The Dublin government is to officially call a general election on Friday
as it pushed €400m into bank accounts in a bid to convince voters to
ignore deepening crises in housing, inequality, health, child welfare,
immigration, political greed and corruption.
Published November 7, 2024
The refusal of the Dublin government to use parliament time offered up
by the opposition parties to pass long-delayed legislation on Palestine
ahead of the general election has been condemned as “disgraceful”.
Published November 7, 2024
Laois will see a showdown between former Sinn Féin TD, now independent
republican Brian Stanley, and the party’s new candidate, Maria
McCormack, after a disastrous internal inquiry erupted into the open in
the midlands count, just weeks before the 26 County general election.
Published November 7, 2024
There has been a mixed reaction in Ireland to the election of Donald
Trump as US president.
Published November 7, 2024
How the ‘third man’ on the Boundary Commission 100 years ago helped
secure the border for unionism.
Published October 31, 2024
Support for the North of Ireland remaining in a Union with Britain has
dropped below the key 50% level for the first time in a state-funded
survey of the Six Counties, adding to pressure for an end to partition
and the complete decolonisation of the island of Ireland.
Published October 24, 2024
The Belfast Telegraph and other unionist media organisations were forced
into an embarrassing u-turn this week after publishing absurd claims
about the supposed continuing actions of the Provisional IRA, which
ended its armed campaign in 2005.
Published October 24, 2024
Sinn Féin vice president Michelle O’Neill has said she thinks it is
appropriate that a portrait of disgraced former Sinn Féin Mayor of
Belfast, Niall Ó Donnghaile, be removed from Belfast City Hall, but
tensions have continued in the wake of scandals to beset the party.
Published October 24, 2024
Sinn Féin’s problems in the 26 Counties have exploded ahead of an
impending general election, with the departure of two TDs, including the
shock resignation of party veteran, Laois/Offaly TD Brian Stanley.
Published October 17, 2024
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has denied orchestrating an
“elaborate cover-up” after the party failed to divulge the real reason
for former Sinn Féin Senator Niall Ó Donnghaile’s sudden resignation
from the Seanad last year.
Published October 17, 2024
There is that no incentive for paramilitary groups to transition – in
fact there is every reason to stay in business, writes Brian Feeney.
Published October 17, 2024
Sinn Féin Leader Mary Lou McDonald has said she has ordered “a complete overhaul of governance procedures” for the party after it provided references for former party press officer Michael McMonagle, who has
admitted a number of child sex offences.
Published October 10, 2024
Most Irish politicians accept that the 26 County general election
will be held next month following a cash ‘giveaway’ by the government in
its annual announcement of its plans for the economy.
Published October 3, 2024
Former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has spoken out strongly to urge greater
focus and energy among Irish political representatives on the journey to
Irish unity.
Published October 3, 2024
Sinn Féin’s annual conference took place last weekend in Athlone. We
publish Mary Lou McDonald’s address in full.
Published October 3, 2024
Israel’s efforts to manipulate Irish politics in its favour has been
dramatically highlighted in a battle of leaks this week.
Published September 26, 2024
A Court of Appeal has effectively shut down Britain’s ‘truth’ body after
it ruled that parts of Independent Commission for Reconciliation and
Information Recovery (ICRIR) are not compatible with human rights law.
Published September 26, 2024
In a keynote address at a fringe meeting held at the British Labour
Party conference, Sinn Féin leader, Mary Lou McDonald called for “a
transformation of British Irish relations” and said that both the
British and Irish governments need to “acknowledge that change is in
motion.”
Published September 26, 2024
In a series of extended interviews, Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald
has revealed the difficulties she has endured personally in the past
year.
Published September 19, 2024
Dublin’s insistence on operating the 26 County state as a tax haven for
US multinationals is under intense pressure after Europe’s highest court
backed a decision that Apple Inc. had unfairly benefited from billions
worth of illegal tax breaks from successive right-wing governments.
Published September 12, 2024