The Greens pushed Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael in a direction that was uncomfortable for the bigger parties but they went along with it because they are supreme pragmatists and they needed the Greens.

The draft programme for government will be debated by members of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael over the coming days.

Senior politicians from Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, with the help of the Regional Independents Group, have spent weeks ...

Rural Independent TDs have signed up to continuous annual increases in carbon taxes despite heavily criticising the measure ...

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The previous commitment to a referendum on voting rights for Irish citizens abroad is not mentioned in the new draft programme for Government.

The party's wins including a coalition commitment to progressively reduce the cost of childcare to €200 a month — and it also ...

AN agreement has been reached between Fianna Fail, Fine Gael and Independent TDs with a five-year plan for the country. A new ...

From GP cards for under-12s and lowering pupil-teacher ratios to transport policing, party insiders point to FF manifesto ...

The chief investor in Waterford Airport has described the inclusion of the regional airport's development project in the ...

Increased investment in Northern Ireland is contained among policy pledges agreed by the groups hoping to form the Republic ...

Among its measures includes the “aim” to reduce the general pupil teacher ratio at primary level to 19:1 over the term of ...