Sinn Fein

Sinn Féin has got used to this. The jubilant scenes of Mary Lou McDonald and Michelle O’Neill being cheered by waiting crowds as they…
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Sinn Féin has emerged as the largest party in local government in Northern Ireland for the first time after making large gains in the…
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Sinn Féin has overtaken the DUP as the largest party of local government in the North after what it described as a “momentous” result in…
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Welcome to day two of our coverage of the council elections in Northern Ireland.If you’re just joining us, this is the latest this…
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The first councillors to claim seats in Northern Ireland’s local election have been announced.In the Killultagh electoral area of Lisburn…
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Counting will begin on Friday morning in Northern Ireland’s council elections.The first ballot boxes are expected to be opened in the 11…
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Sinn Fein deputy leader Michelle O’Neill has won a libel action against a DUP councillor for saying she would be “put back in her…
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There is a bizarre lack of energy around today’s council elections in Northern Ireland, despite high-stakes contests within and between…
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It is said that all politics is local. In Northern Ireland, where political stalemate over post-Brexit trading rules has ground the…
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A central conundrum for the State is not whether to follow Boston’s growth model or Berlin’s social model, as it used to be framed, but…
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Fine Gael has dropped to its lowest poll rating in a year and appears to be bearing the brunt of public anger over the housing crisis.The…
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Nice to see everyone so well rested after the May bank holiday break with boots flying in all directions, along with political tempers,…
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Sinn Féin politicians will not be given a free vote on potential changes to the existing abortion law, it has emerged.An independent…
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Sinn Féin is under pressure to clarify the extent of its knowledge of any links between Jonathan Dowdall and criminality before his…
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“The Good Friday Agreement has delivered nothing for republicans and to my mind we are further away from a united Ireland now than we…
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The Republic looks likely to have its highest representation of MEPs in more than 20 years due to the significant increase in population…
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These days, it is difficult for Gerry Adams to pose for a photograph in front of the Bobby Sands mural on the Falls Road.This is not out…
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In 1998, Iain Carlisle campaigned against the Belfast Agreement.“The slogan was, ‘It’s right to say no,’” he remembers. “Honestly, hand…
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The State needs to be ready to intervene and buy up properties as the number of private landlords seeking to exit the market increases in…
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The “hard-won peace” brought by the Belfast Agreement should never be taken for granted and must be protected, an Easter Rising…
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