Enda Kenny

...bluff of Kenny, Gilmore TAOISEACH Brian Cowen will next week call the bluff of Enda Kenny and Eamon Gilmore by directly challenging them to detail how they would cut EUR4bn to salvage the public finances. The Fine Gael and Labour...

In this article: Eamon Gilmore, Fine Gael, Brian Cowen, Irish Independent, Labour, Department of Finance, and Revenue

...rate is not the solution FINE Gael leader Enda Kenny has warned that the trade union proposal to introduce a third tax rate for high earners is not the solution to solving the country's public finances crisis. The Irish Congress of Trade...

In this article: Fine Gael, Waste, Irish Congress of Trade Unions, Dublin Bus, CIE, Bus Eireann, Simon Coveney, and Richard Bruton

...on Enda Kenny's various musings. His aides on Saturday sent out text messages asking party members to bombard RTE with calls and messages praising Mr Kenny as he did a radio interview with Marian Finucane. The desperate plea for support...

In this article: Fine Gael, RTE, Marian Finucane, E mail, RTE Radio 1, and Irish Independent

Government proposals regarding child benefit have come under attack from both Labour and Fine Gael, with Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny saying he would not support any proposal to reduce or tax child benefit in next month's Budget (Irish...

In this article: Fine Gael, Seanad, Irish Independent, and IMF

Kenny and Lee both absent for crucial Dail vote FINE Gael leader Enda Kenny and star TD George Lee missed a crucial Dail vote last night on the Government's EUR54bn 'bad bank', NAMA. Mr Lee failed to make it back to the Dail in time after...

In this article: Fine Gael and Nama

...because it generally prevents issues from becoming polarised. We recently witnessed the leader of Opposition party Fine Gael, Enda Kenny, calling for the abolition of the Seanad. It later emerged that he had done this without speaking with...

In this article: John Bercow, Fine Gael, Democracy, Seanad, Fianna Fail, House of Commons, and UK

Kenny pledges to abolish the Seanad Fine Gael Leader Enda Kenny has dramatically pledged to abolish the Seanad and reduce the number of TDs by 20 if his party gets into government. At the party's annual presidential dinner at Citywest, Mr...

In this article: Seanad, Taoiseach, Fine Gael, Tax, and Phil Hogan

...lower blood-alcohol limit FINE Gael leader Enda Kenny has suffered a seriously embarrassing rebuff over his decision to support Noel Dempsey's proposed reduction in the blood alcohol limit to 50 milligrams. A lengthy Fine Gael meeting...

In this article: Fine Gael, Noel Dempsey, Seanad, and Michael Ring

...support level still rising to 36pc. Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny is still some way off being able to credibly claim his party can form a government on its own, but the party is continuing to gain ground. The steady rise of the party will act...

In this article: Fine Gael, Labour Party, Fianna Fail, Taoiseach, Green Party, Sinn Fein, and Brian Cowen