Continuing my look through the motions ahead of Young Fine Gael National Conference in Tullamore the next motion to pique my interest is one from my own branch in UCC. The motion reads as follows: YFG believes that a graduate tax should be introduced for all college graduates as a means of funding their education and the present entry fees should be phased out over 5 years. Households with an income of below €45,000 would be exempted One the issues I always...
Young Fine Gael is holding its National Conference in Tullamore, Co. Offaly between the 17th-19th February. One of the motions that has been accepted for debate is on Fracking or to be more exact Hydraulic fracturing which is way to extract Gas from shale. The motion from UCD YFG reads as follows YFG approves of the process of fracking as can it can prove a viable energy source in Ireland for the foreseeable future Clare County Council recently banned the process while in Leitrim and...
This Column appeared in the Cork Independent on Thursday 26th May 2011 I joined Fine Gael in 2004. If someone told me on that day, that in seven years time Enda Kenny would be welcoming the British Queen and American President to Ireland as the leader of the largest party in Dáil Eireann and the Toaiseach of the largest Government Majority in coalition with Labour. I probably would have laughed in their face and said in your dreams. During...
As the election was announced yesterday, I noticed messages appearing in my Facebook feed like this one: It would seem that Fine Gael have launched a facebook widget which is linked from their website. It is an interesting move from the party and I wonder how it will play out on Facebook. I myself am a bit sceptical because it seems to be trying to use American Campaign techniques, and I am not sure how it will go down. It also is not...
Image via Wikipedia Fine Gael have today have “stood down” the party website for 3 to 4 weeks and replaced it with a crowd-sourcing site to ask the people of Ireland their view on what the Parties policies should be. In an email to members launching the “new” site leader Enda Kenny had this to say: Fine Gael want to invite people from all walks of life to join with us and help build our plans and ideas for...
Continuing my search through the papers from yesterday for coverage of the YFG Conference at the weekend, the only paper with articles about the conference is the Irish Independent and they have two articles. The first article is on Simon Coveney’s speech and his promise to give up his ministerial car if he is appointed a Minister. “If I become a minister, I will not accept a state car. I’m telling you that now. You can quote me on...
Image via Wikipedia The results of the votes were announced today and the following were elected to the National Executive of Young Fine Gael. President: Eric Keane Vice-President: Bríd Murphy Dublin Organiser: Patrick Malloy East Organiser: Colum Roche North-West Organiser: Cillian Griffey South Organiser: Conor Crean National Panel: Graham Dullaghan, Carol Madigan, William Quill and Colm Taylor. As Graham topped the poll for the National Panel, he will take the third YFG Seat on the Fine Gael National Executive....
Image via Wikipedia Enda Kenny yesterday addressed the YFG conference twice. Once during the Prime Time speech and once during the Gala Banquet last night. Both his speeches were well received by the audience. Below is the text of his speech from the Prime Time session. Yesterday was the anniversary of the proudest day in the life of a young man when he got elected to the national parliament of the country he loved. This young man found himself...
I had a quick sconce the Sunday Independent (5th story down) this morning and they had picked up on one of the motions passed yesterday. The motion was about the Croke Park Deal. It stated as follows: 5) Young Fine Gael proposes that the Croke Park Agreement be rescinded in accordance with Section 28 of the Agreement. (Section 28 states that all commitments are subject to no unforeseen deterioration in the Government’s fiscal position). It was passed by an...
Image via Wikipedia Last night I attended the Hustings in UCC for the National Executive Elections which takes place this weekend in Charleville. All the candidates gave good speeches and so it will be a hard choice on Saturday on who to vote for. The candidates are as follows: President Eric Keane – Clare YFG Vice President Alan Gallagher – Dublin South YFG Bríd Murphy – Cork South-West YFG National Panel Bernard Aherne – University College Dublin YFG Graham...
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