Sinn Féin’s Mary Lou McDonald appeared on RTÉ Radio 1’s Morning Ireland programme on Monday in the wake of the resignation of the party’s health spokesman, Brian Stanley TD. Below is a ...

Mary Lou McDonald claimed a senior Sinn Féin politician who resigned after sending inappropriate texts to a teenager was leaving due to “health challenges”. The Sinn Féin leader praised Sena ...

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Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald sought to defend her party’s record on a series of scandals on Tuesday. Appearing before the Dáil, Ms McDonald sought to address issues relating to ...

the Sinn Féin TD who has resigned from the party over ‘kangaroo court’ Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has insisted there is nothing “confusing” about the party referring an ongoing ...

A teenager who was sent inappropriate texts by the former Sinn Féin senator, Niall Ó Donnghaile, has said Mary Lou McDonald's tribute to him was "like a mental stab". The boy, who gave his ...

Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald told delegates during her address to “Be in no doubt – unity referendums are coming” Sinn Féin says the next Irish government will have a minister for ...

Mary Lou McDonald told the Dail that another Sinn Fein councillor was contacted on September 11 last year about an inappropriate message sent from Senator O Donnghaile to a 17-year-old boy who was ...

Sinn Fein president Mary Lou McDonald is facing criticism and questions after having previously praised Niall Ó Donnghaile’s work for the party but never disclosing he had resigned 10 weeks ...

Finally, speaking about the resignation of Laois Offaly TD Brian Stanley, Ms McDonald told the Six One News that “it would not have sat comfortably with me” if there was a “complaint on one ...

An incumbent Montgomery County commissioner will face the former Trotwood mayor in this fall’s election. The commission is a three-person panel of leaders tasked with overseeing the ...

Questions have been raised about why, despite knowing the real reasons behind Niall Ó Donnghaile’s resignation from the Seanad, that Mary Lou McDonald praised him and wished him well when he ...