We should not forget the troubled history of this island, the countless lives lost, many at the brutal hands of the Provisional IRA.

Fine Gael TD for Laois/Offaly, Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, has encouraged local women in Laois, Offaly and North Tipperary who have recently started their own business, to apply to ACORNS (Accelerating the Creation of Rural Nascent Start-ups), a fully funded programme to support female entrepreneurs living in rural Ireland.

Fine Gael Meath West TD, Ray Butler, has encouraged people to visit Meath heritage sites this week during National Heritage Week, with all OPW sites free to enter this Sunday (30th August).

Fine Gael TD for Laois/Offaly, Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, has said that an established online etiquette is necessary to put an end to online bullying and intimidation.

Fine Gael TD for Laois/Offaly, Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, has said that an established online etiquette is necessary to put an end to online bullying and intimidation.

We have gathered here these many years - down all the days since the man whose name means so much to us all died here. We meet to commemorate, to reflect, to celebrate and to learn from a life cut short in this place.

Fine Gael TD for Meath East, Helen McEntee, is sending a strong message to Meath and Louth nursing graduates who are working abroad: “There are 67 nursing jobs for you at home in Drogheda.”

Fine Gael TD for Clare and Chair of the Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs, Pat Breen has welcomed the new National Aviation Policy published by the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Paschal Donohoe.

“The Department of Finance are to undertake a review of the taxation of entrepreneurs and the self-employed. I believe that this review will come to many of the same conclusions found by the Fine Gael Standing Up for Small Business Campaign, that the self-employed want and deserve tax standardisation”, said Fine Gael TD for Meath West, Ray Butler.

Fine Gael Senator, Catherine Noone, has today backed research undertaken by Alcohol Action Ireland which highlights that, despite what alcohol companies try to spin, beer is in fact not a budget “old reliable” when it comes to increasing excise – with only three increases between 1990 and 2015, and one decrease.