government. Cosgrave resigned the leadership and was replaced by Garret FitzGerald. FitzGerald became Fine Gael's third Taoiseach, again in a short-lived coalition with Labour between 1981 and February 1982. FitzGerald revived Fine Gael's fortunes to the point where they were five seats behind Fianna Fáil following the November 1982 general election. The party returned to government with Labour. FitzGerald negotiated the Anglo-Irish Agreement with British prime minister Margaret Thatcher in 1985. However, the government struggled to control high unemployment and emigration, and was heavily defeated by Fianna Fáil under Charles Haughey in 1987. The Labour Party (Irish: Páirtà an Lucht Oibre) is a Democratic Socialist political party in the Republic of Ireland. ...
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Paddy Donegan (October 29, 1923 - November 26, 2000) was an Irish Fine Gael politician. ...
John (Jack) Mary Lynch (15 August 1917—20 October 1999), was the fourth Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland, serving two terms in office; 1966 to 1973 and 1977 to 1979. ...
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FitzGerald was replaced as leader by Alan Dukes, who spearheaded the Tallaght Strategy, under which Fine Gael would not oppose economic measures put forward by the minority Fianna Fáil government in the national interest.[14] The strategy was an electoral disappointment, and the party gained four seats in the 1989 general election. Dukes resigned the leadership after Fine Gael's Austin Currie finished a distant third behind Mary Robinson and Brian Lenihan in the 1990 presidential election.[15] He was replaced by John Bruton. As Fianna Fáil had abandoned its core policy of not going into coalition following the 1989 election, Fine Gael found itself in opposition to a Fianna Fáil-Labour government following the general election in 1992. The government collapsed in 1994, allowing Bruton to become Taoiseach in a Fine Gael-Labour-Democratic Left Rainbow Coalition. The three government parties ran on a united platform in the 1997 election, and Fine Gael gained nine seats. Labour lost heavily however, and Fianna Fáil led by Bertie Ahern came to power in a coalition with the Progressive Democrats.[16] Bruton was replaced as leader in 2001 by Michael Noonan, who led the party into its worst-ever general election in 2002; the party lost twenty-three seats, including those of deputy-leader Jim Mitchell and former leader Alan Dukes.[17] Noonan resigned as leader as the results of the election were being tallied, and was replaced in a subsequent leadership election by Enda Kenny. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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For the Australian singer of the same name, see Enda Kenny (singer) Enda Kenny (Irish: ; born 24 April 1951), an Irish politician, is the 10th leader of the Fine Gael party and Leader of the Opposition in Dáil Éireann. ...
Following the unveiling of the Mullingar Accord, an election pact agreed after the local and European elections in 2004, Fine Gael and the Labour Party increasingly co-operated in the build-up to the 2007 general election, agreeing a vote-transfer pact and plan to go into government together provided the parties had the required number of seats.[18] The pact was overwhelming endorsed by Labour members at the party's conference in Tralee in May 2005.[19] Fine Gael director of elections Frank Flannery claimed that the agreement, coupled with the party's strong performance in pre-election opinion polls, could lead to a gain of twenty-eight seats in the election.[20] The party gained a total of twenty seats in the election on 24 May 2007, giving the "Alliance for Change" a total of seventy-one seats (seventy six including the Green Party as a potential partner), putting the coalition six seats behind Fianna Fáil. On the first day of the new Dáil, on 14 June 2007, Enda Kenny was nominated for Taoiseach by Fine Gael deputy-leader Richard Bruton and then-Labour leader Pat Rabbitte. He was defeated by incumbent Bertie Ahern and a coalition of Fianna Fáil, the Green Party, the Progressive Democrats and a group of Independents by eighty-nine votes to seventy-six.[21] The Labour Party (Irish: Páirtà an Lucht Oibre) is a Democratic Socialist political party in the Republic of Ireland. ...
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Fianna Fáil – The Republican Party (Irish: ), commonly referred to as Fianna Fáil (IPA ; traditionally translated by the party into English as Soldiers of Destiny, though the actual meaning is Soldiers [Fianna] of Ireland[1]), is currently the largest political party in Ireland with 55,000 members. ...
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Ideology and policies
 Michael Collins, founding father of the pro-Treaty movement, that would become Fine Gael. Although Ireland's political spectrum is divided along Civil War lines, rather than the traditional European left-right spectrum, Fine Gael describes itself as a Christian-democratic party, with a focus on law and order.[6] As the descendent of the pro-Treaty factions in the Irish Civil War, Fine Gael has a strong affinity with Michael Collins. He remains a symbol for the party, and the anniversary of his death is comemorated each year on 22 August.[22] Fine Gael has, since its inception, been a party of fiscal rectitude, advocating pro-enterprise policies. The party is a member of the Centrist Democrat International and sits with the EPP-ED group in the European Parliament. Image File history File linksMetadata Portrait_of_Micheál_Ó_Coileáin. ...
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Fine Gael is among the most pro-European integration parties in the Republic of Ireland, having supported the failed European Constitution[23] and advocating participation in European common defence.[24] Under Enda Kenny the party has opposed Irish neutrality, with Kenny claiming that "the truth is, Ireland is not neutral. We are merely unaligned."[23] Under Kenny the party has also strongly opposed the perceived "rip-off" society that has developed in Ireland, advocating reform of stealth taxes and stamp duty.[25] The Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe, commonly referred to as the European Constitution, is an international treaty intended to create a constitution for the European Union. ...
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The party is not identified particularly with belonging ideologically to social democracy[26][27][28] or explicitly of the centre-right. Currently, the party identifies generally with European political parties that identify themselves as being Christian-democratic more-so than socially-democratic [29]. Most members in the party are happy with the description of the "the progressive or compassionate centre". Social democracy is a political ideology emerging in the late 19th and early 20th centuries from supporters of Marxism who believed that the transition to a socialist society could be achieved through democratic evolutionary rather than revolutionary means. ...
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Leadership Mayo TD Enda Kenny was elected leader of Fine Gael in a secret ballot of the parliamentary party on 5 June 2002. Kenny defeated Richard Bruton, Phil Hogan and Gay Mitchell in the leadership election, which was triggered by the resignation of Michael Noonan following the 2002 general election. The current deputy-leader of the party is Dublin North Central TD and party Finance spokesperson Richard Bruton. He was preceded as deputy leader by Jim Mitchell. The Mayo parliamentary constituency spans the entire area of Mayo County Council in the Connacht county of Mayo. ...
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Neo-Calvinism · Neo-Thomism Social conservatism generally refers to a political ideology or personal belief system that advocates the conservation or resurrection of what one, or ones community, considers to be traditional morality and social structure. ...
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Communitarianism, as a group of related but distinct philosophies, began in the late 20th century, opposing in its opinion exalted forms of individualism while advocating phenomena such as civil society. ...
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The steeple of Alexander Hall Princeton Theological Seminary is a theological seminary located in the Borough of Princeton, New Jersey in the United States. ...
Graves de Communi Re was an encyclical written by Pope Leo XIII in 1901, on Christian Democracy. ...
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Laborem Exercens was an encyclical written by Pope John Paul II in 1981, on human work. ...
Sollicitudi Rei Socialis was an encyclical written by Pope John Paul II in 1987, on the twentieth anniversary of Populorum Progressio. ...
Centesimus Annus (which is Latin for hundredth year) was an encyclical written by Pope John Paul II in 1991, on the hundredth anniversary of Rerum Novarum. ...
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Pope Leo XIII (March 2, 1810—July 20, 1903), born Count Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci, was the 256th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, reigning from 1878 to 1903, succeeding Pope Pius IX. Reigning until the age of 93, he was the oldest pope, and had the third longest...
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John Paul II (Latin: , Italian: , Polish: ) born IPA: ; 18 May 1920 – 2 April 2005) reigned as the 264th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church and Sovereign of the State of the Vatican City from 16 October 1978, until his death, almost 27 years later. ...
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Carlow-Kilkenny is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the Parliament of the Republic of Ireland. ...
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County Monaghan Monaghan was a constituency used in elections to Dáil Éireann, the lower house of parliament in the Republic of Ireland. ...
Liam Cosgrave (Irish name Liam Mac Cosgair) (born 13 April 1920), served as the fifth Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland between 1973 and 1977. ...
The Dún Laoghaire parliamentary constituency is located in the south-western area of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown in County Dublin, consisting of the area around the town of Dún Laoghaire. ...
Garret FitzGerald (Irish: ; born February 9, 1926) was the seventh Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland, serving two terms in office; July 1981 to February 1982, and December 1982 to March 1987. ...
Dublin South East is a parliamentary constituency in the Republic of Ireland. ...
Alan Dukes (Irish: ; born April 20, 1945) is an Irish politician, a former leader of the Fine Gael political party and former Teachta Dála (TD) for Kildare South. ...
Kildare South is a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which elects three Teachtaà Dála (TDs) to Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament). ...
John Gerard Bruton (Irish: ; born 18 May 1947) was the ninth Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland. ...
The Meath parliamentary constituency spans the entire area of the county of Meath in Leinster, Ireland, taking in Navan, Trim and Ashbourne. ...
Michael Noonan (Irish: ; born 21 May 1943) is an Irish politician and was Leader of the Opposition and Leader of Fine Gael from February 2001 to June 2002. ...
Limerick East is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. ...
For the Australian singer of the same name, see Enda Kenny (singer) Enda Kenny (Irish: ; born 24 April 1951), an Irish politician, is the 10th leader of the Fine Gael party and Leader of the Opposition in Dáil Éireann. ...
The Mayo parliamentary constituency spans the entire area of Mayo County Council in the Connacht county of Mayo. ...
Electoral performance In the 2007 general election, Fine Gael gained twenty seats bringing them to a total of fifty-one. The party ran candidates in all forty-three constituencies, and had candidates elected in every constituency except Dublin Central, Dublin Mid West, Dublin North West and Kildare South. In local elections held on 11 June 2004, Fine Gael won 293 seats, an increase of sixteen on 1999, bringing the party within nine seats of Fianna Fáil nationally.[33] In European elections held on the same day, the party won five seats, becoming the most represented Irish party in the European Parliament. Fine Gael won fourteen seats in Seanad Éireann following elections in 2007, a loss of one from the previous election in 2002. With the exception of Douglas Hyde (nominated by Fine Gael), a Fine Gael candidate has never been elected to the office of President of Ireland. The most recent Fine Gael presidential candidate, Mary Banotti, finished second in the 1997 election. In 2004, Fine Gael supported the re-election of President Mary McAleese. The Irish general election of 2007 took place on 24 May 2007 after the dissolution of the 29th Dáil by the President on 29 April 2007, at the request of the Taoiseach. ...
Dublin Central is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the Parliament of the Republic of Ireland. ...
Dublin Mid West is a parliamentary constituency in the Republic of Ireland, located in County Dublin. ...
Dublin North-West is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the Parliament of the Republic of Ireland. ...
Kildare South is a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which elects three Teachtaà Dála (TDs) to Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament). ...
Local elections were held in all the counties and county boroughs of Ireland on June 11, 2004, on the same day as the European elections. ...
is the 162nd day of the year (163rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The European Parliament Election, 2004 was the Republic of Ireland component of the European Parliament Election, 2004. ...
Established 1952, as the Common Assembly President Hans-Gert Pöttering (EPP) Since 16 January 2007 Vice-Presidents 14 Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou (EPP) Alejo Vidal-Quadras (EPP) Gérard Onesta (Greens – EFA) Edward McMillan-Scott (ED) Mario Mauro (EPP) Miguel Angel MartÃnez MartÃnez (PES) Luigi Cocilovo (ALDE) Mechtild...
This is a list of the members of the 23rd Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland. ...
Douglas Hyde (Irish name Dubhghlas de hÃde) (17 January 1860 - 12 July 1949) was an Irish language scholar who served as the first President of Ireland from 1938 to 1945. ...
The President of Ireland (Irish: ) is the head of state of Ireland. ...
Mary Banotti (born 1939), was an Irish politician. ...
The Irish general election of 1997 was held on October 30, 1997. ...
Mary Patricia McAleese (Irish: [1]; born 27 June 1951) is the eighth, and current President of Ireland. ...
General election results See also: Government of the 9th Dáil Categories: Elections in Ireland | 1937 ...
This is a list of the 138 members who were elected to the 9th Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of the Irish Free State. ...
See also: Government of the 10th Dáil Categories: Elections in Ireland | 1938 ...
This is a list of the 138 members who were elected to the 10th Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland. ...
See also: Government of the 11th Dáil Categories: Elections in Ireland | 1943 ...
This is a list of the 138 members who were elected to the 11th Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland. ...
The Irish general election of 1944 was held on May 30, 1944, three weeks after the dissolution of the Dáil on May 9. ...
This is a list of the 138 members who were elected to the 12th Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland. ...
The Irish general election of 1948 was held on February 4, 1948. ...
This is a list of the 147 members who were elected to the 13th Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland. ...
The Irish general election of 1951 was held on May 30, 1951. ...
This is a list of the 147 members who were elected to the 14th Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of the Republic of Ireland. ...
See also: Government of the 15th Dáil Categories: Elections in Ireland | 1954 ...
This is a list of the 147 members who were elected to the 15th Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of the Republic of Ireland. ...
The Irish general election of 1957 was held on March 5, 1957, just over three weeks after the dissolution of the Dáil on February 4. ...
This is a list of the 147 members who were elected to the 16th Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of the Republic of Ireland. ...
The Irish general election of 1961 was held on October 4, 1961, just over three weeks after the dissolution of the Dáil on September 8. ...
This is a list of the 144 members who were elected to the 17th Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of the Republic of Ireland. ...
First time TDs David Andrews Michael OLeary See also Government of the 18th Dáil Categories: Elections in Ireland | 1965 ...
This is a list of the 144 members who were elected to the 18th Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of the Republic of Ireland. ...
Jack Lynch becomes Taoiseach after winning his first election as leader of Fianna Fáil The Irish general election of 1969 was held on June 18, 1969, just over four years after its predecessor. ...
This is a list of the 144 members who were elected to the 19th Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of the Republic of Ireland. ...
The Irish general election of 1973 was held on February 28, 1973. ...
This is a list of the 144 members who were elected to the 20th Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of the Republic of Ireland. ...
The Irish general election of 1977 was held on June 16, 1977. ...
This is a list of the 144 members who were elected to the 21st Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of the Republic of Ireland. ...
The Irish general election of 1981 was held on June 11, 1981, three weeks after the dissolution of the Dáil on May 21. ...
This is a list of the members who were elected to the 22nd Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of the Republic of Ireland. ...
The Irish general election of February 1982 was held on February 18, 1982, three weeks after the dissolution of the Dáil on January 27. ...
This is a list of the members who were elected to the 23rd Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of the Republic of Ireland. ...
The Irish general election of November 1982 was held on November 24, 1982, three weeks after the dissolution of the Dáil on November 4. ...
This is a list of the members who were elected to the 24th Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of the Republic of Ireland. ...
The Irish general election of 1987 was held on February 17, 1987, four weeks after the dissolution of the Dáil on January 20. ...
This is a list of the members who were elected to the 25th Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of the Republic of Ireland. ...
The Irish general election of 1989 was held on Friday, June 15, 1989, three weeks after the dissolution of the Dáil on May 25. ...
This is a list of the members who were elected to the 26th Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of the Republic of Ireland. ...
The Irish general election of 1992 was held on Wednesday, November 25, 1992, almost three weeks after the dissolution of the Dáil on November 5. ...
This is a list of the members who were elected to the 27th Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of the Republic of Ireland. ...
The Irish general election of 1997 was held on Friday, June 6, 1997. ...
This is a list of the members who were elected to the 28th Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of the Republic of Ireland. ...
The Irish general election of 2002 was held on Friday 17 May 2002, just over three weeks after the dissolution of the 28th Dáil on Thursday 25 April by President Mary McAleese, at the request of the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern. ...
This is a list of the members who were elected to the 29th Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of the Republic of Ireland. ...
The Irish general election of 2007 took place on 24 May 2007 after the dissolution of the 29th Dáil by the President on 29 April 2007, at the request of the Taoiseach. ...
This is a list of the members who will be elected to the 30th Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of the Republic of Ireland. ...
Front bench The Leader of the Opposition (Ir Ceannaire an Fhreasúra) in the Republic of Ireland is the politician who, at least in theory, leads the Parliamentary Opposition bloc in the lower house of the Irish Parliament, Dáil Éireann. ...
This article is about the constituent country. ...
For the Australian singer of the same name, see Enda Kenny (singer) Enda Kenny (Irish: ; born 24 April 1951), an Irish politician, is the 10th leader of the Fine Gael party and Leader of the Opposition in Dáil Éireann. ...
The Opposition Spokesperson on Finance in the Republic of Irelands parliamentary system is the member of the official Opposition Front Bench who is primarily responsible for marking the Minister for Finance. ...
Richard Bruton (born 1 March 1953) is a Fine Gael politician in Ireland, and has been a Teachta Dála for Dublin North Central since 1982. ...
The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform is the senior minister at the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform in the Irish Government. ...
Charles Flanagan (born November 1956 is a former Irish Fine Gael politician. ...
The Minister for Foreign Affairs is the senior minister at the Department of Foreign Affairs (An Roinn Gnóthaà Eachtracha) in the Irish Government. ...
Billy Timmins is an Irish Fine Gael politician. ...
The Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment is the senior minister at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (An Roinn Fiontar, Trádála agus FostaÃochta) in the Irish Government. ...
Leo Varadkar is an Irish Fine Gael politician. ...
The Minister for Health and Children is the senior minister at the Department of Health and Children (An Roinn Sláinte agus LeanaÃ) in the Irish Government and is responsible for health care in the Republic of Ireland and related services. ...
Dr. James Reilly is an Irish Fine Gael politician and medical doctor. ...
The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government (Irish: ) is the senior minister at the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government in the Government of Ireland. ...
Phil Hogan is an Irish Fine Gael politician. ...
The Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism is the senior minister at the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism (An Roinn EalaÃon Spóirt agus Turasóireachta) in the Irish Government. ...
Olivia Mitchell (born July 31, 1947) is an Irish Fine Gael politician. ...
The Minister for Social and Family Affairs is the senior minister at the Department of Social and Family Affairs (An Roinn Gnothaà Sóisialacha agus Teaghlaigh) in the Irish Government. ...
Olwyn Enright (born July 1, 1974) is an Irish Fine Gael politician. ...
The Minister for Transport and the Marine (Irish: ) is the senior minister at the Department of Transport and the Marine in the Irish Government. ...
Fergus ODowd is an Irish Fine Gael politician. ...
The Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs is the senior minister at the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (An Roinn Gnóthaà Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta) in the Irish Government. ...
Popular if at times outspoken Fine Gael TD for Mayo. ...
The Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Irish: ) is the senior minister at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in the Irish Government. ...
Michael Creed (born June 1963) is a former Irish Fine Gael politician. ...
The Minister for Education and Science is the senior minister at the Department of Education and Science (An Roinn Oideachais agus EolaÃochta) in the Irish Government. ...
Brian Hayes (born August 23, 1969) is an Irish Fine Gael politician. ...
The Minister for Defence is the senior minister at the Department of Defence (An Roinn Cosanta) in the Irish Government. ...
Jimmy Deenihan (born September 1952) is an Irish Fine Gael politician. ...
Denis Naughten is an Irish Fine Gael politician. ...
Alan Joseph Shatter is an Irish politician and member of the Fine Gael political party. ...
The Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (Irish: ) is the senior minister at the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in the Irish Government. ...
Simon Coveney is an Irish politician and Member of the European Parliament for Ireland South. ...
The Chief Whip is a political office in some legislatures assigned to an elected member whose task is to administer the whipping system that ensures that members of the party attend and vote as the party leadership desires. ...
Paul Kehoe is an Irish Fine Gael politician. ...
Young Fine Gael Young Fine Gael or YFG is the youth movement of Fine Gael. It was founded in 1976 by the then leader Dr. Garret Fitzgerald. It caters for young people under 30 with an interest in Fine Gael and politics, in cities, towns, parishes and third level colleges throughout Ireland. YFG claims the largest membership of Irish youth political parties, with 4000 members.[7] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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Young Fine Gael Logo Young Fine Gael (YFG) is the autonomous youth wing of the Irish political party Fine Gael. ...
Young Fine Gael Logo Young Fine Gael (YFG) is the autonomous youth wing of the Irish political party Fine Gael. ...
YFG is lead by its national executive consisting of eleven members elected on a regional basis, and on a national panel. Barry Walsh is its current president.
In the coming period it has been suggested by members of its national executive, that it will also be extending associate membership to interested parties, particularly Irish students living outside of the state, primarily in Northern Ireland and the UK mainland.
YFG has run campaigns on European referenda, social issues, health care and housing. It was involved in campaigning for a 'yes' vote to the Lisbon Reform Treaty Referendum.
See also There are a number of political parties in the Republic of Ireland, and coalition governments are common. ...
Notes and references The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...
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Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ...
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Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ...
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Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ...
Christian democracy is a diverse political ideology and movement. ...
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Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ...
RTÉ News and Current Affairs is a major division of Radio TelefÃs Éireann responsible for news programming on television, radio and online within the Republic of Ireland. ...
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Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ...
RTÉ News and Current Affairs is a major division of Radio TelefÃs Éireann responsible for news programming on television, radio and online within the Republic of Ireland. ...
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Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ...
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Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ...
University College Dublin - National University of Ireland, Dublin - more commonly University College Dublin (UCD) - is Irelands largest university, with over 20,000 students. ...
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Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ...
Dermot Ahern (born 2 February 1955) is a senior Irish Fianna Fáil politician who currently serves as the Minister for Foreign Affairs. ...
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Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ...
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Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU), formed in 1959 by the merger of the Irish Trade Union Congress (founded in 1894) and the Congress of Irish Unions (founded in 1945), is the organisation to which trade unions in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland affiliate. ...
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Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ...
The Economist is an English-language weekly news and international affairs publication owned by The Economist Newspaper Ltd and edited in London. ...
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Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ...
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Radio TelefÃs Éireann (RTÉ; Irish for Radio and Television of Ireland) is the national publicly-funded broadcaster of Ireland. ...
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Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ...
Radio TelefÃs Éireann (RTÉ; Irish for Radio and Television of Ireland) is the national publicly-funded broadcaster of Ireland. ...
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Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ...
RTÉ News and Current Affairs is a major division of Radio TelefÃs Éireann responsible for news programming on television, radio and online within the Republic of Ireland. ...
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Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ...
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Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ...
RTÉ News and Current Affairs is a major division of Radio TelefÃs Éireann responsible for news programming on television, radio and online within the Republic of Ireland. ...
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Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ...
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Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ...
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Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ...
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Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ...
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Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ...
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Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ...
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Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ...
Type Upper house of Oireachtas Cathaoirleach Pat Moylan, Fianna Fáil since 13 September 2007 Members 60 Political groups Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour Party Independents Progressive Democrats Green Party Sinn Féin Last elections 2007 Meeting place Leinster House Web site www. ...
Tom OHiggins (July 23, 1916 - February 25, 2003), was an Irish Fine Gael politician, a barrister, and a judge. ...
For the member of Seanad Éireann from 1963–65, see John Costelloe John Aloysius Costello (20 June 1891 – 5 January 1976), a successful barrister, was one of the main legal advisors to the government of the Irish Free State after independence, Attorney General of Ireland from 1926–1932 and Taoiseach...
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Bibliography - Nealon's Guide to the 29th Dáil and Seanad (Gill and Macmillan, 2002) (ISBN 0-7171-3288-9)
- Stephen Collins, "The Cosgrave Legacy" (Blackwater, 1996) (ISBN 0-86121-658-X)
- Garret FitzGerald, "Garret FitzGerald: An Autobiography" (Gill and Macmillan, 1991) (ISBN 0-7171-1600-X)
- Jack Jones, In Your Opinion: Political and Social Trends in Ireland through the Eyes of the Electorate (Townhouse, 2001) (ISBN 1-86059-149-3)
- Maurice Manning, James Dillon: A Biography (Wolfhound, 1999/2000) (ISBN 0-86327-823-X)
- Stephen O'Byrnes, Hiding Behind a Face: Fine Gael under FitzGerald (Gill and Macmillan: 1986) (ISBN 0-7171-1448-1)
- Raymond Smith, Garret: The Enigma (Aherlow, 1985) (no ISBN)
External links - Official website
- Young Fine Gael
| Political parties in the Republic of Ireland | | | Represented in Dáil Éireann (166): | Fianna Fáil (78) • Fine Gael (51) • Labour Party (20) • Green Party (6) • Sinn Féin (4) • Progressive Democrats (2) There are a number of political parties in the Republic of Ireland, and coalition governments are common. ...
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Fianna Fáil – The Republican Party (Irish: ), commonly referred to as Fianna Fáil (IPA ; traditionally translated by the party into English as Soldiers of Destiny, though the actual meaning is Soldiers [Fianna] of Ireland[1]), is currently the largest political party in Ireland with 55,000 members. ...
The Labour Party (Irish: Páirtà an Lucht Oibre) is a Democratic Socialist political party in the Republic of Ireland. ...
The Green Party (Irish: ; lit. ...
For pre-Arthur Griffith use of the political name, see Sinn Féin (19th century). ...
The Progressive Democrats (Irish An Páirtà Daonlathach, lit. ...
| | | Represented in Seanad Éireann (60): | Fianna Fáil (28) • Fine Gael (14) • Labour Party (6) • Progressive Democrats (2) • Green Party (2) • Sinn Féin (1) Type Upper house of Oireachtas Cathaoirleach Pat Moylan, Fianna Fáil since 13 September 2007 Members 60 Political groups Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour Party Independents Progressive Democrats Green Party Sinn Féin Last elections 2007 Meeting place Leinster House Web site www. ...
Fianna Fáil – The Republican Party (Irish: ), commonly referred to as Fianna Fáil (IPA ; traditionally translated by the party into English as Soldiers of Destiny, though the actual meaning is Soldiers [Fianna] of Ireland[1]), is currently the largest political party in Ireland with 55,000 members. ...
The Labour Party (Irish: Páirtà an Lucht Oibre) is a Democratic Socialist political party in the Republic of Ireland. ...
The Progressive Democrats (Irish An Páirtà Daonlathach, lit. ...
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For pre-Arthur Griffith use of the political name, see Sinn Féin (19th century). ...
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(13 out of 732): | Fine Gael (EPP–ED, 5) • Fianna Fáil (UEN, 4) • Labour Party (PES, 1) • Sinn Féin (EUL–NGL, 1)† Established 1952, as the Common Assembly President Hans-Gert Pöttering (EPP) Since 16 January 2007 Vice-Presidents 14 Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou (EPP) Alejo Vidal-Quadras (EPP) Gérard Onesta (Greens – EFA) Edward McMillan-Scott (ED) Mario Mauro (EPP) Miguel Angel MartÃnez MartÃnez (PES) Luigi Cocilovo (ALDE) Mechtild...
The European Peoples Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats is a group in the European Parliament. ...
Fianna Fáil – The Republican Party (Irish: ), commonly referred to as Fianna Fáil (IPA ; traditionally translated by the party into English as Soldiers of Destiny, though the actual meaning is Soldiers [Fianna] of Ireland[1]), is currently the largest political party in Ireland with 55,000 members. ...
UEN logo The Union for Europe of the Nations is a nationalist and (mostly) euro-sceptic party grouping with seats in the European Parliament. ...
The Labour Party (Irish: Páirtà an Lucht Oibre) is a Democratic Socialist political party in the Republic of Ireland. ...
The Party of European Socialists (PES) is a European political party whose members are 33 social democratic, socialist and labour parties of the European Union member states as well as Norway. ...
For pre-Arthur Griffith use of the political name, see Sinn Féin (19th century). ...
GUE-NGL logo The European United Left–Nordic Green Left is a socialist and communist political grouping within the European Parliament. ...
| | | Minor parties: | Christian Solidarity Party • Communist Party of Ireland • éirígí • Fathers Rights-Responsibility Party • Irish Republican Socialist Party • People Before Profit Alliance • Republican Sinn Féin • Socialist Party • Socialist Workers Party • Workers Party The Christian Solidarity Party (An Comhar CrÃostaÃ) is a political party in the Republic of Ireland without parliamentary representation. ...
The Communist Party of Ireland (CPI; Irish: Páirtà Cumannach na hÉireann) is a small all-Ireland Marxist party. ...
éirÃgà [eËɼiËÉŸiË] (Irish for arise and deliberately using bad grammar é) is a socialist republican political party in Ireland. ...
The Fathers Rights-Responsibility Party is an Irish political party, registered in 2007. ...
Irish Republican Socialist Party (IRSP) describes itself as a republican socialist party and claims to be both Marxist-Leninist and republican. ...
The People Before Profit Alliance is an Irish political party, registered in 2007. ...
Republican Sinn Féin (RSF) is a political party[2] operating in Ireland. ...
The Socialist Party (in Irish Páirtà Sóisialach) is a political party active in Ireland. ...
The Socialist Workers Party (Ireland) (SWP) is an Irish, Trotskyist political party. ...
Categories: Ireland-related stubs | Irish political parties | Republic of Ireland political parties | Northern Ireland political parties ...
| | | | | | Portal:Politics – List of political parties – Politics of the Republic of Ireland | | Northern Ireland is a constituency of the European Parliament. ...
Political parties Part of the Politics series Politics Portal This box: This is an overview of political parties by country, in the form of a table with a link to a list of political parties in each country and showing which party system is dominant in each country . ...
Politics of Ireland (the Republic of Ireland) takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the Taoiseach (Prime Minister) is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. ...
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