Sinn Féin

U2’s Larry Mullen plays a blinder at the agriculture committee – surely some mistake?

Farmers’ groups called for the head of the Bord Bia chairman Larry Murrin, some mixing him up with the famous drummer

Are we now seeing a grumpy electorate demanding action?

Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan

Is it too early for byelections fever?

Inside Politics: Busy week sees new opinion poll and the President in Northern Ireland

Social Democrats, Labour and the Greens have some serious thinking to do

They should stop trotting behind Sinn Féin and show a willingness to go into government with other big Dáil parties

Two-thirds of voters back insertion of right to housing into Constitution, poll shows

Fewer than a third of voters think Government is making progress on housing, Irish Times/Ipsos B&A poll finds

Calls for gardaí to use DNA spray that tags scrambler riders, bikes for future prosecution

UK practice uses drones to track offenders and avoid ‘high speed chase dangers’, TD says

Pedestrian (80s) dead and three people injured after bus crashes in Dublin city centre

President, Taoiseach, Tánaiste and others offer condolences following North Earl Street incident

Tánaiste and Pearse Doherty warned to ‘behave with a bit of decorum’ in Dáil

Testy exchanges over flooding as Government accused of ‘decade of broken promises’

‘With Sinn Féin it’s sack first, ask questions later’, Minister claims in Brazilian beef row

Bord Bia chair ‘crossed a red line’ by importing meat, SF agriculture spokesman Martin Kenny says

‘John O’Dowd pints’ proved the final straw for Sinn Féin in pub and hotel rates row

Why does the party govern in Northern Ireland as if it is afraid of its own shadow?

Relief for Micheál Martin as polls swing back

Fianna Fáil leader gets overwhelming backing of his party’s voters

Sinn Féin leads a scattered field

Forming behind the party is an orderly queue of alternatives, all aware that the electorate is frustrated

TDs sing in a saturated spring to bid farewell to one of the Dáil’s unsung organisers

Birthday boy and deputy head usher Mick O’Brien bows out before Micheál wades through a flood of questioning

Green Party’s Cllr Janet Horner selected as Dublin Central byelection candidate

Leader Roderic O’Gorman says ‘we are in this to win’ after party’s near-wipeout in general election

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

Sinn Féin is deliberately being obtuse about EU plan to help Ukraine

It’s not a simple question of spending money on services here or bolstering Ukraine’s defence

With Catherine Connolly in the Áras, who will prevail in wide-open Galway byelection?

Whether the left can see a candidate home will define the race and possibly the future of Irish politics

North-South electricity price comparisons face scrutiny amid claims of Republic ‘price gouging’

Cross-Border cost differences far from clear but questions are being asked of State’s regulator

Mother of Harvey Morrison Sherratt could be selected by Sinn Féin for byelection run

Gillian Sherratt could contest election in Dublin Central - though may have competition for ballot slot

The Minister says ‘Death’ is calling and you must not answer

Given the anticipated global St Patrick’s Day ministerial airlift, concerns have sprouted on what to do in case of emergency at home

Grace Lynch made people ‘feel happy just to be around her’, teenager’s funeral hears

There are ‘mad youngsters full of bravado’ driving scramblers on roads that ‘will kill and be killed’, priest says

Bord Bia chair to address Agriculture Committee over Brazilian beef row

Simon Harris rejects Sinn Féin call to remove Larry Murrin, says ‘you’ve come for a head and you’re not getting one’

Fading trust hitting Stormont’s ability to deliver, report says

Belfast-based think tank Pivotal says Northern Ireland’s ministers seem to be operating individually, not collectively

Husband of Sinn Féin leader settles defamation case against Shane Ross following apology

Martin Lanigan had sued the former government minister in the High Court over his 2022 biography of Mary Lou McDonald

Taoiseach and McDonald clash over claims up to 20 new gardaí cannot start work for lack of Garda vetting

Row erupts over Minister for Justice’s remarks to committee about issues with vetting process

Death of Grace Lynch jolts Micheál Martin into promise of prompt action

Taoiseach vows to ban scramblers from public roads following death of 16 year old in Dublin

Twenty-six whistleblower disclosures made against Inland Fisheries Ireland since 2022

Government commissioned seven external investigations, with two upholding all allegations and two rejecting all claims

Rent and triple lock plans look set to trigger fierce political battles

The Government is happy to take short-term pain for long-term gain - but only the first of those is certain

Controversial rent reform legislation expected to be approved today

Clashes in the Dáil last week when Sinn Féin said anticipated legislation would lead to more tenants paying ‘rip-off rents’

‘Justice for Grace’: Over 1,000 take part in walk for teen killed in Finglas scrambler incident

Mother of Grace Lynch says she will ‘fight’ to get scrambler bikes and e-scooters off the streets

Micheál Martin knocked by poll as he ponders walking Trump tightrope

Fellow Fianna Fáilers Jim O’Callaghan and Darragh O’Brien have been out promoting what they’ve been doing

State-trained dentists ‘should be treating children, not doing Botox injections’

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill condemns ‘drift’ to cosmetic work amid long waits for vital treatment

Sinn Féin’s refusal to levy a charge on water is pathetic

If well-off homeowners paid a wealth tax equivalent to a cup of coffee a month, there would be more houses, jobs and a cleaner environment

Say what you like about Helen McEntee, but she’s no Trump – she hasn’t lost the plot

TDs brave a leaky Dáil roof for a chance to comment on the Codswalloper-in-Chief

Sinn Féin calls on Bord Bia chair to resign over his firm’s use of Brazilian beef

Taoiseach defends State agency, telling Mary Lou McDonald: ‘Don’t try and drag down a good organisation’

MEPs refer Mercosur deal to EU courts, throwing future of trade agreement into doubt

Any decision to allow trade deal to come into force provisionally as an interim measure would be controversial

Bus corridor on M4 is already built, but ‘cannot open due to legislative delays’

Dedicated motorway lane as well as greater remote working would ease congestion, Dáil hears

Left-wing parties provided quarter of Catherine Connolly’s €447,000 presidential election spend

Sinn Féin, Social Democrats, Labour, People Before Profit provided a combined €115,500 to help fund successful Áras bid

Department of Justice accused of ‘laziness’ in slow passage of nitrous oxide Bill

Delay to Bill regulating ‘laughing gas’ will make problem use worse, Dáil hears

Parties got almost €463,000 from Oireachtas to cover increased staff costs after elections

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission set out staffing allocations last summer to reflect new Dáil and Seanad

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