Pearse Doherty

Gambling advertising and sponsorship to be restricted as landmark legislation passed

Bill is first significant reform of sector, estimated to be worth between €6bn and €9bn annually, since 1956

Both Dáil and people of Ireland were ‘duped’ by Sinn Féin, says Taoiseach

Brian Stanley accuses Mary Lou McDonald of abusing Dáil privilege ‘in desperate attempt’ to shift focus off Sinn Féin

Sinn Féin’s old rules of secrecy will no longer do amid fresh controversy

Sinn Féin figures did not know what to say about the party’s handling of job references for a former official now convicted of a child sex offence, but it was the issue they couldn’t escape

Minister for Health still ‘fully expects’ State to take ownership of children’s hospital next year

Stephen Donnelly says commissioning of facility accelerated and staff could move in ‘maybe before final completion date’

We know the score as Bling Cycle shamelessly written to lift electoral spirits

Budget 2025: Chambers of Commerce Jack and Been-there-Donahoed-that Paschal cheerily served up a belly buster budget buffet for the voters

Whatever about the best country to be a child, it’s one of the best to be a finance minister

Budget 2025: No big new policies, no inspired plans, just more than €2 billion in a budget-day giveaway

Coalition parties are ‘serial wasters’ of taxpayers’ money, Sinn Féin says

Budget 2025: Labour hit out at ‘lack of imagination’ while Social Democrats call budget ‘a giveaway on steroids’

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

Sinn Féin’s Ardfheis hears concerns over party’s backing of failed family and care referendums

Sinn Féin’s ruling body will have to call a special conference to determine party’s position on future referendums after motion passed by delegates

Homes hosting Ukrainian refugees quadruples with costs rising to €13m a month

Number of 4,000 at the start of last year has now risen to more than 16,000

Would you benefit under a Sinn Féin budget? Winners and losers in the alternative plan

Budget 2025: Party always intended to pledge higher spending than Coalition, but will voters trust it to balance the books?

Thousands of Ukrainians affected if accommodation scheme ended - Minister

Labour leader says Sinn Féin’s call for restrictions on housing scheme amount to ‘new low in political vernacular’

Flippin’ ‘learnings’, they turn up like a bad penny whenever another billion is flushed down the pan

When under attack for the Children’s Hospital fiasco, Paschal Donohoe takes flak for Simon Harris - who is in New York - and pulls the word ‘learnings’ from the first aid box

Government asking ordinary workers to build ‘gold-plated’ pensions of elite, says Pearse Doherty

Cabinet decision will give wealthiest workers tax-free pension pot of €2.8 million when average pot is only €111,000

Sinn Féin pledges €10-a-day childcare from 2025 if it is in power after general election

Sinn Féin stops short of promising free childcare by 2030 which was the party’s manifesto ambition in 2020

Sinn Féin’s housing policy ignores that climate change is already here and now

No one would campaign under the slogan ‘To Hell With the Future’ but it is starting to look like the coming election will merit such a rallying cry

Housing fight for Sinn Féin will be convincing voters to ditch Government schemes

Sinn Féin’s housing plan is nothing if not detailed, but voters may be cautious of untested solutions

Sinn Féin unveils €39bn housing plan promising 300,000 homes over five years

Party would put less money in infrastructure and climate change funds to pay for increased housing investment up front

Taoiseach’s letter asks if measures to reduce bulk-buying of houses have been ‘entirely successful’

A letter to Michael McGrath suggested increasing 10% stamp duty on bulk purchases by investment companies

Sinn Féin’s new mental health strategy proposes extra €250m annual spend and abolition of Camhs

Party wants to replace Camhs with new service for young people up to the age of 25 employing 84 additional specialist psychiatric teams

UK government could face court challenge to force unity referendum, says Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty

Vague rules surrounding trigger mean decisions either way could face judicial review

Car insurers should prove they are passing reduced claims costs on to motorists, says Sinn Féin’s Doherty

Car insurance premiums have increased by more than 8% in the past year, CSO figures show

‘Wrongdoers’ in mica defective block scandal have not been pursued, says Doherty

Sinn Féin’s finance spokesman claims effort ‘at the very heart of Government’ to limit support for homeowners in redress scheme

Nine music festivals cancelled this year, more affected next year without State intervention, Dáil hears

TD and festival organiser says Taylor Swift gigs and ‘Swiftmania’ give false impression that Irish music festival scene is ‘booming’

Opting for a spring election would be an act of political insanity by Simon Harris and Micheál Martin

Coalition’s standing will hardly have improved after the usual winter hospital crisis and a further influx of asylum seekers

Growing unease in Sinn Féin over Mary Lou McDonald’s leadership after poor election results

Sinn Féin members are openly questioning the party’s leader and the strategy pursued in the local elections as support collapsed

Number of homeless is a record the Government does not want - Dara Calleary

Data published on Friday show that between April 22nd and 28th, there were 14,009 people in emergency accommodation

Notion that Sinn Féin would take radical steps to dismantle the current social order is fanciful

During the Davy/Sinn Féin jaunt to London, Pearse Doherty assured investors that his party would not attempt to upend the Irish economic model

Revenue raises concerns over rule change allowing people to sink up to €2m tax free into pension pots

‘Massive loophole’ emerged after the removal of a benefit-in-kind charge on employer pension contributions

Tánaiste claims Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty is ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ character in Dáil housing row

Ceann Comhairle accuses Donegal TD of being an ‘arch strategist of interruption and heckling’

State must learn lessons of ‘boom-bust approach’ to public investment, McGrath tells Dáil

Dáil passes legislation to create two new funds to deal with future spending pressures and potential economic shocks

Ireland income tax: What would Sinn Féin’s policies mean for you?

An aspect of the party’s proposals that has received little attention would prove significant for those earning over €100,000

Don’t believe the Government spin, we will never get our bank bailout money back

The State did not invest in AIB, it was forced to bail out the system with borrowed money. Any decision to sell its remaining shares must be informed by investment logic not just ideology

Ireland has second highest number of nurses after Finland, Tánaiste says

Martin dismisses ‘so-called recruitment embargo’, says needs to be a focus on ‘deployment and outcomes’

Sinn Féin meets UK investors in London

Party has been attempting to soothe corporate anxieties over the prospect of it leading the next Government

Dáil told cancer outcomes worsening because of Government underfunding

Tánaiste rejects Sinn Féin claims in Dáil that Ireland is a ‘laggard’ in treating disease

Minister claims Danny Healy-Rae tells people ‘everything they want to hear’

Michael McGrath in heated exchange with Kerry TD and Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty over increases in motor fuel excise duty

Vulture fund regulation ‘loophole’ exposes borrowers, Central Bank admits

Regulator will work with Financial Services Ombudsman to ‘close gap’, deputy governor Derville Rowland says

Stamp duty on bulk home purchases by funds ‘absolutely’ needs to be reviewed, says O’Brien

Minister for Housing responds to Sinn Féin TD Pearse Doherty’s call for Government to support his party’s motion on raise rate to 17%

Civil servants warned Government against tax breaks for landlords, documents show

Officials said move would cause ‘unintended consequences’, records released to Sinn Féin show

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