Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said Sinn Féin and the rest of the Opposition should not get a “veto” on how the Dáil is run. Speaking in Paris on Thursday, the Fianna Fáil leader said he was “genuinely taken back” by the behaviour of the Opposition during heated exchanges across the Dáil floor earlier this week. … Read more
Breaking | Richard McGreevy (28) and Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has said she was afraid after a “threat of a coward” to shoot her, but would not allow any “bully” to prevent her doing her job. Deputy McDonald made the comments in a victim impact statement read to … Read more
Michael Lowry’s day of beckoning dawned on Tuesday. He got what he wanted from the Taoiseach and that’s all that matters. He palmed it into his back pocket with astonishing ingratitude, smirkingly disregarding the fact that his audacious demand was causing untold bother for the Government and leader he has publicly sworn to support. Shameless … Read more
Brendan ‘Bik’ McFarlane died after a short illness on Friday at the age of 74. The Sinn Féin leader paid tribute to Mr McFarlane as “a great patriot who lived his life for the freedom and unity of Ireland”. Speaking on Friday evening, Ms McDonald said: “Bik was dedicated to the struggle for the freedom … Read more
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
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Sinn Féin will not attend the White House for the St Patrick’s Day event next month, the party has said. In a post on social media this morning, Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald said she had thought deeply about the issue in recent days and had spoken to people in and outside Sinn Féin. … Read more
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An elderly man in Co Mayo died after health equipment he relied upon at home could not be used because of Storm Éowyn, a Sinn Féin TD has told the Dáil. “He had the mattress, the sleep apnoea machine, and several other pieces of equipment,” Sinn Féin Mayo TD Rose Conway-Walsh said. When his son … Read more
Robbie Keane is now managing Hungarian side Ferencvaros. Photo: PA Former ceann comhairle Seán Ó Fearghaíl referred comments from two Sinn Féin TDs about Robbie Keane to a Dáil committee, after they made speeches in Leinster House criticising the former Ireland player for taking a job in Israel as a football manager. In recent weeks … Read more