Michelle O’Neill: 'Boris Johnson’s sole interests are holding on to power, and serving the sectional interests of a London elite'

Thomas Gould says cutbacks allowed small-time dealers to flourish as new figures show drug units still have 49 fewer personnel than in 2010

Ged Nash proposed an amendment which would stop all-island parties "taking advantage" of British electoral rules

The Department of Education's controversial objections are grounded in good sense: Building estates with inadequate amenities is not a good response to the shortage of homes

Justice Minister Helen McEntee said that the non-jury court was necessary

A Garda told the court: “Phone records show that Sonya Egan contacted Jonathan O’Brien in the form of calls and messages over 5,500 times in a six-month period."

Taoiseach and Sinn Féin leader in Northern Ireland discuss Stormont stalemate and risks it wll bring

Michelle O'Neill entered local politics in 2005 and was first elected as an MLA in 2007, she had her first ministerial role in 2011 and will now become first minister

Simon Coveney dismisses suggestion that election results in the North have brought a border poll closer

Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald accuses DUP of 'political posturing' on the protocol which will only cause suffering for families and workers as the cost of living soars

Assembly elections mark a seismic shift in politics in the North but arguably the centre ground made the greatest strides 

Q. What’s this about Sinn Féin reaching out to a hardline republican group?  A.

Irish Examiner political staff Aoife Moore and Elaine Loughlin run the rule over Sinn Féin's policies on a number of key issues

The DUP hope to take marginal seats with transfers from the TUV

Environment Minister and Green Party leader Eamon Ryan said: "My view is we have to stop the 1,300 deaths that are occurring every year."

Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter has refocused debate on the limits of freedom of expression

DUP, TUV, and UUP consider the prospect of Sinn Féin emerging as the North's largest party after Assembly elections

Mary Lou McDonald says SF is prepared to re-establish the Northern Executive as party launches its Northern Ireland Assembly election manifesto

The Castlederg rally is the latest in a series which have been taking place across Northern Ireland outlining unionist and loyalist opposition to the post-Brexit protocol

As the assembly elections in the North approach, both Sinn Féin and the DUP are campaigning on issues that appeal across the board to voters

Move comes amid growing concern about the risk of external interference in national elections across the western world and that Sinn Féin has access to considerable funds from outside the State

If the opinion polls on the upcoming election are correct, it will be the first time in the region’s history that nationalists have won the most seats — and the right to appoint the first minister

Political editor Daniel McConnell analyses the forthcoming elections for the Northern Ireland Assembley

Kathleen Funchion TD says it ought to be seen as an essential service, just as secondary education was in the 1960s

John Costelloe said he was suffering an ongoing threat to his life from a local drug gang after he highlighted their illegal activities

Some arguments in favour of revising Ireland's neutrality may be wrong — but suggestions that such views are driven only by a hunger for war help nobody, including the people of Ukraine

Fine Gael and Sinn Féin both ran a surplus, according to the new records released by SIPO for the year 2020

Gerry Adams is suing the BBC claiming it defamed him when, he claims, it falsely alleged he sanctioned the killing of former Sinn Féin official Denis Donaldson

Violet-Anne Wynne felt all was not well in Sinn Féin even after it nominated her to contest the Clare seat in 2020 — but it started getting even worse after she topped the poll, she says now

Angela Donnelly, the wife of Sinn Féin TD Paul Donnelly, is the only nominee for a vacant seat on Fingal County Council

Pleas by families reported in the Irish Examiner recently will be addressed by the justice committee 

With more high-profile resignations of female representatives than the other two put together in the last two Dáil terms, Sinn Féin appears to be pushing women out

TD told the 'Irish Examiner' she felt she was being pushed out by fellow SF members 'through gaslighting measures and what can only be described as psychological warfare'

Ms Wynne alleges she was the victim of a campaign of 'psychological warfare' in which she felt she was being gaslit and her unplanned pregnancy was used 'as a stick to beat her with'

The Tánaiste said he welcomed that Sinn Féin has 'finally come to its senses'

Mary Lou McDonald and Micheál Martin exchanged harsh words in a debate over the O’Devaney Gardens site in Stoneybatter

Mr Harris also said: "Remember the Gilmore For Taoiseach Mugs? The Mary Lou for Taoiseach hoodies could be joining them yet."

The partner of Sinn Féin TD, Violet Ann Wynne, John Montaine failed to produce a driver's licence when stopped by gardaí

Former Fine Gael Senator Gabrielle McFadden and Fine Gael Senator John O'Mahony came second and third respectively

The lion’s share of recent state investment has been earmarked for projects south of the river Lee, says the party

Deputy McDonald argued that the “application does not protect or preserve all of the 1916 elements on the most important historic site in modern Irish history"

The 42-year-old woman was allowed out on bail

Figures show a record number of new apprenticeship registrations in 2021

The party has been actively seeking candidates in a bid to run 80 people in the next election and Mr Carey becomes the second councillor added to the party in recent months