Big Fine Gael convention result coming out of Halla na Féile in Cashel tonight. Tipp South delivers two fingers to party HQ with a fairly clear message.

Pleased to share that Murder at Lordship will be available from Thursday, May 2.

Co-authored with former DI Pat Marry, the book details the international manhunt for the gang involved in the murder of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe and robbery at Lordship credit union.

Fionnán Sheahan: Helen McEntee’s mistake on overstaffed garda station shows infallible officials aren’t watching her back buff.ly/4djQMs6

Irish Independent on Saturday - have a great weekend - all available at independent.ie

Eamon Ryan on stage in the RDS for his address to the Green Party conference. Employing an actual headcount, there’s a crowd of 365 here - so one Green for every day of the year. #GreenParty

Here's the front page of Saturday's Irish Independent

‘You spent €2bn at the weekend’: How Eamon Ryan tackled Micheál Martin over giveaway promises buff.ly/4473rKR

Irish Independent front page - Stardust

Good morning, here is the front page of Monday's Irish Independent

Fionnán Sheahan: Michael McGrath, Fianna Fáil’s standby leader, won’t get caught out like FG’s Paschal Donohoe buff.ly/4cXVETJ

€1,200 tax package prepared for average workers in pre-election Budget 2025 bonanza buff.ly/49AOTEz

Ep 1948: Week 1 - TikTok Taoiseach Simon Harris snubs the Dåil to go direct to the people on social media Fionnan Sheahan talks to Eamon @Acast

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Employing the Semple Stadium model of crowd attendance, there’s about 796 Fianna Fáil representatives, members and invited guests here in the Dublin Royal Convention Centre for Micheál Martin’s leaders address.

Budget 2025 starts early.
First €20,000 of wages to be income-tax free
Free school books all the way up to Leaving Cert
Grants for creches to expand and stay open
independent.ie/opinion/analys…

The Government is set to postpone the holding of another referendum following the crushing defeats of the family and carers votes last month. A planned referendum on a new EU court is now in severe doubt. independent.ie/irish-news/ref…

Simon Harris’s map of Ireland, based on his speculated Cabinet reshuffle.

Fionnán Sheahan: The Simon Harris honeymoon ends if new Taoiseach bottles cabinet move for Helen McEntee buff.ly/3PQuJzu

The midnight chatter in FG was
Hildegarde Naughton in Higher Education, with Patrick O’Donovan as Government Chief Whip.
And then as expected Peter Burke into Enterprise, with rest staying put Helen McEntee (Justice), Heather Humphreys (Soc Welf) and Paschal Donohoe (Pub Exp)

Employing the Semple Stadium method of crowd calculation, there was 1,122 people in the hall in the University of Galway for the Fine Gael Ard Fheis keynote address by Simon Harris.

Final speech to Fine Gael by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar