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Fianna Fáil is a member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, [23] and of Liberal International. [24] From 2019 to 2022, Fianna Fáil was in partnership with the Social Democratic and Labour Party in Northern Ireland. [25] [26]
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]
Fianna Fáil has won the most seats in the Dáil (lower house of parliament) following the Republic of Ireland's general election. It won 48 seats while Sinn Féin - the main opposition party in ...
The Fianna Fail leader looks set for a return to the role of taoiseach – a position he held between 2020 and 2022. Martin says time to ‘get on with the work’ following Ireland’s general ...
Aisling Dempsey is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Meath West constituency since the 2024 general election. [1]She was first elected to Meath County Council for the Trim local electoral area in 2019 and retained her seat in 2024, subsequently becoming Cathaoirleach of the Municipal District.
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]
Fianna Fail is likely to increase its seat lead over Fine Gael compared with the 2020 election, which saw the parties enter a coalition on the basis that the holder of the Irish premier position ...
Cumann na nGaedheal, which had been the governing party since 1922, was succeeded by Fianna Fáil, which became the largest party in the chamber and formed a government led by Éamon de Valera, with the support of the Labour Party. Fianna Fáil would be the largest party in Dáil Éireann at every general election thereafter until 2011.