Amid the delicacies, ministers Helen McEntee and Paschal Donohoe and some of the party's Cork candidates heard voters talk ...

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Justice Minister Helen McEntee said the Cork taskforce would by similar to the taskforce appointed by Government last May to examine issues affecting Dublin city centre ...

Simon Harris restated his support for John McGahon, Fianna Fáil denied criticisms of Helen McEntee were sexist, and political parties proposed everything from a ban on no-fault evictions to increased ...

Taoiseach Simon Harris’s decision to stand by pub-assault senator John ­McGahon as an election candidate has been branded “wrong” by opposition politicians, who say his candidacy is an issue for Fine ...

Donohoe is the latest high-profile Fine Gael figure to back McGahon, who was involved in an altercation in 2018.

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Fianna Fáil TD Willie O'Dea branded Helen McEntee the “worst minister for justice in the history of the state".