Fine Gael MEP Seán Kelly says “the goalposts have changed” and he is reconsidering seeking a nomination from his party to contest the presidential election later this year. Former MEP Mairead ...

The presidential election race has been thrown into uncertainty by the shock announcement by former European Commissioner ...

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

Mairead McGuinness, the Fine Gael contender to run in Ireland's Presidential election this year, has withdrawn from the race, ...

Independent TD Noel Grealish has said he believes Heather Humphreys would make an excellent president if she were to put her name forward.

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

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

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

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.

Center-right party Fine Gael was the first choice of 21% of voters, and another center-right party, Fianna Fáil, had 19.5%, according to an Ipsos B&A poll, which asked 5,018 voters across the ...

MAIREAD MCGUINNESS HAS withdrawn from the race for the Irish presidency. Citing medical advice, the former Fine Gael MEP said ...