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.

The Government has today confirmed that it intends to apply to the EU Globalisation Fund to help affected Bord na Móna workers transition into new employment, a Fine Gael TD has said.

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.

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.

Minister of State for Higher Education, Mary Mitchell O’Connor TD, today launched two important initiatives for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) education in Ireland. The first is DCU’s ‘A World of Opportunities’; a landmark STEM careers guide for parents, teachers and students. In partnership the Minister launched the fifth annual I Wish showcases, which takes place across four days in Dublin and Cork next February. To mark with the occasion, I Wish has released its annual survey of more than 2,200 Transition Year students, which shows secondary school girls and their teachers still don’t know enough about STEM subjects and the careers that can follow.

Cavan Fine Gael Senator Joe O’Reilly has expressed his condolences following the death of former TD Seymour Crawford.

Responding to the Wolfe Tone speech by Fianna Fáil Leader, Micheál Martin, Fine Gael Senator and spokesman on European Affairs, Neale Richmond, has stated that Martin’s late acceptance of the Government’s long-held Brexit strategy is to be welcomed.

The Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Heather Humphreys TD, has today expressed her sadness at the death of former Fine Gael TD for Cavan-Monaghan, Seymour Crawford.

An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, has expressed his condolences following the death of former Fine Gael TD Seymour Crawford.