Full coverage: Sinn Féin

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.

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.

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?

Mary Lou McDonald's speech at the Sinn Féin Ard Fheis will be another stepping stone as the party gets ready for power but who will be their junior partners in government if required?

In this podcast, Colm Tóibín talks to Dion Fanning about anxiety and the pandemic, the precision of a novelist and why Michael D Higgins couldn't attend a partition commemoration.

President Higgins sometimes uses language that is impenetrable, but it will soon become clear if there are consequences to the decision not to attend the event marking partition in Armagh in October.

When Martin McGuinness was prevented by his party from attending the state banquet with the Queen, Michael D Higgins did much to facilitate a change in policy. So why this gesture now?

The struggled between Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil is the longest running family row in Irish politics, but now one party looks like triumphing after a long and complicated journey.

Sinn Féin and its associates are among those who will never tell the full truth about the Troubles. As they come close to power in the south, this will reveal some uncomfortable realities, writes Tommie Gorman.

Brandon Lewis's plan for an amnesty on Troubles-related crimes may force us to look at our own flaws and contradictions on legacy issues, writes Tommie Gorman