# sinn-fein - Monday 15 November, 2021
# Jobseeker's Benefit
ICTU general secretary says higher PUP rate highlight paltry nature of Jobseeker's Benefit, Ian Curran writes. Calls to move to European-style system, where welfare benefits are based on a percentage of past earnings. Irish flat-rate system dates back to period before independence.
# sinn-fein - Sunday 14 November, 2021
# Political Poll
# Political Poll
Fine Gael are unchanged and support for Fianna Fáil has dropped by three points.
# sinn-fein - Monday 8 November, 2021
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
A spokesperson said that the HSE had recommended a second test and that has returned a negative result.
# sinn-fein - Sunday 7 November, 2021
# Article 16
# Article 16
Sinn Fein President Mary Lou McDonald said suspending the Northern Ireland Protocol could endanger the entire withdrawal agreement.
# sinn-fein - Saturday 30 October, 2021
# Brexit
# Brexit
Sinn Féin is ready to fight the Assembly election next May, or sooner, she said.
# sinn-fein - Friday 29 October, 2021
# Ard Fheis
# Ard Fheis
A motion to be voted on at the party’s Ard Fheis on Saturday will continue to oppose the use of the court, apart from in “exceptional circumstances
# sinn-fein - Wednesday 13 October, 2021
# Northern Ireland Protocol
# Northern Ireland Protocol
Sinn Féin welcomed the “far-reaching” EU plans published this evening.
# sinn-fein - Tuesday 12 October, 2021
# Budget 2022
# Budget 2022
The recent Irish Times/Ipsos MRBI poll shows that support for Sinn Féin remains strongest among younger voters.
# sinn-fein - Friday 8 October, 2021
# Alternative Budgets
# Alternative Budgets
A refundable tax credit is contained in Sinn Féin ’s alternative budget.
# sinn-fein - Thursday 7 October, 2021
# Media Ownership
# Media Ownership
The proposal follows on from the ban of Irish Times staff appearing on Newstalk in 2017.
# sinn-fein - Wednesday 6 October, 2021
# Irish Times Ipsos/MRBI
# Irish Times Ipsos/MRBI
That’s according to the latest Irish Times/Ipsos MRBI poll.
# sinn-fein - Wednesday 29 September, 2021
# Scandalous
# Scandalous
The Sinn Féin leader said it was “scandalous” that such a low number will be delivered in 2021.
# sinn-fein - Tuesday 28 September, 2021
# Rent Crisis
# Rent Crisis
Berliners voted in favour of forcing large landlords to hand over apartments to the state.
# sinn-fein - Thursday 16 September, 2021
# Rumours
TD Matt Carthy claims a junior Fine Gael minister operated a 'sting operation' to uncover the leaker Minister Simon Harris says Carthy's claims are untrue Harris says he will 'consider very strongly" reporting the Carthy to the Oireachtas Committee on Procedure and Privileges
# sinn-fein - Wednesday 15 September, 2021
# Zapponegate
# Zapponegate
Sinn Féin tabled a motion of no confidence in the Minister for Foreign Affairs.
# sinn-fein - Tuesday 14 September, 2021
# Zapponegate
# Zapponegate
Sinn Féin is set to table a motion of no confidence in Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney tomorrow.
# sinn-fein - Saturday 11 September, 2021
# Defence Forces
# Defence Forces
Sinn Féin , the Social Democrats and Labour have called for an independent inquiry into the issue, which was revealed in an RTÉ documentary today.
# sinn-fein - Friday 10 September, 2021
# Zappone Saga
# Zappone Saga
Sinn Féin ’s Matt Carthy said the Taoiseach has failed to hold Coveney to account over the Zappone saga.
# sinn-fein - Wednesday 8 September, 2021
# Zapponegate
# Zapponegate
His comment comes after Mary Lou McDonald said today that Simon Coveney cannot stay on.
# sinn-fein - Tuesday 7 September, 2021
# Simon Coveney
# Simon Coveney
Coveney was grilled further on the Zappone controversy before an Oireachtas Committee today.
# sinn-fein - Friday 3 September, 2021
# Simon SMS
# Simon SMS
TD Matt Carthy said the Department of Foreign Affairs should also clarify if any other relevant documents have been erased.
# sinn-fein - Wednesday 1 September, 2021
# The North
# The North
The Tánaiste is meeting Sinn Féin Finance Minister Conor Murphy and DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson.
# Ventilators
# Ventilators
The HSE has been criticised in an audit report about its procurement of the ventilators at the beginning of Covid-19.
# sinn-fein - Thursday 22 July, 2021
# Stormont
# Stormont
The North’s abortion laws were liberalised in 2019 but full services have not been commissioned due to disagreements between the Executive parties.
# sinn-fein - Monday 19 July, 2021
# Sinn Féin
# Sinn Féin
Victims groups are to travel to Downing St tomorrow.
# sinn-fein - Thursday 15 July, 2021
# Nothern Ireland
# Nothern Ireland
A former chief constable said the plans for a statute of limitations did not sit comfortably with him.
# sinn-fein - Saturday 10 July, 2021
# Royal British Legion
# Royal British Legion
The politician said she wanted to send a message that she respects all traditions.
# sinn-fein - Wednesday 30 June, 2021
# Poll
# Poll
47% of respondents said the Protocol is appropriate for Northern Ireland, while the same number disagreed.
# sinn-fein - Thursday 24 June, 2021
# The Banks
# The Banks
Finance minister Paschal Donohoe announced the six-month sale process yesterday.
# sinn-fein - Sunday 20 June, 2021
# Chris Hazzard
# Chris Hazzard
MP Chris Hazzard has said Sinn Féin will have ‘no demands’ other than a commitment to agreements already made.
# sinn-fein - Friday 18 June, 2021
# Poots Gets The Boot
# Poots Gets The Boot
Edwin Poots announced last night he is to quit as as DUP leader after only three weeks.
# sinn-fein - Thursday 17 June, 2021
# Dup Strife
Sinn Fein's Michelle O'Neill to continue in the role of Deputy First Minister The Assembly is to continue after last night's UK government deal on the Irish language DUP MPs and MLAs sought to pressure party leader Edwin Poots to hold off on a nomination However, Poots nominated Givan and said it was without "a precondition from Sinn Féin"
# CETA Challenge
# CETA Challenge
She is the second Oireachtas member to take a High Court action against CETA.
# Stormont
# Stormont
The Tánaiste has said he welcomes the “agreement on an Irish Language Act going ahead”.
# sinn-fein - Wednesday 16 June, 2021
# Irish Times/Ipsos MRBI
# Irish Times/Ipsos MRBI
An Irish Times/Ipsos MRBI opinion poll has put Sinn Fein on 31%, followed by Fine Gael on 27% and Fianna Fail on 20%.
# The North
# The North
Brandon Lewis flew into Belfast for talks, saying he is exploring ‘all options’ in his efforts to keep powersharing on track.
# sinn-fein - Monday 14 June, 2021
# The North
# The North
The call comes as former DUP leader Arlene Foster stepped down as the North’s First Minister this morning.
# sinn-fein - Thursday 10 June, 2021
# Controversy
It was reported yesterday that Sinn Féin party members had pretended to be pollsters carrying fake marketing research company IDs. SF TD Eoin Ó Broin described the practice as "widespread and common". Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and the Green Party have also engaged in similar polling in the past.
# Door To Door Polling
# Door To Door Polling
Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and Sinn Féin have all said that party members posed as pollsters.
# sinn-fein - Wednesday 9 June, 2021
# Door To Door Polling
# Door To Door Polling
Varadkar says the practice was “discontinued” in the past seven years.
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