Tánaiste Simon Harris has said there is a great sense of shock in Fine Gael following her decision to withdraw from the ...

Heather Humphreys has emerged as the preferred candidate to contest the presidential election for Fine Gael following Mairéad ...

HEATHER Humphreys would make an “excellent candidate” for Irish President, according to Independent TD Michael Healy-Rae. His ...

Mairead McGuinness, the Fine Gael contender to run in Ireland's Presidential election this year, has withdrawn from the race, ...

Any hope that Irish politics had retired for its quiet “silly” season in August became a fallacy on Thursday afternoon. The ...

Mairead McGuinness said she made the 'very difficult decision' to stand down following a stay in hospital last week.

The pressure will be on Fine Gael to look for a replacement presidential election candidate following the withdrawal of ...

Independent minister Michael Healy-Rae has backed former Fine Gael minister Heather Humphreys to run for President of Ireland ...

The party is seeking a candidate to replace Mairead McGuinness, who announced yesterday that she would no longer be ...

Former justice minister Frances Fitzgerald will not seek the Fine Gael nomination for the presidency. Ms Fitzgerald had been ...

She added that her deicision to pull out was not taken lightly, and was made following a stay in hospital last week.

Fine Gael is re-examining its approach to the presidential contest following the shock withdrawal of party candidate Mairead McGuinness on health grounds.