Tánaiste Simon Harris has ended speculation that a single Government candidate will be fielded in this autumn’s presidential election. Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil will each contest the election ...

Sinn Féin have said they have not decided if they will run their own candidate or back another in the next Irish presidential election. Party president Mary Lou McDonald also ruled herself out of ...

A pizza order, a thank you, or a death threat — Giuseppe Mantova didn’t know which awaited him as he answered the call the Wednesday evening before Christmas. The phone at Vito’s Pizza had ...

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald said: 'The threat to shoot me 'for free' was the threat of a coward, designed to intimidate me and to encourage others to target me' Sinn Féin president Mary ...

A man has been jailed after making threats towards Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald and Garda (Irish police) Commissioner Drew Harris. Richard McGreevy, 29, of Whitechurch Place, Rathfarnham in ...

Mary Lou (Kolbe) Conna, 91, died peacefully on Sunday, February 16, 2025 at her home in Westborough following a stroke, after some years of gradual decline due to frontotemporal dementia.

Mary Lou McDonald has made clear she will not be Sinn Fein’s candidate for the Irish presidency if her party decides to contest this autumn’s election. The party president said Sinn Fein had ...

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Mary Lou McDonald was asked about her party’s plans as she spoke to reporters at Stormont (David Young/PA) Mary Lou McDonald has made clear she will not be Sinn Fein’s candidate for the Irish ...

A man who made threats towards Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald and Garda Commissioner Drew Harris has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison, with the final 15 months suspended on ...

Mary Lou, loved sewing, singing, puzzles, sitting on her front porch swing and most of all being around her family. Survived by her daughter Shirley Exline and son Robert “Bob” Pursley and his ...