Two years ago, it was odds on to lead the next government but now the polls point in a different direction, what’s gone wrong ...

The idea of a first minister who supports closer ties to the Republic of Ireland — let alone one from Sinn Fein, a party with historic ties to the Irish Republican Army — was once unthinkable.

Getting into government in Dublin would be a game-changer with ministers sitting across from each other in North-South ...

Sinn Fein, once the political arm of the IRA, and the party that has historically called for uniting the North with the Republic of Ireland, gained 39 seats, for a total of 144 council members, up ...

But Mr Robinson says Sinn Fein's electoral success, having become Northern Ireland's largest party at Stormont and Westminster, has been misread as evidence of constitutional change. While most ...

The latest Irish Times/Ipsos B&A poll reveals a jump in support for Fine Gael (on 27 per cent), putting the party a clear seven points ahead of Sinn Féin ... point higher on 4 per cent.

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Support for Sinn Féin has fallen again as two of the main ... The Social Democrats drop by one to 4 per cent alongside Labour and the Green Party who are unchanged. Aontú has fallen by one ...

The case against a former Sinn Féin press officer charged with sex offences has been adjourned for 24 hours at Derry Crown Court after the defendant failed to turn up for a re-arraignment.

A Sinn Féin government would use the Apple back taxes windfall to set up a €1 billion fund for infrastructure projects in disadvantaged areas, Mary Lou McDonald has said. Ms McDonald said the ...

In January of this year, the government opposed a Sinn Fein motion to increase such stamp duty on vulture funds by 17%.

In January of this year, the government opposed a Sinn Fein motion to increase such stamp duty on vulture funds by 17%.