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6.5% increase in visitors shows 2013 is a great year for tourism - Varadkar

Minister for Transport, Tourism & Sport Leo Varadkar has said 2013 has become a great year for tourism after the CSO published new figures showing a 6.5% rise in overseas visits to Ireland for the first eight months of 2013.

26th September 2013

Cowen’s tactics show FF has lost the argument on saving the Seanad – Corcoran Kennedy

Fine Gael Laois/Offaly TD and Deputy Director of Elections for Leinster in the Seanad Abolition Referendum, Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, has today (Sunday) said that the tactics being used by Barry Cowen TD show that Fianna Fáil has already lost the argument on saving the Seanad.

23rd September 2013

Fianna Fáil increasingly isolated on No side in Seanad debate - Harris

Government’s strongest critics add voices to Yes side.

23rd September 2013

An Taoiseach officially launches Fine Gael’s campaign for a Yes vote on October 4th

An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny TD, has today (Tuesday) joined Director of Elections, Minister Richard Bruton TD, and the Minister for Justice, Alan Shatter TD, to launch Fine Gael’s campaign for a Yes vote on October 4th in the Referendums on abolishing the Seanad and establishing a Court of Appeal.

10th September 2013

Taoiseach congratulates new Australian Prime Minister

Taoiseach congratulates new Australian PM.

8th September 2013

Martin’s barefaced lies are a desperate attempt to hoodwink electorate - Doherty

Restructuring the interest rate on the bailout deal from 6% to 3.5% represents a significant renegotiation in anyone’s language.

7th September 2013

FG kicks off programme of regional activity for Seanad Abolition Referendum

Fine Gael’s Director of Elections for the Seanad Referendum, Minister Richard Bruton TD, has today (Wednesday) announced details of Fine Gael’s programme of regional activity for the Referendum campaign. This will kick off with a public meeting in Dublin tomorrow night.

4th September 2013

Doherty and Twomey welcome AIB commitment to step up mortgage writedowns

Fine Gael TDs and members of the Oireachtas Finance Committee, Regina Doherty and Liam Twomey, have welcomed a commitment from AIB CEO, David Duffy, that the bank will write down hundreds of millions of euro in distressed mortgages over the coming 12 months.

3rd September 2013

FF’s personal attack on Mulvey is a red herring - Doherty

Fine Gael’s Deputy Director of Elections for the Seanad Abolition Referendum, Regina Doherty TD, has today (Tuesday) described Fianna Fáil’s personal attack on Kieran Mulvey as a red herring, aimed at distracting voters from its own flip flopping on the issue of the Seanad.

3rd September 2013

Seanad abolition major element of wider political reform - Noonan

Speaking at a public meeting on the Seanad Abolition Referendum in Limerick this evening (Friday) the Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan TD, said the abolition of the Seanad is not a stand-alone measure, but a major element of a wider reform package.

3rd September 2013

Government publishes Programme of Dáil Reform

The Taoiseach and Tánaiste today announced the Government’s proposals for the next phase in its programme of Dáil Reform.

2nd September 2013

Fine Gael poster campaign gives the people a clear choice on the Seanad referendum

Fine Gael launched its poster campaign for the abolition of the Seanad today (Sunday) with a promise to deal with facts and reality – unlike those that want to retain the Seanad. Speaking at the launch, Fine Gael’s Director of Elections, Richard Bruton, TD, said that the people were being given a simple choice – to abolish the Seanad, or to keep it as it is.

1st September 2013