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Sinn Féin may be boycotting White House for St Patrick’s Day, but Mary Lou McDonald is imploring Taoiseach to attend and confront Trump

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Micheál Martin says SF position is ‘playing politics’Tánaiste Simon Harris says ‘it’s always easier to just not show up’Funding issue claimed by opponents as reason for snub The Sinn Féin leader and her ­deputy, Northern First Minister Michelle O’Neill, announced yesterday that neither would go to the US for St Patrick’s Day, boycotting the annual … Read more

Seanad bid by Conor Murphy a large blow to Sinn Féin’s Stormont operation – The Irish Times

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Considered a party heavyweight, Conor Murphy is one of Sinn Féin’s most experienced representatives at Stormont. The current economy minister, he is also the party’s chief negotiator having held two previous ministerial portfolios in finance and regional development. Insiders say the 61-year-old’s departure from Northern politics will be a large blow to Sinn Féin’s Executive … Read more