The farming community in Ireland stand to be the most impacted by but will be the most impactful on the outcomes of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill working its way through the Dáil and Seanad, Fine Gael Senators have said.

The mask has yet again dropped from Sinn Féin with one of their TDs refusing to condemn the IRA gunmen who murdered Det Jerry McCabe, a Fine Gael Senator has said.

The publication of the US State Department's annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report reminds us we must redouble our efforts to stamp out human trafficking, Fine Gael Senator Barry Ward has said.

The introduction of a Single Use Plastics Directive will create healthier environments and allow the Government to build on commitments to tackle the biggest challenge of our time, Fine Gael TD Alan Farrell has said.

Four Fine Gael TDs and two Senators have described today’s High Court decision to dismiss An Taisce’s application to apply to the Court of Appeal against a €140m cheese plant investment as “a positive day for rural Ireland”.

THE continued use of rent pressure zones (RPZs) by the Coalition Government is a vindication of a Fine Gael policy introduced five years ago, a Fine Gael Senator has said.

A feasibility study to assess possible options for the installation of a marina in Youghal Harbour in east Cork should be carried out, a Fine Gael TD has said. 

Fine Gael TD Fergus O'Dowd has warmly welcomed the allocation by the Government’s Shared Island Unit of €3 million in funding to progress work on the Narrow Water Bridge in County Louth.

The Narrow Water Bridge will be a historic piece of infrastructure linking northern and southern communities together, a Fine Gael Senator has said. 

Fine Gael Senator Barry Ward has welcomed a commitment by Minister of State for Mental Health and Older People, Mary Butler TD, to seek an apology from the Minister for Health to victims of Thalidomide in Ireland.