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Declan Lynch: Fianna Fáil gene pool is at risk of mutating — and we should be worried

As we mark 100 years of Fianna Fáil, let us first observe the noble head of Darragh O’Brien. The Minister for Transport and A Few Other Things has what might be described as a Fian...

Fianna Fáil Ard Fheis exposes party's leadership tensions

At the Fianna Fáil Ard Fheis in 2013, an expert in British politics outlined a 12 point recovery plan for the party to recover from its 2011 general election drubbing, including a...

Fianna Fáil will not seek to stop Ahern from canvassing despite immigration remarks

Party struggling to make impact in upcoming Dublin and Galway byelections, polls show

Fianna Fáil to support move to legalise nuclear energy

Fianna Fáil agreed to support a move to legalise nuclear energy at its parliamentary party meeting last night.

Sinn Féin leading Dublin Central race while Fianna Fáil has only 4% of the vote, poll shows

No candidates running for the government parties made it into the top three in a new opinion poll from TG4 and the Irish Times.

How Fianna Fáil shaped Ireland: rise, rule and decline of de Valera’s party

From civil war origins to decades of dominance, the party’s evolution reflects Ireland’s shifting political and economic landscape

Taoiseach doesn't expect leadership challenge after by-elections despite low Fianna Fail support

A TG4 and Irish Times survey poll on the Dublin Central by-election shows a major knock for the party

Fianna Fáil’s by-election collapse exposes bigger problem: what does the party stand for?

Bertie Ahern's transactionalism is spoken about in reverential terms, his teams keeping track of every representation so that it could be sold back to the constituent at election t...

Fionnán Sheahan: Sniping at how Micheál Martin runs a diminished Fianna Fáil is still a trend

Fianna Fáil’s official history airbrushes over a few items of “unpleasantness” over the last ­century – from Dev having his old IRA comrades executed, on to the Arms Trial, through...

Support steady for Fianna Fáil despite fuel protest fallout as Independent Ireland gains

A new poll shows support for the coalition government has dropped to 32% as Fine Gael dropped two points to 16%.

Fianna Fáil still to rule if TD convicted of dangerous driving brought party into disrepute

Fianna Fáil has yet to make a formal decision on whether a TD who was convicted of dangerous driving nearly three months ago brought the party into disrepute.

Exit the Healy-Rae brothers, enter the new Fianna Fáil candidate spun as ‘independent-minded and in government’

The Healy-Rae brothers are only gone out the door, and already Fianna Fáil is moulding its own “independent-minded government TD”.

Poll: Who do you think should be the next leader of Fianna Fáil?

Dara Calleary says ‘loads of people’ have suggested him as the next leader of Fianna Fáil.

Fianna Fáil Always Chickens Out

Christine Bohan, Jane Matthews, Christina Finn and Rónán Duffy ask why Fianna Fáil keeps flirting with a heave it never has the nerve to follow through on.

Fianna Fáil needs plan to win back seats - O'Callaghan

A plan is needed by Fianna Fáil win back seats in constituencies where the party has none, the Minister for Justice has said.

Micheál Martin: I will lead Fianna Fáil into the next election

Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin said he would fulfil his mandate and lead his party into the next set of elections.

Sean Kyne overtakes Independent Ireland's Noel Thomas to win Galway West byelection

The Fine Gael candidate leapfrogged Thomas on the eleventh and final count after Labour’s Helen Ogbu’s transfers were distributed.

Sinn Féin votes to support a ban fox hunting after heated debate at party's Ard Fheis

During the debate last night, a fire alarm halted the discussion as dorced everyone to evacuate the building.

Is now the time for Fianna Fáil to replace its leader?

To heave or not to heave?

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin ties with Holly Cairns for public support, poll shows

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin is now tied with Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns as the most popular party leader in the country, the latest Sunday Independent/Ireland Think...

New role on Fianna Fáil’s Committee of 15 caps family legacy for Edel McSharry

Martin to carry on as FF leader into next elections and ‘fulfil my mandate’

Fuel support package ‘not permanent answer’, Martin says of energy crisis at annual 1916 commemoration event

Leadership challenge not on Micheal Martin's radar despite Fianna Fáil faring badly in polls

In Galway West, the party has put forward the youngest candidate of the campaign, Councillor Cillian Keane, who is 25

Micheál Martin, Simon Harris and Jim O’Callaghan failed to take the temperature of the nation

A former Ceann Comhairle warned the Taoiseach and Tánaiste last month that failure to act to support the agri-sector would have major political ramifications.