For FG, all news is good news

Three thousand Fine Gael delegates met at the RDS for the party's ard fheis this weekend, and it was all about positivity, writes Michael Brennan.

Fine Gael is trying to roll out the good news for voters ahead of the local and European elections - and ward off potential threats.

At the party's ard fheis in Dublin this weekend, Minister for Finance Michael Noonan yet again dangled the carrot of reductions in taxes for workers. ''Certainly, as we examine our tax policies going forward, the measurement won't be what might get us votes or how we can buy ...