Mary Lou McDonald

Israel acts with impunity in Gaza, and the other stories of the week

Long-running dispute centres on efforts to carve out speaking time for a small group of Independents involved in Government-formation talks

Dáil rows revolve around housing while speaking rights dispute rumbles on

Sinn Féin leader says Dáil in ‘cold storage’ and that Government’s priority is ‘money for junior Ministers’

Martin says McDonald's 'feigned outrage' ignores his comments about housing being Ireland’s number-one issue

Micheál Martin says Sinn Féin’s boycott was ‘opportunistic’

Sinn Féin leader tells Dublin event there has been ‘revolution in terms of how people self-define’

The politician ‘emphatically’ rejects accusations of an alleged €150,000 fraud at a former employer

Gould is Sinn Féin spokesman on addiction and recovery

Sinn Féin TD denies wrongdoing over alleged €150,000 fraud and will remain as party’s junior spokesperson on housing

Solicitor acting on behalf of Cllr Kenneth Collins says his client denies wrongdoing

In The Irish Question, his new documentary, the film-maker asks what reunification of the island would really mean

Cork North Central TD (56) was arrested and questioned by gardaí yesterday

Independent senator wrote to the White House seeking a St Patrick’s Day invite

Mary Lou McDonald says bail situation ‘cannot continue’ as 40,348 suspects were on bail last year

Leaders of Labour Party, Sinn Féin, Green Party and Social Democrats, as well as a representative from People Before Profit, expected to attend talks on Wednesday

Sinn Féin has faced criticism for its tributes to Brendan McFarlane, who died last month

He became a firm supporter of the peace process

From Dáil speaking rights row to the German elections, it's your essential end-of-week politics catch-up

Fiery Dáil exchanges over impasse as promise of solution dubbed a ‘con’

Ceann Comhairle tells Micheál Martin to stop carrying on like a child following goading by Pearse Doherty over Michael Lowry

Brendan ‘Bik’ McFarlane led a mass break-out in September 1983

In the North, Sinn Féin has stumbled into a trap; it has been able to hold on to the position of First Minister only by virtue of doing very little with it

Charlie Flanagan describes tribute as ‘nauseating’

Mary Lou McDonald said she could not visit while there was a threat of mass expulsion hanging over the Palestinian people

Bernard Jackman correction, confusion around a Love/Hate revival and Michael O’Leary’s former Russian tenants

Government proposals to resolve row over speaking rights ‘utterly unacceptable and will not be tolerated’

Department of Housing is considering changes to exempt free-standing modular or cabin-style homes from planning permission

Minister of State John Cummins says proposal would allow more people to live independently

Michéal Martin said SF leader ‘ag insint bréaga’ in Dáil

Call for elite squad of Ministers to be taught to watch their tongues before targetting Donald Trump in Operation Blarney

Ministers expected on Monday to discuss creation of ‘clearing office’ with aim to clear blockages in system and co-ordinate homebuilding and servicing of zoned lands

Government response to housing debate ‘could have been written by ChatGPT’, Labour claims

Danny Healy-Rae goes solo on Opposition benches after the old band breaks up, and watches his brother Michael hurry around the Government benches

Father had died in front of his family, says Sinn Féin’s Rose Conway-Walsh, adding ‘That is the tragedy of it. That is how urgent this is’

Taoiseach insists ‘no attempt to deceive’ but he is ‘extremely disappointed’ completions less than official 33,000 target

Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy sought to end impasse but Michael Lowry is not ready to let matter rest

It is not clear how to address the conundrum that confronted the party at the last election

Government plan is ‘total arrogance’ on the back of a ‘grubby deal’, Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald says

Women junior Ministers were placed in the front row at the Leinster House photocall but it fooled no one, as just six of the 23 appointees are women