Blog Post from YFG Member William Quill on why he will be supporting the upcoming referendum on Seanad Abolition  It is unusual for a country of our population to have two chambers. Of EU countries, the fifteen with unicameral parliaments have an average population of 5 million, whereas the thirteen with bicameral parliaments have an average ...

EU Presidency seminar on the Future for European Youth In April, Young Fine Gael (YFG) organised an engaging political seminar in Dublin which was focused on the future for the youth of Europe within an Irish context. The well attended event began with keynote speakers including Marie-Claire McAleer of the National Youth Council of Ireland and Col...

Ireland and Europe: The next forty years Blog Post by Eoin O'Driscoll, Deputy International Secretary This year Ireland celebrates forty years as a formal member of the community of European nations, now known as the European Union. Though not without its flaws, the process of European integration has been a large scale success. Ireland and Europ...

1. YFG calls on the Government to start accession talks with the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO).Submitted by UCD YFG. 2. YFG calls on the Government, in addition to legislating for the X-case, to legislate for the abortion rights for the woman in cases of ectopic and non-viable pregnancies where the child has no chance for survival foll...