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The deputy leader of Fianna Fáil is usually a senior politician within Fianna Fáil. Like other political party leaders, the leader of Fianna Fáil has the power to appoint or dismiss their deputy. The position is not an elected one and is largely honorific. The office of Tánaiste has been held by senior politicians in the main governing party.
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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]
Fianna Fáil (3) John A. Costello: 2 June 1954: 20 March 1957: 1 term 2nd time Fine Gael (2) Éamon de Valera: 20 March 1957: 23 June 1959: 1 term 3rd time Fianna Fáil: 4 Seán Lemass: 23 June 1959: 10 November 1966: 3 terms – Fianna Fáil: 5 Jack Lynch: 10 November 1966: 14 March 1973: 2 terms 1st time Fianna Fáil: 6 Liam Cosgrave: 14 ...
Factional infighting over Northern Ireland, economics and the "moral issues" such as the legalization of divorce, abortion, and contraception plagued the party in this era and grew particularly intense when Charles Haughey later became party leader. [36] Under Haughey, Fianna Fáil lost both the 1981 general election and November 1982 general ...
Former deputy leader of Fine Gael Simon Coveney has said it will be a “very difficult proposition” for the party to re-enter a coalition with Fianna Fail without a rotating taoiseach.
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 ...
Tony McCormack is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Offaly constituency since the 2024 general election. [1] [2] He was a member of Offaly County Council for the Tullamore local electoral area from 2017 to 2024. Formerly President of the Tullamore Chamber of Commerce, McCormack had been a member of ...