The ongoing speaking row saga is set to come to a head yet again next week, with Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald vowing to “face the Government down on this”. A vote on the government ...

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McDonald accused the Taoiseach of “sniggering” in the White House about the housing crisis and claimed it was the action of an “obsequious coward”. Phew. That was below the belt.

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 just ...

Sinn Fein’s relationship with Irish America has not been damaged by its St Patrick’s boycott of the White House, Mary Lou McDonald has insisted. The party president said Sinn Fein’s connecti ...

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 ...

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has made clear she will not be the party's presidential candidate if it decides to contest this autumn's election. Ms McDonald said Sinn Féin had just ...