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From top: Enda Kenny, Michael Noonan, Lucinda Creighton & husband Senator Paul Bradford; Senator Fidelma Healy Eames; James Reilly; Fine Gael General Secretary Tom Curran; Leo Varadkar, the guards, and a Shell To Sea protestor at the FG think in Mayo today.

Meanwhile, The IMF to the rescue:

THE Government must find ways to tax and reduce child benefit, medical cards and household benefits and subsidies for middle class college students, the International Monetary Fund said in a report today.

The IMF, which alongside the EU/ECB is lending €67.5bn to the country, also wants reductions in the old age pension because deflation has reduced the cost of goods.

According to the IMF, the Government should look again at the Croke Park agreement.

The coalition should tax benefits or introduce means tests, the IMF added.

 

Government Must Cut Child Benefits, Medical Cards – IMF Says (Independent.ie)

(Eamonn Farrell/Photocall Ireland)

Enda Kenny at the Fine Gael ‘think-in’ at the Knockranny House Hotel, Co Mayo, this afternoon.

So, how’s it going?

A united party?

The Chairman of the Fine Gael party has today called for elements of the Croke Park Agreement to be renegotiated. Deputy Charlie Flanagan said all sides should sit down together to discuss the payment of increments, which are not part of core pay.

Fine Gael Chairman calls for Re-Negotiation Of Croke Park Deal (BreakingNews.ie)

 Taoiseach Enda Kenny has today ruled out any re-negotiation of the Croke Park Agreement, saying that the Government is “honour bound”.
Speaking at the start of the Fine Gael Parliamentary Party meeting in Mayo however, Mr Kenny said: “I’m telling you what the position is, and I’m not implying what anyone else, as you say, might seem to be saying,”

Taoiseach: Government ‘Honour Bound’ To Complete Croke Park Deal (BreakingNews.ie)

Oh.

(Thanks Lars Biscuits)

(Eamonn Farrell/ Photocall Ireland)

Chairman of the newly formed Fine Gael LGBT group, Jerry Buttimer TD (above), said he is delighted that the newly appointed Lord Mayor of Dublin, Naoise O’Muirí, will march with the Party’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender group this Saturday at the annual Pride Parade in Dublin.

Deputy Buttimer said this year’s Pride Festival will be of particular significance to Fine Gael as it is the first year the Party will have an obvious presence at the parade.

“It is with a tremendous sense of pride that I will be taking part in this year’s parade, given that it is the first year Fine Gael will have a visible presence, in the form of our LGBT group which first met back in April.

 

New Lord Mayor Of Dublin To March With Pride With New FG LGBT Group (Fine Gael)

You may have noticed our ad space is adorned with Fine Gael’s urge for people to vote’ Yes’ on Thursday.

You may also have muttered: “What the yikes is all that about?”

The party approached us a while back to book the space. Owing to our own profound austerity instead of saying ‘No’ we ummed and ahhed for a bit but finally decided to run the ad for nothing.

We have offered the same free space to the ‘No’ treaty side tomorrow and will then run ads containing a mixture of the two positions on Wednesday.