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Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny pictured outside Leinster House yesterday. Photo: Gareth Chaney/ Collins Photo Agency

Senior figures tell 'wooden' Kenny to polish up act

Wednesday February 10 2010

FINE Gael leader Enda Kenny was ordered yesterday by his frontbench to better prepare for major public appearances and cut down on travelling the country for party meetings.

Heir apparent keeps his cool as knives are sharpened for FG leader

Wednesday February 10 2010

IF Richard Bruton comes to believe that Enda Kenny's leadership is a hindrance to Fine Gael leading the next government -- it's "bye, bye Enda".

Official IRA calls time on its armed struggle

Tuesday February 09 2010

A SECOND republican paramilitary group in Northern Ireland announced yesterday it had abandoned violence and decommissioned its weapons.

Bye George: Lee quits party and politics after being 'frozen out' by Fine Gael

Tuesday February 09 2010

GEORGE Lee was frozen out by Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny because of tensions between him and fellow economic expert Richard Bruton.

Lenihan chides FG for overselling 'messiah'

Tuesday February 09 2010

FINANCE Minister Brian Lenihan claimed last night that George Lee left politics because his "messianic" qualities were not being recognised by Fine Gael.

Loophole on penalty points was known two years ago

Tuesday February 09 2010

THE Government has known for up to two years about the legal loophole that allows reckless drivers to escape penalty points -- yet it still cannot provide a date for when it will be closed.

Attending the secular ceremony for former Workers' Party president Tomas MacGiolla at Ballyfermot Civic Centre in Dublin yesterday, was his wife May, pictured here being comforted by first cousin Paddy O'Reilly, from Baldoyle. Photo: Steve Humphreys

Final salute to 'giant of the Irish Left' as MacGiolla is laid to rest

Tuesday February 09 2010

"A man of unrelenting principle and integrity" and "a giant of the Irish Left".

'He didn't make friends and looked down on us'

Tuesday February 09 2010

GEORGE Lee was hailed as the "Angry Man for Angry People" before amassing 27,768 votes in a landslide by-election nine months ago.

IMF backs the creation and role of NAMA

Tuesday February 09 2010

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reaffirmed its backing of the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA), the body designed to purge the banks of billions in toxic developer loans.