Mary Lou McDonald’s hope of pulling off another Lazarus act is not great. Sinn Féin’s confidence is rattled
Campaigns are dynamic, unpredictable and volatile, but the party faces an uphill battle
Pádraig MacLochlainn
Only 61 defective homes fully remediated under scheme launched in 2021, committee hears
Government yet to appoint senior counsel to investigate defective blocks controversy despite promise last year
Joe Brolly and Sinn Féin are sick of experts. Have any of them heard of Brexit?
The united Ireland conversation involves listening to people who don’t agree with you and whose advice you don’t want to hear
Irish politicians throwing around terms such as ‘scumbags’ and ‘thugs’ is a slippery slope
Dublin riots have led to a dangerous political game
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill writes to Mary Lou McDonald over alleged ‘misogynistic’ comment by chief whip
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn said colleague Pearse Doherty would ‘put manners on you’, which Sinn Féin said referred to Fine Gael as a whole
Donegal: Sinn Féin focused on gains as constituency may grow to six seats
Eclipsed mainstream parties contesting seats against backdrop of rampant SF and Independents advancing on the margins
Inside Sinn Féin: Who really makes the big decisions in Ireland’s most popular party?
Unelected people are prominent and important in the leadership and decision-making processes of Sinn Féin
Sinn Féin puts Irish unity top of its agenda - but voters want action on housing, health and inflation
Party’s TDs are keenly aware from their canvassing of voters’ pressing concerns, but they won’t allow reunification to be sidelined
Opposition calls on Minister of State Robert Troy to make Dáil statement on property dealings
Pressure increasing on junior minister to outline rental contracts with Westmeath council
Miriam Lord’s Week: Dáil assured Santa won’t be caught in Brexit red tape
TDs and Senators pose with their pets and Howlin marks a special anniversary
Sinn Féin delegates gather in Dublin believing their day has come
Party spokespeople presenting themselves as ministers-in-waiting, ready for power
Miriam Lord: Joe Duffy sleeps in oxygen tent to prepare for reaction to free contraceptives
Outbreak of civility as Ministers unveil Budget 2022, with even SF toning it down
Labour says it would support motion of no confidence in Coveney
SF calls on Taoiseach to sanction Minister over Zappone special envoy appointment
Scheme to fix mica damage to houses could cost State over €1bn
Anxiety at spiralling bill as Clare and Sligo look to join Donegal and Mayo in scheme
Miriam Lord: Taoiseach sounds like an Ikea ad as he announces Grand Reopening
Micheál served up a nourishing number soup and we lapped it up with palpable relief
INTO made donations to 21 political candidates in 2019
Taoiseach and Ryan among politicians who had to return donations to their parties
Miriam Lord: The Pearse Doherty insurance helpline is now open
When it comes to striking fear into insurance firms, the Sinn Féin TD is the new Joe Duffy
McEntee’s refusal of full Q&A on Woulfe ‘dangerous for democracy,’ SF TD says
Pádraig MacLochlainn asks if committee accepts ‘this precedent’ where would it stop?
Miriam Lord: Unity and common purpose in spades but not for Covid fight
Taoiseach under pressure to bring on his Minister for Justice to answer questions
Covid-19 death toll exceeds 2,000 in the State after 12 more fatalities
Extra 379 confirmed cases as CMO urges people to ‘work together for the next two weeks’
Eight politicians swear statements to receive full expenses for lockdown period
Pandemic saw fobbing-in facility for recording attendance of Senators and TDs halted
Miriam Lord: Nphet’s efforts to flatten the leaky curve fall flat
The House ushers in a special moment but has no time for unladylike behaviour
Border roads noticeably quiet after Donegal goes to Level 3
Garda checkpoints in operation in county, both along Border with North and neighbouring Leitrim
Donegal results: Veteran FF TD Pat the Cope Gallagher loses seat amid SF surge
Final three seats go to Ind Thomas Pringle, Joe McHugh (FG), Charlie McConalogue (FF)
Restoration of North’s Assembly still possible, SF ardfheis hears
MLA for Newry Conor Murphy said it is now ‘make your mind up time for the DUP’
State ‘outlier’ in Europe for absence of seasonal work-permit scheme
Proposed legislation would see non-EEA workers granted temporary permits
Dilution of Bill to teach Traveller history in schools criticised
Minister says legislation unaltered would mean subject having status above Irish or Maths
Investigator who tore up Anglo files has 'unaired' information
Kevin O’Connell asks for public hearing in 10-page letter to Oireachtas committee
Political chest-beaters steal show in white collar crime matinee
Caveat: Apathy (almost) all-consuming as Oireachtas committee considers the ODCE
Micheál Martin, Michael McGrath got €1,000 each from Fianna Fáil
Standards in Public Office Commission publishes donations declared by TDs, Senators, MEPs
Minister ‘reflecting’ on fishing legislation in light of British move
UK withdrawal from London Fisheries Convention has ‘raised temperature’, committee told
Controversial fishing bill could leave ‘open back door’ to Irish waters
Executives have warned that opening up the six mile limit could lead to extreme over fishing
Noel Whelan: A colourful Seanad but hopefully the last of its ilk
The most dramatic shift in the line up of the 43 senators on the vocational panels was the Sinn Féin breakthrough
SDLP will not enter government unless new roads funded
New leader Colum Eastwood tells delegates infrastructure investment must be part of programme
SDLP calls for ‘intensified North-South economic integration’
‘Good Republicans don’t smuggle diesel and make fortunes from the border,’ Eastwood tells conference
Election 2016: Opportunity missed despite success for Sinn Féin
A sense remains the party did not perform as well as it could have, despite its seat gains
Coughlan has launched Pat ‘the Cope’ Gallagher’s campaign
Gallagher says former tánaiste has been ‘extremely supportive’ as he attempts to win seat in Donegal
Petition to put Conor McGregor on €1 coin rejected
Oireachtas committee says proposal to feature UFC champion on coin is ‘inadmissible’
Sinn Féin’s Mac Lochlainn says he has never met ‘Slab’ Murphy
Asked if he saw Murphy as ‘good republican’, justice spokesman said he didn’t know him
Miriam Lord: Peter Mathews – martyr to standing orders
TDs watch in disbelief as serial interrupter fails to get ejected by Ceann Comhairle
Crime cases dismissed over delays in searching computers
Cases involving child sex abuse, stalking and serious organised crime affected
Sinn Féin leaning more towards coalition with Labour than FF
SF party TDs eye left-wing government, with Labour part of post election administration
Sinn Féin says it does not accept findings on paramilitary groups
Gerry Adams claims reports on organisations are a ‘serious piece of mischief making’
Sinn Féin considers three candidates in Co Donegal
Internal party polls suggest Sinn Féin could secure three out of five seats in constituency
Enda Kenny willing to meet family of missing girl Mary Boyle
Six-year-old girl went missing in Co Donegal nearly 30 years ago
Pat ‘The Cope’ Gallagher to seek Fianna Fáil nomination
Former junior minister wants to contest a seat in new five-seat Donegal constituency
Asylum centres should come under Ombudsman, say TDs
Direct provision centres in Galway and Co Limerick visited by Oireachtas committee
Miriam Lord: A window of wanton consensus on wording
‘It’s strange when almost every politician is in favour of something’
Never mind the evidence, feel the ‘truthiness’ of what Gerry Adams says
For Sinn Féin’s leaders, things that appear incompatible can be resolved
Party backs Gerry Adams over Maíria Cahill allegations
Leading Sinn Féin figures deny claim of abuse cover-up
Gerry Adams says abuse victims failed by IRA actions
SF leader says shooting alleged sex offenders was wrong policy
Miriam Lord: lipgloss on as general election wooing begins
It’s a PR budget from the Corner Boys - P is for Prudent and R is for Responsible
FF seeks ‘significant personnel changes’ in Justice after ‘damning’ report
SF says Government cannot shirk responsibility for ‘serious failings’ in department
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