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Fianna Fáil was founded on 23 March 1926 when a group of Dáil deputies led by Éamon de Valera [1] split from the original Sinn Féin. This happened because de Valera's motion calling for elected members be allowed to take their seats in the Dáil, if and when the controversial Oath of Allegiance was removed, failed to pass at the Sinn Féin Ard Fheis. [2]
In 1926, Seán Lemass described the party as "a progressive republican party based on the actual conditions of the moment" [169] [170] while upon winning the 1932 Irish general election, newly elected Fianna Fáil TD Seán Moylan proclaimed that Fianna Fáil's win meant a victory of "the owners of the donkey and cart over the pony and trap ...
His father, Tom Cahill, was also a Fianna Fáil councillor. [1] He left Fianna Fáil in January 2011 and canvassed for Tom Fleming, who also left the party. [5] Fleming was elected as an independent TD, with Cahill acting as his parliamentary secretary for a while. [1] Cahill re-joined Fianna Fáil in 2016. [1]
The Fianna Fail leader looks set for a return to the role of taoiseach – a position he held between 2020 and 2022. ... Micheal Martin has insisted it is time to “get on with the work” after ...
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The leader of Fianna Fáil is the most senior politician within the Fianna Fáil political party in Ireland. Since 26 January 2011 , the office has been held by Micheál Martin , following the resignation of Brian Cowen as leader of the party four days earlier.
Verona Murphy has become the first female speaker of the Irish parliament as part of attempts to form a coalition government. Ms Murphy, an independent TD for Wexford, defeated two Fianna Fail ...
Fianna Fail secured the most first preference votes in Friday’s proportional representation election, taking 21.9% to Fine Gael’s 20.8%. Sinn Fein came in third on 19%.