The fifth day of counting also saw three more MEPs lose their place in the parliament. Sinn Fein representative Chris MacManus was eliminated from the running in Midlands-North-West, while the ...

Ireland voted last Friday to choose 949 local councillors, 14 MEPs and the country’s first directly elected mayor, in the first nationwide elections in four years. Sinn Fein had hoped to ...

A whole series of by-elections are expected in December to fill the seats vacated by TDs (members of the Irish Parliament) who get elected as MEPs. To avoid the prospect of Sinn Féin regrouping ...

If there’s one thing politicians do better than anyone, it’s making a comeback. When Clare Daly was elected to the European ...

IF Sinn Féin hoped the fully-justified furore over the slew of self-inflicted scandals which have engulfed it in recent weeks would have started to fade by now, it was profoundly wrong.

Belfast City councillor JJ Magee has been suspended from Sinn Fein following receipt of an allegation that inappropriate online messages were exchanged between him and a minor. The party whip has ...

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 ...

The European Commission is facing criticism from politicians and campaigners for giving a free pass for senior oil and gas ...

Opposition leader Matthew O’Toole said “the failure of the Sinn Fein to be genuinely and fully transparent only prompts more questions”. Sinn Féin accused of ‘shocking secrecy’ and ...

Voters should use the upcoming European election as an opportunity to show they "reject Brexit", Sinn Féin has said. Party leader Mary Lou McDonald made the remark at the party's European ...

A member of the Public Accounts Committee has called on Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald to clarify the timeline of events that led to the resignation of long-standing Laois TD and committee ...

Taoiseach and Fine Gael leader Simon Harris, Tanaiste and Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin, Sinn Fein president Mary Lou ... Kelly became the first of five MEPs in the 10-county constituency ...