Tag: Mary Lou McDonald
about 1 month ago
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Sinn Féin’s track record on housing in Northern Ireland is nothing to write home about

Parties seeking power make extravagant promises. When voters consider a party that has never previously been in a cou...

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5 months ago
dublinlive.ie

Taoiseach backs Robbie Keane in ongoing row over coaching role at Israeli club

The row entered the political sphere after Sinn Fein leader, Mary Lou McDonald, strongly criticised the soccer legend...

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5 months ago
dublinlive.ie

Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald opens up about hopes for 2024 election

The Sinn Fein chief added she would talk to any and all parties after the polls close, even arch enemies Fine Gael

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5 months ago
irishmirror.ie

Micheal Martin has not ruled out serving as Tanaiste under a Sinn Fein Taoiseach

Mr Martin has been strident in his criticism of Sinn Fein in the past and has repeatedly said he would refuse to do b...

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6 months ago
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Sinn Féin needs to shed its thin skin and stop running to the lawyers

Two separate events on either side of the Border last Tuesday could entail a crucial moment of overreach by Sinn Féin.

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6 months ago
independent.ie

‘Send the Israeli ambassador home’ – Mary Lou McDonald goes off script in fiery Sinn Féin ard fhe...

SINN Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has called on the Government to “send the Israeli ambassador home” in unscripted r...

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7 months ago
independent.ie

New National Children’s Hospital may not open until summer 2025

The new National Children’s Hospital will not open until the late spring or early summer of 2025, the Irish Independe...

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7 months ago
independent.ie

‘We won’t rule out talking to anybody,’ says Sinn Féin’s Matt Carthy on Hamas

Sinn Féin will not rule out further talks with the Palestinian militant group Hamas which was responsible for attacks...

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7 months ago
independent.ie

Hugh O’Connell: Fine Gael quick to take aim at mix of new and familiar in Sinn Féin ‘alternative ...

Before Sinn Féin had even launched its alternative budget yesterday afternoon, Fine Gael had already issued six press...

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8 months ago
independent.ie

Mary Lou McDonald says Sinn Féin will not enter into coalition government unless party gets housi...

Mary Lou McDonald has said having a Sinn Féin housing minister is a red line for her party in any talks to form a gov...

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8 months ago
irishmirror.ie

Mary Lou McDonald speaks publicly for the first time since serious surgery during summer

"Rumours of my demise have been greatly exaggerated," joked the Sinn Fein leader

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8 months ago
independent.ie

Mary Lou McDonald says Sinn Féin will not enter into coalition government unless party have housi...

MARY Lou McDonald has said a Sinn Féin housing minister is a red line for her party in any talks to form a government...

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8 months ago
irishmirror.ie

Mary Lou McDonald says she's 'fully recovered and ready to lead' after surgery and thanks well wi...

The Sinn Fein leader said 'a very big thank you for all the comments and support. and messages that have been sent to...

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11 months ago
independent.ie

Will the latest National Children’s Hospital controversy delay its opening?

THE National Children’s Hospital (NCH) is back in the headlines after news that its management board ordered the main...

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11 months ago
irishmirror.ie

Mary Lou McDonald hints at stopping attending IRA commemorations if Taoiseach

Sinn Fein leader could be softening her hardline Republican stance in prep for becoming country's leader

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about 1 year ago
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

SF thinks it should be illegal to treat a nun more favourably than a criminal – and not for the r...

Seven years ago a Sinn Féin TD stood up in the Dáil and proposed something which went without remark, but which gives...

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about 1 year ago
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Shambolic state of Defence Forces shows Irish Government doesn’t take idea of a united Ireland se...

If a united Ireland came suddenly and loyalists went on a murderous rampage, what would happen? Based on the current ...

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about 1 year ago
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

SNP frailty shows Sinn Fein and unionists the risks of centralising a constitutional movement

There can be peril in political popularity. That may seem absurd in an occupation where success is defined by popular...

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about 1 year ago
independent.ie

Government under fire over €1.3bn cost-of-living package 2023 amid claims renters, mortgage holde...

The Government has come under fire over its €1.3bn cost-of-living package amid claims the supports do not help renter...

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over 1 year ago
irishmirror.ie

Family of missing Amy Fitzpatrick 'completely broken' as they mark her 31st birthday

Exclusive: Despite another difficult milestone for the family, Amy’s courageous aunt Christine Kenny met with officia...

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over 1 year ago
irishmirror.ie

Ferghal Blaney - Down the Dáil

Our Mirrorman in the Corridors of Power

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over 1 year ago
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Sam McBride: Principles abandoned, statements disavowed - Sinn Féin will do whatever it takes to ...

If the Sinn Féin which might soon lead Ireland’s government had been around in the 1970s, it would have been denounce...

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over 1 year ago
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Sam McBride: Principles abandoned, statements disavowed - Sinn Féin will do whatever it takes to ...

If the Sinn Féin which might soon lead Ireland’s government had been around in the 1970s, it would have been denounce...

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over 1 year ago
independent.ie

Eoin Ó Broin, the man who plans to solve the housing crisis

Eoin Ó Broin is, according to current polling, the country’s preferred choice as housing minister — and the success o...

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over 1 year ago
independent.ie

Leo Varadkar on collision course with Greens over cost-of-living help

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar wants to extend some cost-of-living reductions in Vat and excise duty which are due to expire ...

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over 1 year ago
irishmirror.ie

FERGHAL BLANEY Down the Dáil

Historic end of a controversial World Cup and Micheál martin's term as Taoiseach

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over 1 year ago
independent.ie

Big Read: ‘Leo’s in charge – there's no hint of unease’- The supporting cast for Varadkar’s secon...

Last Wednesday, Simon Coveney was addressing staff at Ireland’s permanent mission at the UN in New York, where Irelan...

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over 1 year ago
irishmirror.ie

Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien easily survives motion of no confidence

A last minute decision by Cabinet meant that the Dail actually ended up voting confidence in Mr O’Brien

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over 1 year ago
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Sinn Fein’s Mary Lou McDonald offers ‘sympathy and heartfelt sorrow’ to IRA victims after hitting...

Sinn Fein president Mary Lou McDonald has offered her “heartfelt sorrow” for anyone hurt or killed by the IRA during ...

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over 1 year ago
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Sinn Fein’s Mary Lou McDonald condemns ‘Up the Ra’ video

The president of Sinn Fein has condemned the behaviour of a woman at the centre of the Arlene Foster ‘oh, ah, up the ...

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over 1 year ago
independent.ie

Coalition concern at Sinn Féin claims in Hutch murder trial

Senior Coalition figures have expressed concern over claims made in the murder trial of Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch about ...

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over 1 year ago
independent.ie

Sinn Féin hosted ally of controversial and ‘repressive’ Nicaraguan leader Daniel Ortega

Sinn Féin is declining to say why an adviser to controversial Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega was invited to its a...

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over 1 year ago
irishmirror.ie

'Any connection not good for politics' - Eamon Ryan responds to Sinn Féin's link to Jonathan Dowdall

“Any sort of connection with such criminality must, it’s not good for our political system"

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over 1 year ago
independent.ie

Jonathan Dowdall’s €1k for Mary Lou McDonald in 2011 wasn’t only Sinn Féin donation

Jonathan Dowdall made further donations to Sinn Féin by purchasing tickets for party fundraisers, including one invol...

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over 1 year ago
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Irish TD left ‘very concerned’ by Mary Lou McDonald’s comments on IRA and gangland violence

Irish politician Heather Humphreys has said she is “very concerned” after Sinn Fein president Mary Lou McDonald said ...

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over 1 year ago
dublinlive.ie

McDonald compares Shane Ross’ biography to book written on summer holidays

"Shane Ross writing a book about me is a bit like me on my summer holidays deciding that I’d write a book about the T...

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over 1 year ago
belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Sinn Fein remains most popular party in Republic but support drops in latest poll

Sinn Fein remains the most popular party with voters in the Republic of Ireland but their support has dropped by thre...

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over 1 year ago
independent.ie

Sinn Féin won’t solve the housing crisis, say voters

Most voters do not think a Sinn Féin-led government would resolve the housing crisis as support for Mary Lou McDonald...

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over 1 year ago
independent.ie

Change is coming, says Mary Lou – but what does that really mean?

When the controversy over the Ireland women’s football team singing ‘Up the Ra’ erupted last month, Seán MacBrádaigh ...

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