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Tuesday 27 October 2020
Pearse Doherty hit out against Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael for refusing to engage with Sinn Féin.
The party will discuss with government officials how its commitments on housing, health, and preparing for Irish unity can be delivered.
Sinn Féin housing spokesperson Eoin Ó Broin is to meet with some colleges over rent increases.
Leo Varadkar last night said his party is “preparing to go into opposition”.
“We have been told this planned attack could happen anywhere in the north,” deputy first minister Michelle O’Neill said.
The party held its first parliamentary party meeting since the election today.
The Sinn Féin leader said talks will intensify with smaller parties this week in a bid to form a left-leaning government.
Breege Quinn is holding talks with political parties at Stormont today.
Unionists and nationalists all agree that Sinn Féin is a powerful electoral force.
“They are at war with their community and are now threatening political representatives who serve the people,” McDonald said.
The Galway West TD said this type of coalition is the only option that would give a Dáil majority.
McDonald is to call Micheál Martin this afternoon, but, as she said: “not to shoot the breeze or to exchange Valentine’s Day greetings”.
The party of today owes its success to the peace process, writes Brian Hanley.
Ó Broin said that even if all the left-leaning parties came together, they’d fall short of a majority in the Dáil.
Newly election SF TDs met for the first time today.
It comes ahead of a meeting of the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party later today.
She will meet with the Social Democrats tomorrow.
Varadkar says he wants to modernise Fine Gael.
The idea has been brought up recently, and not for the first time.
The shift to the left, including the swing to Sinn Féin, is more about voters’ anger at Fine Gael, writes Larry Donnelly.
The records behind the rise of Sinn Féin during the election tell their own story.
Sinn Féin gathered 9% of first preferences in the local elections – now the party has increased Dáil seats from 22 to 37.
The idea is one of the options being floated ahead of potential coalition talks.
As the election dust settles, the next focus is on who will form a government.
The deputy leader of Sinn Féin and her party colleague Gerry Kelly are being targeted, according to O’Neill.
The outgoing Health Minister said that based on the election commentary, “You’d swear [Mary Lou McDonald] had 80 seats”.
No one party has enough seats to do it alone – so who is prepared to pair up?
Do you tell people how you vote?
The Sinn Féin leader also said the British government needs to start preparing itself for this constitutional change.
Ministers Regina Doherty, Mary Mitchell O’Connor and Shane Ross are among the high-profile names to lose their seats.
More than any other party, Solidarity-PBP benefitted hugely from Sinn Féin transfers.
The Dáil is set to sit in nine days’ time.
A video being shared on social media shows David Cullinane making the statement in an address to supporters.
Nine of the top ten TDs were Sinn Féin representatives, showing the extent of their surge across the country.
British broadcaster John Simpson has weighed in on the election result, saying Ireland had “succumbed to populism”.
For the first time ever, combined Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael seats may not make up a Dáil majority.
She said her preference would be to form a government without Fine Gael or Fianna Fáil.
As the counting continues, we bring you the biggest stories of GE2020 so far.
The results came in from around the country as Sinn Féin’s support spiked this general election.
LIKE ALMOST EVERYTHING this year, Halloween in 2020 will be a bit different from usual.
Large scale fancy-dress parties shouldn’t be happening under Level 5.
One thing we can still do, however, is watch some horror films.
There’s plenty to choose from ranging between the child-friendly to the very scary ones available on streaming platforms and set to be shown on TV in the coming days.
So, this morning we’re asking you: Do you plan to watch some horror films this Halloween?
Poll Results:
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'Inaccurate, anti-Semitic and racist': Jewish Council condemns newly-elected Sinn Féin TD's 'offensive' tweets
Réada Cronin has apologised for her tweets, saying she never intended to cause hurt or distress.