MARY Lou McDonald has defended not revamping Sinn Fein’s front bench as she boasted: “I will happily hitch my wagon to Pearse Doherty, Eoin O’Broin and David Cullinane.” Following major changes at ...

SINN Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald will lead her ... She became the party's deputy leader in 2009 and two years later was elected a member of Dail Eireann from the Dublin Central Constituency ...

Opposition parties have rejected the Government’s proposals to solve the row over Dáil speaking time. Outcry over the ...

The final report, released to the media late on Tuesday afternoon, appears to exonerate the Sinn Féin deputy leader and other ... Sinead Ennis, Sinn Fein’s chief whip in the Assembly, welcomed ...

MLAs have backed a TUV motion which said a Northern Ireland Assembly report into salaries and expenses – prompted by the Michael McMonagle scandal – had ‘muddied the waters’ over rules for how public ...

The Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald said her new frontbench ... She said it would be a patent absurdity to allow Deputy Lowry to question Ministers on Opposition time, and any attempt to ...

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has announced a minor reshuffle of her frontbench, with two first-time TDs promoted. Louth TD Joanna Byrne has been appointed as the party’s spokeswoman for ...

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald will announce her party's front bench on Tuesday, with a number of changes of roles expected. Party sources have said Ms McDonald has "big decisions to make ...

EX-SINN Fein leader Gerry Adams is in line for compensation — after Labour lifted a ban on Troubles damages. The former political boss and Irish Republican extremists were banned from getting ...

Fianna Fail leader Micheál Martin has been elected taoiseach (Irish prime minister) for the second time after chaos in the ...