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Na Fianna GAA pitches to be saved under new plans - Rock

A Fine Gael TD has said a sustained campaign to prevent the proposed MetroLink using the GAA pitches of a well known Dublin GAA club as a tunnelling site looks set to result in a hard earned win.

Fine Gael statement on the Confidence and Supply Arrangement

Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil met again today for over five hours to discuss the confidence and supply arrangement with a particular emphasis on the Health Sector.

Chair of Climate Action Committee to seek cross party support for Bill banning microbeads

Chair of the Oireachtas Climate Action Committee, Hildegarde Naughton, has welcomed the publication of legislation to ban microbeads.

Boost for Ballymun with new Community Services Programme contract for the Rediscovery Centre - Rock

Fine Gael T.D. for Dublin North West, Noel Rock has today (Wednesday) welcomed the announcement from the Department of Rural and Community Development that it will award a Community Services Programme (CSP) to the Rediscovery Centre, which is located at the heart of Ballymun.

Ellen O’Malley Dunlop to run for Fine Gael in Dublin South West

Fine Gael has announced that Ellen O’Malley Dunlop is joining Colm Brophy on the Party’s General Election ticket in Dublin South West.

Lombard calls for sun cream VAT reduction to be included in Finance Bill

Senator Tim Lombard said that the Finance Bill should include a reduction on the VAT on sun cream.

Time has come to bin election posters - Coffey

A widespread ban on election posters has been called for by Waterford Fine Gael General Election candidate Paudie Coffey.

Post Brexit passport rush continues - Richmond

Figures released to Fine Gael Senator, Neale Richmond, have shown that the post Brexit rush for Irish passports in the UK continues with 2018 set to be the busiest year so far.

Fine Gael’s income tax reform means people will have significantly more take home pay than five years ago - Burke

Tax changes due to come into effect in the New Year thanks to Budget 2019 will mean real savings for people and families all across Ireland. That’s according to Fine Gael Senator Colm Burke who has revealed that over the last five years families have made significant savings thanks to Fine Gael’s programme of income tax reform.

Fine Gael statement on the Confidence and Supply Agreement

MINISTERS MADIGAN & MITCHELL O’CONNOR ANNOUNCE CO-FUNDING OF RE-DEVELOPMENT OF ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY OF MUSIC ON WESTLAND ROW

The Minister of State for Higher Education, Mary Mitchell O’Connor T.D., together with the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Josepha Madigan T.D., today (25th October 2018) announced joint funding of €9 million for the Royal Irish Academy of Music (RIAM) to assist in the re-development of its historic Westland Row premises.

Fans are Fooled Again as touts have a profitable World of their Own - Rock

Fine Gael TD Noel Rock has urged the Government to act faster on touting after Westlife tickets sell out immediately and go online for up to €600.