# Maire Devine

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Senator who retweeted post calling IRA victim 'sadist' returns to SF after three-month ban

Senator Máire Devine issued an apology to the family of Brian Stack in the Seanad following the incident.

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Jun 19th 2018, 6:15 AM

Sinn Féin senator who retweeted post calling IRA victim a 'sadist' makes 'sincere apology' in Seanad

Máire Devine has been suspended from Sinn Féin over her tweets about the late Brian Stack.

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Mar 27th 2018, 6:05 PM

Sinn Féin has had a very bumpy few years on social media - how will it weather this latest storm?

Mary Lou McDonald has said she seeks to reform and modernise the party, part of that will require a rethinking of how reps use social media.

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Mar 20th 2018, 8:00 PM

Mary Lou says senator who retweeted post calling IRA victim a 'sadist' made 'catastrophic error'

Máire Devine has been suspended from Sinn Féin for three months.

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Mar 19th 2018, 5:00 PM

U-turn: Favourite for Brian Hayes’s vacant Dáil seat WILL now run in by-election

But Cathal King, who ruled himself out in June, could face competition as Sinn Féin nominates its candidate this weekend.

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Aug 26th 2014, 4:27 PM

The favourite for Brian Hayes's vacant Dáil seat will NOT run in the by-election

Sinn Féin’s Cathal King will not contest the by-election later this year and would prefer to see a woman candidate nominated.

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Jun 25th 2014, 1:45 PM

New mayor for South Dublin County

Sinn Féin has hailed the election as a marker of the party’s surging popularity and grwoth.

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Jun 29th 2012, 8:28 PM