Anger over speaking time led to fractious rows in the chamber, and the Dáil was suspended four times in one day last month ...

Mary Lou McDonald discusses row over speaking rights in the Dáil Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald speaking about a row over speaking rights in the Dáil. Join the Irish Independent WhatsApp ...

Mary Lou McDonald has not ruled out a Dáil walkout by Sinn Féin if there is no resolution to the row over speaking time allocated to Independent TDs who support the Government. The Sinn Féin ...

Mary Lou McDonald has insisted her party will not back down on a row over speaking time allocated to Independent TDs who support the Government. The Sinn Féin president said the ongoing row could ...

Both Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald and Labour leader Ivana Bacik said it was a red line that Mr Lowry's group cannot ask the Taoiseach and Tánaiste questions. Independents, who have agreed ...

Sinn Fein’s Caoimhe Archibald is to become Stormont’s economy minister in a reshuffle prompted by the election of Conor Murphy to the Seanad.Party leader Mary Lou McDonald announced the shake ...

A MASS walkout of TDs is looming when the Dail returns on Wednesday in the row over Michael Lowry’s bid to play both opposition and Government. The Government promised to come up with a solution ...

World Hijab Day, celebrated annually on February 1, aims to promote awareness, understanding, and tolerance regarding the hijab, a headscarf worn by many Muslim women as a sign of modesty ...

On Sunday, Sinn Fein president Mary Lou McDonald also called on the government in Dublin to set up its own inquiry. There is a significant cross-jurisdictional element to the investigation into ...

Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald said she was very confident in the team and said that Archibald would "lead" on correcting what she called the "underfunding" of Stormont. Emma Little ...