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Party's nearly over as PD founders gather for wake

Thursday June 11 2009

THE wine and a few tears flowed last night in sumptuous surroundings in what was described by its founder as the "wake" of the Progressive Democrats.

Twelve areas which hold the key to elections

Fionnan Sheahan Friday June 05 2009

The local elections are literally 258 different elections, right across the country. The 34 city and county councils are really where the game is at and are broken down into 171 different electoral areas.

Enda gets Hulky

Sunday April 05 2009

tHE idea of Enda Kenny getting angry sounds unlikelier than Brian Cowen actually posing nude or Daniel O'Donnell going on a bender with Shane MacGowan, but it's no April Fool's.

Prospect of power stays the hands of the FG rebels

Sunday April 05 2009

WHEN rumblings of discontent seep- ed out of an internal Fine Gael meeting, the party machine was not happy. The last thing Fine Gael needed in the run-up to its ard fheis was perceptions of unrest in the ranks, angry delegates nipping at Enda Kenny's polished heels, a coup in the making.

'The game is up' for Kenny despite claim of complete support

Tuesday March 31 2009

RICHARD Bruton's claim that Fine Gael is 100pc behind Enda Kenny was privately disputed by a number of Fine Gael TDs yesterday.

Poll boost overshadowed by Kenny's 'blazing' row

Monday March 30 2009

Enda Kenny is embroiled in a blazing row with dissenting Fine Gael TDs over his leadership style.

Revolution comes to a head as guillotine falls

Wednesday March 25 2009

Another day, another high-powered head for the hungry guillotine.

FG unveils radical €11bn economic stimulus plan

Tuesday March 24 2009

FINE Gael has formulated a radical €11bn stimulus plan for the economy which would see some of the State's 'crown jewels' sold off to create green and hi-tech jobs.

Gilmore tries to lure PDs after rise in polls

Monday February 16 2009

LABOUR leader Eamon Gilmore also tried to lure PD TD Noel Grealish to the party, after opening negotiations with his party leader Ciaran Cannon.

Ninety years later there wasa different Anglo-Irish battle to be fought

Wednesday January 21 2009

It was a world away, 90 years ago when the first Dail met in Dublin's Mansion House on January 21, 1919. The bitter smoke from the War of Independence still hung like a pall over a country still under British rule.