Michelle O’Neill has survived a challenge to her position as the vice president of Sinn Féin, after she was re-elected following a ballot of party members.

Northern Ireland is being dragged out of the European Union into a “little Englander nightmare,” Sinn Féin's vice-president Michelle O'Neill has said.

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has sought to play down a growing rift with his Enterprise spokesman Billy Kelleher over his intention to run for Europe.

Sinn Féin will elect a new leader of the party in the Spring of next year.

Gerry Adams has said he understands how victims of IRA violence feel, as he prepares to step aside after 34 years as leader of Sinn Féin.

Gerry Adams is anticipated to outline a timetable for retirement as he addresses the Sinn Féin Ard Fheis in Dublin.

Sinn Féin are to vote on the possibility of entering government as a junior coalition partner with either Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael after the next general election.

The Taoiseach is likely to be disappointed to have missed out on a 'budget bounce' in the latest opinion poll.

Dozens of protesters are gathering outside a massive new Scientology centre in Dublin.

Noel Dempsey looks at the options open in terms of forming a government and how Fianna Fáil can live up to its election promises

Patience with the slow-moving political talks is wearing thin, writes Political Editor Daniel McConnell

It was the elephant in the ard fheis room and it took less than 10 minutes to come trundling into view. But if grassroots Fianna Fáil voters are to be believed, it is unlikely to stamp the party’s leader into the ground just yet.

Gerard Howlin’s article (Opinion, June 25) highlights the importance of Brian Crowley reconsidering his decision to unilaterally leave the centrist Alliance for Liberals and Democrats in Europe (ALDE) group for the right-wing, eurosceptic European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group.

Elber Twomey and the friends andfamily around her are determined not to let the memory of their loved ones fade.

Fianna Fáil are calling for the Justice Minister Alan Shatter to quit.

Fianna Fail's Ard Fheis gets underway later today.

A bid to legalise the personal use of cannabis was voted down by Fine Gael delegates.

Fine Gael's support has fallen back to levels equivalent to last year, when Ireland was still in the bailout, according to a new opinion poll to be published tomorrow.

Fine Gael is to consider running candidates in elections in Northern Ireland.

Sinn Féin has rejected a bid to give it TDs and Senators a free vote on abortion.

Irish politicians will spend a second day debating divisive laws that will legislate for the first time for abortion in limited circumstances.

A bid to abolish the property tax and replace it with a site valuation charge once back in power has been rejected by Fianna Fáil.

Fianna Fáil is calling on the Government to ease the planned €3.1bn in spending cuts and tax hikes in next year's Budget.

The issue of abortion will take centre stage on day two of the Fianna Fáil Ard Fheis in Dublin.

Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has said that he is personally against a coalition with Fianna Fáil, but admitted that the party may have to consider it.

Opposition to the Fiscal Treaty is set to dominate the second day of the Sinn Féin Ard Fheis.

Some 1,500 members of Sinn Féin will gather in Killarney this evening for the opening of the party's Árd Fheis.

THE economic crisis can be traced back to the decision to join the euro currency, according to the Fianna Fáil leader, Micheál Martin, who criticised the lack of vision and conviction among European leaders.

Sinn Féin has delivered a message to Government saying the Irish people have had enough of cuts.

Sinn Féin's Ard Fheis begins in Belfast this evening, the first time the party has taken the event north of the border.

Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams is to address his party's annual conference in Dublin later.

The Sinn Féin leadership is to vote against a motion that would prevent the party going into coalition with either Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael.

Fianna FÁIL is again in trouble for accepting donations that exceeded the permissible threshold.

Fine Gael is promising to bring health services to the patient if it gets into Government.

Fine Gael's spokesperson for older people says the new Nursing Home Bill is full of flaws.

LET us hope Taoiseach Brian Cowen and his cabinet enjoyed the mother’s-home-cooking comfort afforded by their party’s weekend conference. It may be at least a year before they find themselves again embraced by such uncritical and unflappable supporters.

The 72nd Fianna Fáil Ard Fheis continues at Citywest in Dublin today.

Sinn Féin has accused the Government of ignoring the plight of those who cannot get social housing.

SINN FÉIN has clearly signalled it will campaign for another No vote in the second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty.

THE incoming vice-president of Sinn Féin, Mary Lou McDonald, has warned supporters the party has to re-examine how it sells itself to the public.