Peadar Tóibín has announced he is resigning from Sinn Féin.

Peadar Toibin has been suspended from Sinn Féin for six months for voting against the proposed abortion legislation.

Sinn Féin TD Peadar Toibin has made clear he will defy the wishes of his party and vote against legislation to allow for abortion. However, he said he he will not leave the party over the issue.

Sinn Féin TD for Meath West Peadar Toibín has said that he still opposed to "abortion on demand" up until 12 weeks but would reserve his position on how he would vote on any legislation to repeal the Eighth amendment until it had been published.

Mary-Lou McDonald has joined the Taoiseach in expressing confidence that abortion legislation will pass through the Dáil before Christmas if Friday's referendum is carried.

Sinn Féin TD Peadar Tóibín has said it is his understanding that the IRA was responsible for the Kingsmill massacre in which 10 Protestant men were shot dead.

Fianna Fáil could now look to poach Sinn Féin’s Peadar Tóibín after his party rejected his calls for a free vote on abortion.

A split has emerged in Sinn Féin after one TD claimed the Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment is biased.

A Sinn Féin TD has said his party cannot be held responsible for the level of gangland crime.