Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, TD

People should consider shopping local, supporting Irish jobs and businesses and turning Black Friday Green this year, a Fine Gael Senator has said.

Fine Gael Senator Regina Doherty has called on Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald to clarify if she was one of the Sinn Féin members written to by investigators appointed by the PSNI over two months ago, and if she has responded.

Brexit readiness for businesses and challenges to the agri sector are top of mind for Ireland’s newest MEP Colm Markey, who officially began working in the role today.

Revelations that Sinn Féin’s senior leaders have not yet spoken to police five months after attending the Bobby Storey funeral demonstrates the party’s hypocrisy once again, a Fine Gael Senator has said.

Fine Gael Senator Regina Doherty has called for the immediate creation of a dedicated and permanent Garda helpline after allegations that a large number of private images, mainly of young Irish women, have been shared online without permission.

A milestone has been reached in the development of the M20 Limerick to Cork Motorway with a public consultation on proposed routes beginning today, a Fine Gael TD has said.

The only way to break the endemic sexual and gender-based violence in our country is with a comprehensive and new approach to relationship and sexual education, a Fine Gael TD has said.

The establishment of an Online Safety Commissioner would further strengthen ongoing work designed to protect Irish people from abuse online, a Fine Gael TD has said.

The Minister for Justice should look at the Scottish model in tackling a worrying rise in knife crime, a Fine Gael TD has said.

Fine Gael TD for Cork East, David Stanton, has said Government funding would be a lifeline for Fota Wildlife Park in dealing with the challenges presented by COVID closures.