Senator Garret Ahearn

The Fine Gael Executive Council has agreed on the addition of Julie O’Leary as a candidate in the Cork North Central constituency for the next General Election.

The Fine Gael Executive Council has decided (on foot of a proposal made by An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar TD and supported by the Fine Gael Parliamentary Party) that Fine Gael will endorse and support the candidacy of President Michael D Higgins in any potential Presidential Election.

Both Facebook executives and the Irish Data Protection Commissioner will be called to appear before the Oireachtas Communications Committee following shocking revelations in a TV documentary.

The premature scrapping of roadworthy vehicles must be ended, Fine Gael Senator Michelle Mulherin has said.

Fine Gael Dublin Senator, Catherine Noone, has today (Tuesday) called for an extension of the watershed as it relates to junk food.

Senator Paul Coghlan, Chairman of the Seanad Public Consultation Committee, alongside fellow Committee members, today launched the Committee’s Report on the Status, Treatment and Use of the National Anthem.

Fine Gael Senator and spokesman on European Affairs, Neale Richmond, has slammed Fianna Fáil Brexit spokesperson, Lisa Chambers, following her latest attempt to tie internal UK chaos to the Irish Government.

Senator Tim Lombard had a productive meeting with his Fine Gael colleague, Minister for Finance & Public Expenditure and Reform, Pascal Donohoe, regarding his proposals to reduce the VAT on sun cream products.

Fine Gael Senator, Jerry Buttimer, has called for the introduction of separate intoxication holding areas in City Centre Garda Stations to reduce the pressure on hospital Emergency Departments.

Minister for Culture, Heritage and Gaeltacht, Josepha Madigan, has welcomed plans to reopen Stepaside Garda station as a “modular” facility but is asking if the old station building could be categorised as “a Protected Structure,” and put to good use.