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In its early years, the party was commonly known as Fine Gael – The United Ireland Party, abbreviated UIP, [35] [36] [37] and its official title in its constitution remains Fine Gael (United Ireland). [38] Fine Gael holds a pro-European [39] stance and is generally considered to be more of a proponent of economic liberalism than its ...
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 35th government of Ireland is the government of Ireland which was formed on 23 January 2025 following the 2024 general election to the 34th Dáil held on 29 November 2024. It is a coalition government of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael with the participation of independent TDs at the rank of minister of state. It has lasted 33 days to date.
Fianna Fail and Fine Gael, Ireland's dominant parties who led the outgoing government, need the support of a handful of independents to form a comfortable majority as they sit just one seat short ...
The Minister for Justice has ruled herself out of the running to replace Leo Varadkar as Fine Gael leader and Taoiseach. A contest for Fine Gael leadership would benefit the party, McEntee insists ...
On 9 April 2024, six Fine Gael TDs were appointed to the 34th government of Ireland and the government on the nomination of the Taoiseach appointed Fine Gael TD Hildegarde Naughton as a minister of state in attendance at cabinet. On 10 April 2024, the government on the nomination of the Taoiseach appointed 7 further Fine Gael ministers of state ...
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 ...
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.