#Sinn Féin

# sinn-fein - Tuesday 8 June, 2021

Employees face income support 'cliff edge' unless supplementary payments extended, says Sinn Féin TD

Jun 8th 2021, 6:15 AM 10,571 Views 14 Comments

The Short Term Work Support benefit is coming to a close for many in receipt of it, which will affect workers in industries impacted by Covid-19, particularly aviation.

# sinn-fein - Saturday 5 June, 2021

# Blue Steel

Pressure on Fine Gael but can its blue wall hold in Dublin Bay South?

Jun 5th 2021, 12:05 AM 38,053 Views 54 Comments

The party will fancy their chances but there's an opportunity for others to spring a surprise, writes Rónán Duffy
Will Eamon Ryan's personal vote be retained in Green hands or could Labour be the beneficiaries?
When Sinn Féin drives turnout it has a chance anywhere but is it a case of right time but wrong place?

# sinn-fein - Thursday 3 June, 2021

# Donation

Sinn Féin receives another £800,000 from the will of deceased English man

Jun 3rd 2021, 6:47 PM 45,063 Views 57 Comments

Billy Hampton has now left the party almost £3 million, the largest donation given to a political party in Northern Ireland.

# Opinion

Kathleen Funchion: 'I fear the Mother and Baby Home developments have only compounded an existing and deep hurt'

Jun 3rd 2021, 6:35 PM 7,444 Views 7 Comments

Funchion, who is chair of the Oireachtas Committee on Children, describes her shock over recent issues with the Mother and Baby Home Commission.

# North Ireland

Sinn Fein seeks legal advice on DUP ‘boycott’ of north-south meetings

Jun 3rd 2021, 7:29 AM 12,819 Views 21 Comments

Sinn Fein Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey accused her partners in government of ‘arrogant disrespect’ over their non-attendance.

# sinn-fein - Wednesday 2 June, 2021

# Dáil Bid

Sinn Féin confirms Lynn Boylan as its candidate for Dublin Bay South by-election

Updated Jun 2nd 2021, 9:39 PM 27,083 Views 61 Comments

The Social Democrats also confirmed its candidate, Sarah Durcan, for the high-profile by-election.

# sinn-fein - Tuesday 1 June, 2021

# DUP

Edwin Poots says he will only unveil ministerial line-up when he's 'ready'

Jun 1st 2021, 5:21 PM 13,680 Views 29 Comments

The new DUP leader denied there had been a delay in carrying out a reshuffle due to an internal rift within the party.

# sinn-fein - Monday 31 May, 2021

# Stormont

A row over the Irish language and the new First Minister has raised election talk in the North, what's it all about?

May 31st 2021, 5:28 PM 42,045 Views 108 Comments

New DUP leader Edwin Poots won’t be putting himself forward but the new FM has not been confirmed.

# Dublin Bay South

SF's Lynn Boylan 'considering' DBS by-election run and says other candidates 'doing themselves damage' online

May 31st 2021, 12:49 PM 22,319 Views 45 Comments

The Sinn Féin Senator said her party would choose its candidate this week.

# sinn-fein - Sunday 30 May, 2021

# Stormont Executive

DUP and Sinn Fein urged to ‘keep powersharing show on the road’

May 30th 2021, 4:28 PM 12,550 Views 29 Comments

Ulster Unionist Party leader Doug Beattie said the Stormont Executive ‘has to last’.

# sinn-fein - Sunday 23 May, 2021

# Opinion Poll

Sinn Féin is the most popular political party in the country, according to poll

May 23rd 2021, 10:02 AM 59,261 Views 183 Comments

Mary Lou McDonald’s party has seen a slight dip in support but is still ahead of Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil.

# sinn-fein - Thursday 20 May, 2021

# Housing

Dublin city is a 'free for all' for vulture funds, Dáil told

May 20th 2021, 2:06 PM 15,706 Views 58 Comments

Doherty read out some personal testimonies into the Dáil record from people who say they will never be able to save to buy their own home.

# Sinn Féin

Voter data: Eoin Ó Broin defends 'unusual' appearance as witness to a committee he's a member of

May 20th 2021, 12:46 PM 30,637 Views 47 Comments

A Fine Gael Senator said it was “an affront” to the committee that Sinn Féin did not send its general secretary as other parties did.

# sinn-fein - Wednesday 19 May, 2021

# The North

DUP's Gregory Campbell alleges ‘illegality’ link in departure of two Sinn Féin MLAs

May 19th 2021, 5:55 PM 29,757 Views 0 Comments

Martina Anderson and Karen Mullan were asked to consider their positions in April after a high level review.

# Housing Crisis

'A human error': Sinn Féin motion on affordable housing passed by Dáil after junior Minister doesn't call vote

May 19th 2021, 2:47 PM 57,064 Views 63 Comments

The housing crisis has been top of the political agenda for over two weeks now, following outrage over cuckoo funds.

# sinn-fein - Thursday 6 May, 2021

# Intellectual Property

Irish pharma lobby criticises Covid vaccine IP waiver but campaigners say drugmakers have 'lost the argument'

Updated May 6th 2021, 5:23 PM 31,518 Views 21 Comments

Amnesty boss Colm O’Gorman has accused drug companies of ‘reprehensible scaremongering’.

# sinn-fein - Saturday 1 May, 2021

# Donegal Spike

Donegal: Stephen Donnelly to meet with local politicians and public health officials over virus concerns

May 1st 2021, 2:53 PM 40,357 Views 49 Comments

Donegal TD Pearse Doherty said the CMO had painted the county with a “wide brush”.

# sinn-fein - Tuesday 27 April, 2021

# Money At Montrose

RTÉ has made an 'initial payment' to Revenue over self-employment contracts, Dáil committee hears

Apr 27th 2021, 3:51 PM 39,558 Views 56 Comments

The State broadcaster is facing a “structural funding problem”, according to its director general.

# sinn-fein - Friday 23 April, 2021

# Data Protection

Sinn Féin appointed officer to manage voter database only after being contacted by DPC

Apr 23rd 2021, 7:48 AM 23,280 Views 95 Comments

The so-called “Abú system” has become the source of controversy in recent days.

# sinn-fein - Thursday 22 April, 2021

# Online Activity

Mary Lou McDonald says voters can 'of course' ask Sinn Féin what information the party holds on them

Apr 22nd 2021, 12:28 PM 18,352 Views 92 Comments

McDonald was speaking about her party’s data collection practices amid questions from the Data Protection Commission.

# sinn-fein - Monday 19 April, 2021

# Ira Attack

Comments on Mountbatten no change of position, insists Sinn Fein leader

Apr 19th 2021, 5:18 PM 51,301 Views 43 Comments

Mountbatten died when the IRA detonated a bomb on his fishing boat in Mullaghmore, County Sligo, in 1979.

# Data

Sinn Féin denies party is microtargeting people on Facebook

Apr 19th 2021, 4:31 PM 17,630 Views 64 Comments

The DPC had sought information on how SF uses its database and information collected from social media.

# sinn-fein - Sunday 18 April, 2021

# Lord Mountbatten

'Of course I am sorry that happened': Mary Lou McDonald apologises for the killing of Lord Mountbatten in 1979

Apr 18th 2021, 7:30 PM 47,749 Views 107 Comments

Lord Mountbatten was killed in an IRA bomb attack in Co Sligo in August 1979.

# sinn-fein - Monday 12 April, 2021

# Unrest

Arlene Foster: Loyalist concerns cannot be dismissed as ‘nonsense’

Apr 12th 2021, 4:12 PM 26,007 Views 43 Comments

Foster said some claims of unfair treatment were not true but she said perceptions must be addressed.

# sinn-fein - Friday 9 April, 2021

# Northern Ireland

Opinion: The violence this week was choreographed by criminal gangs using children as fodder

Apr 9th 2021, 3:07 PM 20,352 Views 21 Comments

Emma DeSouza says the unrest in the North is not a failure of peace but a failure of leadership.

# sinn-fein - Thursday 8 April, 2021

# Explainer

Loyalist anger at post-Brexit trade rules among factors in Northern Ireland disorder

Apr 8th 2021, 8:10 AM 23,835 Views 49 Comments

It took an event unrelated to the Irish Sea border furore to set a match to simmering tensions

# sinn-fein - Thursday 1 April, 2021

# STOREY FUNERAL

O’Neill ‘truly sorry’ that her actions at Bobby Storey funeral caused hurt

Apr 1st 2021, 4:48 PM 16,908 Views 96 Comments

The SDLP has tabled a motion criticising Sinn Fein ministers who attended the funeral of the former IRA leader last June.

# Simon Byrne

PSNI chief due before policing board over decision not to prosecute after Storey funeral

Apr 1st 2021, 7:24 AM 10,847 Views 9 Comments

The Northern Ireland Assembly is also due to convene today for an emergency sitting to discuss the controversy.

# sinn-fein - Tuesday 30 March, 2021

# Bobby Storey

Bobby Storey funeral: O'Neill will not be prosecuted as Foster calls for PSNI chief to resign

Updated Mar 30th 2021, 5:21 PM 46,165 Views 143 Comments

No charges to be brought in relation to the funeral
NI's DPP says Covid-19 regulations at the time of the funeral had become 'inconsistent'
O'Neill apologises for what she said was the hurt caused to families as a result of the incident
Foster has claimed the PSNI 'facilitated a breach of the law'

# sinn-fein - Tuesday 23 March, 2021

# Criticism

'It was misogynistic': Government leaders hit out at cartoon depicting Mary Lou McDonald as a witch

Mar 23rd 2021, 8:55 PM 40,124 Views 56 Comments

The Taoiseach, Tánaiste and Green Party leader jointly condemned the drawing.

# Cblive

SDLP writes to RTÉ over 'frustration and dismay' at exclusion from united Ireland discussion

Mar 23rd 2021, 7:24 PM 28,078 Views 30 Comments

Matthew O’Toole MLA said ‘speaker after speaker’ cited the party’s founders.

# Brandon Lewis

NI secretary urges Stormont to roll out abortion services before he orders executive to do so

Mar 23rd 2021, 5:21 PM 8,216 Views 7 Comments

Brandon Lewis could have the power to rollout services from London next month.

# sinn-fein - Friday 19 March, 2021

# The Hooligan

Controversial councillor Paddy Holohan leaves Sinn Féin citing complaints with party investigation

Mar 19th 2021, 4:29 PM 48,366 Views 39 Comments

The Tallaght South representative on South Dublin County Council has said he will remain as an independent.

# sinn-fein - Tuesday 16 March, 2021

# Stormont

McDonald says Sinn Féin abstained in abortion bill vote because it was a DUP 'stunt'

Updated Mar 16th 2021, 4:24 PM 33,935 Views 31 Comments

Sinn Féin abstained from a vote on the Severe Fetal Impairment Abortion (Amendment) Bill last night.

# sinn-fein - Wednesday 10 March, 2021

# Transport Link

Bridge or tunnel between NI and Scotland is a ‘smokescreen for Brexit fallout', says Michelle O’Neill

Mar 10th 2021, 7:02 PM 24,816 Views 50 Comments

O’Neill has dismissed the possibility of a link between NI and Scotland as a “pipe dream”.

# Leo Varadkar

'I stand corrected': Tánaiste apologises after incorrectly claiming Sinn Féin had no Protestant TDs

Mar 10th 2021, 5:44 PM 62,484 Views 127 Comments

Violet-Anne Wynne, a Clare TD, said she is a Protestant and “proud to be a representative for Sinn Féin”.

# Birth Certs

O'Gorman says adopted people will get birth certs and other information under new legislation

Updated Mar 10th 2021, 5:10 PM 18,885 Views 15 Comments

The minister has also launched a consultation process for a redress scheme for survivors of Mother And Baby Homes.

# sinn-fein - Thursday 4 March, 2021

# Waiting List

Figures show more than 30,000 people waiting on HSE gynaecology outpatient appointments

Mar 4th 2021, 3:20 PM 14,272 Views 16 Comments

30,180 people were waiting on outpatient appointments up to the end of January.

# sinn-fein - Wednesday 3 March, 2021

# Shared Equity Scheme

Dáil to debate Sinn Féin's motion on scrapping scheme which it says 'will not make homes more affordable'

Mar 3rd 2021, 8:52 AM 19,541 Views 72 Comments

The Minister for Housing, however, has said the scheme will help young prospective homeowners out of a “rental trap”.

# sinn-fein - Saturday 27 February, 2021

# Bobby Sands

'It doesn't diminish': The legacy of the 1981 hunger strikes, 40 years on

Feb 27th 2021, 12:05 AM 33,577 Views 40 Comments

This Monday will mark 40 years since Bobby Sands went on hunger strike.

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