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In its early years, the party was commonly known as Fine Gael – The United Ireland Party, abbreviated UIP, [36] [37] [38] and its official title in its constitution remains Fine Gael (United Ireland). [39] Fine Gael holds a pro-European [40] stance and is generally considered to be more of a proponent of economic liberalism than its ...
Center-right party Fine Gael was the first choice of 21% of voters, and another center-right party, Fianna Fáil, had 19.5%, according to an Ipsos B&A poll, which asked 5,018 voters across the ...
As a result, Fine Gael–The United Ireland Party was founded as an independent party on 8 September 1933, following a merger of Cumann na nGaedheal, the National Centre Party and the National Guard. The merger brought together two strands of Irish nationalism namely the pro-treaty wing of revolutionary Sinn Féin and the old Home Rule party ...
The two historically largest parties, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, arose from a split in the original Sinn Féin. Fine Gael is the successor of Cumann na nGaedheal, the faction that supported the 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty, while Fianna Fáil arose from members of the anti-Treaty faction who opposed Sinn Féin's abstensionism.
Taoiseach Simon Harris has warned that Fine Gael cannot be taken for granted in government formation talks. The party leader said speculation had prematurely jumped to issues around how ministries ...
Taoiseach (prime minister) Simon Harris's Fine Gael and Micheál Martin's Fianna Fáil formed a coalition with the Green Party after the last general election in February 2020.
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.
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.