Michelle O’Neill

Sinn Féin condemns dissident violence, but does it truly back the police?

Part of the aim of dissident violence is to embarrass the party by forcing it to condemn what it once supported

‘I don’t want to go back to that’: Fears ‘reignited’ among PSNI staff following Dunmurry attack

Union representative Tracey Godfrey ‘inundated’ with calls from civilian workers since speaking publicly about concerns

Watch: The moment car bomb explodes at Dunmurry police station

Suspected dissident republican attack is condemned by Northern Ireland’s political leaders and police chief

‘Terrorism is always wrong’: NI leaders condemn bomb attack outside Dunmurry PSNI station

Two babies were among those being brought to safety at the time of Saturday’s explosion, believed to be the work of the New IRA

Welsh and Scottish elections in May could energise Irish unity debate, says Sinn Féin

Leaders of Plaid Cymru and SNP join chat with SF delegates in Belfast hosted by Mary Lou McDonald and Michelle O’Neill

Party faithful stand behind Sinn Féin leader and unite for selfie at ardfheis

Mary Lou McDonald insists she will lead party into next election despite claims of dissatisfaction with her leadership

Sinn Féin Ardfheis: Michelle O’Neill vows to reform NI powersharing institutions

‘We will work with all other progressive parties to deliver the change that is needed’

Key issues facing Sinn Féin as party gathers for ardfheis

If main Opposition grouping in Republic not seen as solution for those angry at Government, then it has a problem

Unionists and Sinn Féin are like Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael – desperate to be loved

Populist giveaways and overstaffing are costing Northern Ireland a shocking €3.3bn a year

Millions earmarked to tackle Northern Ireland’s ‘epidemic’ of violence against women

Next phase of Stormont initiative will address misogyny as North’s femicide rates continue to rise

Northern Executive requests urgent meeting with Keir Starmer over ‘breaking point’ finances

Over 300,000 low-income households to receive £100 vouchers to counter rise in price of home heating oil

Starmer calls for more UK-Irish co-operation in ‘age of dramatic uncertainty’

UK PM arrives in Cork after addressing fuel cost concerns in North

Sinn Féin will not attend St Patrick’s Day White House events, party confirms

Trump’s backing of Israel in war in Gaza cited by Mary Lou McDonald and Michelle O’Neill as reason for boycott

Catherine Connolly touches upon Irish unity in first official visit to the North

‘Our games, our music, our languages should never divide us,’ the President told a packed room at Ulster University in Belfast

Stormont must make ‘difficult decisions’ in 2026, warns Northern Ireland Secretary

Hilary Benn reiterates commitment to working with counterparts in Dublin to establish new framework for dealing with Troubles legacy

Sinn Féin’s property portfolio: Inside the wealthiest political party in the State

Some properties claimed as being owned by party in 2023 were not included in accounts lodged for the following year

UK Covid inquiry: Earlier lockdown may have saved 23,000 lives

In numbers: key take-aways from official inquiry report

UK Covid-19 inquiry: Chaotic response under Boris Johnson was ‘too little, too late’

Report says efforts were hampered by ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture under former UK prime minister

Brexit ‘tensions’ contributed to disconnect between London and Dublin’s Covid-19 responses

Report on second module of UK inquiry into pandemic strongly critical of Michelle O’Neill for attending IRA man’s funeral in June 2020

DUP’s dithering over Catherine Connolly’s inauguration offended or embarrassed everyone

Staunch unionists are pinning their hopes on her presidency damaging US-Irish relations but it’s easier to imagine her falling out with Sinn Féin than Trump

Remembrance Sunday marked in events across Ireland

Taoiseach Micheál Martin attended a service in Enniskillen

DUP’s Emma Little-Pengelly will not attend Catherine Connolly inauguration

Deputy First Minister cites Remembrance Day commitments in Belfast and Windsor Castle

Appointment of Irish and Ulster Scots language commissioners in Northern Ireland welcomed

Appointees to take up posts on November 13th for five years

Connolly and Humphreys set for final campaign blitz before polling day

Further poll suggests Connolly is on course to win presidential election

‘Attack on democracy’: Viable explosive device found outside Sinn Féin office

Office is used by Newry and Armagh MP Daire Hughes and Stormont minister Liz Kimmins

DUP leader rounds on Republic’s ‘intolerance of Protestant culture’, dismisses Irish unity

Members of Burke family protest outside party’s annual conference in Belfast

Mary Lou McDonald’s RTÉ interview on the presidency was more revealing than she intended

McDonald used the first person (I, me, my) 32 times. This was a decision that she was framing very much as a personal choice

Party think-ins have been dominated by one thing, and it’s not policy

With the major parties reconvening for the next Dáil term, the cut and thrust of the presidential race takes centre stage

Who will be Sinn Féin’s nominee for president? An insider says the ground may be shifting

Michelle O’Neill, Rose Conway-Walsh and even Gerry Adams have been mentioned as possible candidates, while views on Catherine Connolly are divided

First Minister Michelle O’Neill among leaders seeking UK sanctions on Israel

Politicians from Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales urge Keir Starmer to recall UK parliament to take action against Israel

Survivor of Miami Showband massacre says UK government doing a ‘dreadful job’ on legacy issues

Group member Des Lee says he remembers ‘every single thing in the finest detail’ from the loyalist atrocity in Co Down 50 years ago

Michelle O’Neill: ‘The British state killed local people. Those moments contribute to who you are’

Northern Ireland’s First Minister discusses party leadership, presidency, teen pregnancy and ‘precious gift of peace’

Fermanagh shooting: Mother and two children dead, man in hospital

Police say they responded to an emergency call made from inside the house at about 7.50am

UK move to lower voting age to 16 unlikely to be in place for Northern Irish elections

First Minister Michelle O’Neill says UK law change is a ‘step forward for democracy’ but DUP opposes lowering voting age

Cancellation of children’s camp after opposition to GAA inclusion ‘deeply worrying’, O’Neill says

Cricket Ireland aims to organise similar cross-community youth event at Stormont after Comber camp halted

More than a million who died at battle of Somme are remembered at Islandbridge commemoration

Royal British Legion also marks its 100th anniversary in Ireland, dedicated to ensuring legacy of ‘those who served’

Opposition parties cooling on possibility of joint left candidate for presidential race

All parties struggling to find candidates of sufficient stature to replace President Michael D Higgins

If our Geraldine can thrive in Trump’s Washington, she might be a worthy winner of the race for the Áras

Plus: tragic fox news, a Rose county by any other name and AK-47 reloads and opens fire

Larne violence: ‘I thought Northern Ireland was past this, beyond balaclavas’

Arson attack on leisure centre marked third night of disorder in North after alleged sexual assault of girl

Three teenagers charged with riot in Ballymena while leisure centre set alight in Larne in third night of violence

The leisure centre in Larne, which had been used as emergency shelter, was set on fire by masked vandals

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