Her name will go forward for ratification at a party event to take place on Saturday, September 13th, which will be the official campaign launch. 

Gardaí have said they are investigating the threat which appeared at the weekend on social media.

The threat was reportedly made on social media over the weekend.

Ms Heraty had been taken hostage from an orphanage in Kenscoff earlier this month.

While there have been some increases in defence spending, they are "window dressing" and need to be accelerated dramatically, according to a former TD and deputy commander of the Army Ranger Wing

Irish aid worker Gena Heraty has been released alongside the other people she was kidnapped with in Haiti

The Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Harris made the announcement of the imminent arrival of the group of Palestinians on Thursday.

The Tánaiste is full of empathy, a Fine Gael minister said as he backed Simon Harris.

Simon Harris will meet fellow foreign ministers in Copenhagen this week.

Councillor Feljin Jose said victims of racist attacks are "being let down"

It comes after Mairead McGuinness withdrew from the race for Áras an Uachtaráin.

The poll also found she is the most popular in a list of potential candidates for Áras an Uachtaráin

MEP Seán Kelly says he's reconsidering whether to run for the presidency after Mairead McGuinness withdrew from the running

Harvey Sherratt’s parents, Gillian Sherratt and Stephen Morrison, will attend the demonstration.

Harvey Morrison Sherratt died on July 29th, although no cause of death has been established

Opposition parties have called for Simon Harris to resign.

A formal appeal over the leniency of the sentences of those indicted for the murder of Private Sean Rooney has been lodged, the Tanaiste has said.

The Tánaiste met EU counterparts on Monday before the joint statement was released.

Harvey Morrison Sherratt (9) died on July 29th.

Simon Harris extended Ireland’s sympathies to Al Jazeera over the deaths of five of its staff members in Gaza on Sunday night.

Mr Brophy cited as particularly abhorrent the recording and videoing of the attacks and the disseminating of the same on social media.

Eight European nations including Ireland have penned a letter condemning the plans approved by the Israeli war cabinet.

The Indian embassy in Dublin has warned of an increase in physical attacks reported against Indian citizens.

US President Donald Trump’s tariffs took effect from Thursday, with exporters in Ireland facing a new 15% rate applying to imports to the US.

Gena Heraty and seven other hostages, including a three-year-old child, were kidnapped from an orphanage in Kenscoff on Sunday.

Mr Harris asked that everything is done to ensure the release of Ms Heraty and other hostages, including a three-year-old child.

Simon Harris said he had been in contact with Gena Heraty’s family on Monday.

Tanaiste Simon Harris said no stone would be left unturned in efforts to ensure the release of Gena Heraty.

A TD who travelled to Egypt to meet Palestinians impacted by Israel's onslaught on Gaza has said they "so much appreciated" Ireland's solidarity and efforts to pass the Occupied Territories Bill

He said any garda showing a ‘brazen’ disregard for roads policing duties would be ‘undermining’ the Government’s road safety efforts.

Simon Harris said the EU tariff rate of 15% would come into effect from next Thursday.

It comes after Natasha Rooney expressed disappointment at a lack of justice for her son Sean, who was killed in Lebanon in 2022.

An agreement was recently reached that will see most goods exported from the EU to the US subject to a 15% tariff.

Natasha Rooney said she wanted to express her family’s ‘extreme disappointment and heartbreak’ at recent court proceedings in Lebanon.

Seán Rooney died following an ambush near the town of Al-Aqbiya in the south of Lebanon.

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Fine Gael leader Simon Harris was responding to a letter which appeared in The Irish Times on Thursday.

US President Donald Trump on Friday said there was a 50/50 chance or perhaps less that the United States would reach a trade agreement with the European Union

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Tanaiste Simon Harris is one of 26 signatories to a joint statement on Monday which calls for an end to the war in Gaza.

Former minister Ivan Yates has said the Coalition Government's performance so far is "quite low"

To be set out on Tuesday, the National Development Plan will include up to €30 billion in additional capital expenditure for infrastructure.

Ireland remains committed to renewing the Unifil mission, the Tánaiste has said.