Full coverage: Sinn Féin

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

The DUP has made an astute assessment of the damage the protocol is doing to the political weather, but the party has failed to acknowledge the reason for the climate change.

Labour senator Rebecca Moynihan on how her party lost its way and why building houses is more important than idealism.

Jim O'Callaghan entered politics later in life than some and has become a key figure in Fianna Fáil, despite being surprisingly left out of Cabinet for this government. He talks to Sam Smyth about his leadership aspirations, golfgate and why he wouldn't be opposed to going into government with Sinn Féin.