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Full coverage: Sinn Féin

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

Tommie Gorman: Sinn Fein’s pressing problem as they stand on the brink of power

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?

Tommie Gorman
30th Oct, 2021 - 6 min read

“I just got more worried and in a state of high tension that I would wake in the night”

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.

Dion Fanning
2nd Oct, 2021 - 13 min read

Talking to ourselves: Michael D, unity and the law of unintended consequences

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.

Tommie Gorman
25th Sep, 2021 - 6 min read

Tommie Gorman: Why Michael D Higgins said no and what it means for Ireland’s shared history

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?

Tommie Gorman
18th Sep, 2021 - 11 min read

There will be blood: Sinn Féin, Fianna Fáil and the journey to a town called Oblivion

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.

Tommie Gorman
4th Sep, 2021 - 12 min read

The wreckage of the past: Sinn Féin, the old brigade and the uneasy accommodation with the truth

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.

Tommie Gorman
24th Jul, 2021 - 6 min read

Northern Ireland confronts its past: discomforting truths about the peace process in a world of mirrors and shards of glass

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

Tommie Gorman
17th Jul, 2021 - 8 min read
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