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The 2024 Fine Gael leadership election followed the resignation of Leo Varadkar as party leader on 20 March 2024. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] As the only candidate nominated, Simon Harris , the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science , was deemed elected as party leader on 24 March 2024.
The Deputy leader of Fine Gael is a senior politician within the Fine Gael political party in Ireland. The post is currently held by Helen McEntee, who was appointed deputy on 19 October 2024. [1] Like other political party leaders, the leader of Fine Gael has the power to appoint or dismiss their deputy.
John Paul O'Shea (born 1982/1983) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork North-West constituency since the 2024 general election. [2] He was a member of Cork County Council from the Kanturk area from 2009 to 2024. [3] He was elected to Cork County Council in 2009 as an independent and was re-elected in ...
Fine Gael secured third spot with 38. Micheal Martin, Fianna Fáil leader and Ireland‘s deputy premier, said: “We’ll let the dust settle and savour the moment.
Incumbent Taoiseach (prime minister) Simon Harris, of the center-right Fine Gael party, called the election on Nov. 8, making way for a three-week general election campaign.
Fine Gael party confirmed Harris’ leadership following the resignation of party leader and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar on Wednesday. Harris was the only candidate to put his name forward in nominations.
Noel McCarthy (born 1960/1961) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork East constituency since the 2024 general election. [2] In 2009, McCarthy was elected to Cork County Council for the Fermoy as a Labour Party candidate. He was re-elected as a Labour councillor in 2014. [1]
On each occasion from 1948 until 2016, it was the leading party of a coalition with the Labour Party, and in three of those cases also with other smaller parties. At the 2011 general election, Fine Gael became the largest party in the Oireachtas with 36.1% of the vote. Fine Gael has 38 TDs, 12 Senators, four MEPs and 246 councillors.