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General election set for November 29

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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



Government fails to enact Palestine measure

gazaprotestharris.jpg 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



Sinn Féin’s HR debacle to face election test

mcdonaldstanley.jpg 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



Ireland responds to US Presidential election

trumpelected.jpg There has been a mixed reaction in Ireland to the election of Donald Trump as US president.

Published November 7, 2024



Drawing the line for the Union

boundarycommissionmap.jpg How the ‘third man’ on the Boundary Commission 100 years ago helped secure the border for unionism.

Published October 31, 2024



Support for British rule falls below 50%

unitydemo.jpg 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



Unionist media shamed into deleting IRA claims

psniassessment.jpg 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



Portrait of Ó Donnghaile removed from City Hall

portraitremoved.jpg 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



Disaster for Sinn Féin as TDs quit over disputes

stanleymcdonaldryan.jpg 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 ‘frank and transparent’ over Senator’s departure

niallodonnghaile.jpg 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



The way to put loyalist gangs out of business is to stop the cash

taigsvtot.jpg 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 to undergo ‘complete overhaul’

mcmonagle.jpg 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



Inept budget seen as starting gun for election

budget2025.jpg 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



Varadkar surprises with Irish unity ideas

varadkarderry.jpg 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



Leader’s address to Sinn Féin Ard Fheis 2024

mcdonaldsfaf24.jpg Sinn Féin’s annual conference took place last weekend in Athlone. We publish Mary Lou McDonald’s address in full.

Published October 3, 2024



Israeli machinations exposed

higginsdonohoe.jpg 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



Legal victory for families as ICRIR ruled ‘unlawful’

familiesicrir.jpg 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



Implementing Good Friday and building a shared future

mcdonaldlabour.jpg 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



McDonald sets out stall after tough year

mcdonaldinterview.jpg 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



‘Sweetheart’ days for corporations may be over

appletaxprotest.jpg 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


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