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Full coverage: Sinn Féin

Leading: Michael McGrath on accession to the big job, nurturing domestic business, and Sinn Féin

Before an audience of investors, Minister McGrath set out his vision for the Department of Finance in 2024. His big theme: nurturing domestic companies and domestic investment.

Sean Keyes
1st Dec, 2023 - 11 min read

The Sinn Féin-Fianna Fáil rivalry is one of the dominant themes of modern Irish politics. Could there be a truce?

Fine Gael began its run as a major player in coalition governments just ten months after the Tories became the lead players in Downing Street. Is mental fatigue a factor in Dáil Eireann as well as in Westminster? In both jurisdictions, the business season is approaching.

Tommie Gorman
25th Nov, 2023 - 7 min read

Sinn Féin TD launches defamation action against The Irish Times

Dublin Bay South TD Chris Andrews is suing the newspaper and its political correspondent Harry McGee over a piece analysing Sinn Féin's response to the Hamas attack on Israel last month.

Francesca Comyn
7th Nov, 2023 - 2 min read

Gerry Adams says Irish unity is not a 50%-plus-one equation. Unionists need to buy in too

The guest list at the Stormont commemoration of the Good Friday Agreement showed that it worked because it brought in republicans. Adams understands it also requires unionist support.

Tommie Gorman
15th Apr, 2023 - 8 min read

Renewables, retrofits and rural buses: The big Sinn Féin climate interview

There is more to Sinn Féin’s climate policy than its opposition to the carbon tax or its non-commital stance on the emission cuts needed in agriculture, an in-depth discussion with Lynn Boylan and Darren O’Rourke reveals.

Thomas Hubert
7th Mar, 2023 - 20 min read

Tommie Gorman: What will Micheál Martin do next?

If Micheál Martin can take comfort from his personal popularity and the assessment of his time as Taoiseach, any analysis of how the Fianna Fáil he leads is perceived produces bleak results.

Tommie Gorman
4th Mar, 2023 - 7 min read

Tommie Gorman: Phoney crises, like undelivered promises, have consequences

If a state of high dudgeon can be reached in the current circumstances, how will the political parties cope when high-grade manure drops from the sky without warning as inevitably it will?

Tommie Gorman
28th Jan, 2023 - 7 min read

Tommie Gorman: Sinn Féin get the Brexit bounce…courtesy of unionism

One of the consequences of the Stormont election will be a renewed attention on the north and with Micheál Martin stepping down as Taoiseach in December, it might be an area he wants to focus on.

Tommie Gorman
7th May, 2022 - 4 min read

RTÉ isn’t ready for the rise of the Sinn Féin generation

The Claire Byrne Live show on the rise of Sinn Fein felt like the last gasp for a dying formula in the coverage of public affairs. Younger generations aren't interested in the lowest common denominator.

Ed Brophy
19th Feb, 2022 - 4 min read

Mary Lou McDonald (and Dominic Cummings) are right – we need to wrest power from civil servants

Mary Lou McDonald talks about a “constipated” civil service. Based on my decade on the inside, I think we could help reform it by ending permanent tenure, prioritising outside appointments for delivery roles and being flexible on remuneration. But would the permanent government allow this to happen?

Ed Brophy
18th Jan, 2022 - 5 min read
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