In a film about John Hume’s pivotal role in ending terrorism on this island, launched last week, Bill Clinton describes Hume as “Northern Ireland’s Martin Luther King”. 

Backbench Fianna Fáil TD John McGuinness has contradicted his party leader, Micheál Martin, by insisting Fianna Fáil cannot definitively rule out a coalition with Sinn Féin.

Ryan Adams at the Cork Opera House - 4/5

The Dáil’s summer recess lasts for another fortnight but party leaders have called reveille; they are preparing to lead eve-of-game captain’s runs. One or two autumn get-togethers may be of substance.

Gerry Adams has rejected claims that he is set to step down as party leader this autumn.

Ireland’s former ambassador to the US has turned a speech by Gerry Adams on its head, urging elected Sinn Féin members to take their seats in Westminster. 

IT may not be an analogy Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s handlers might comfortably offer, but if the saga of his leadership, and particularly when it might end, was imagined as a dance of the seven veils then Mr Kenny can have only one, or at the very most two, veils left ahead of tomorrow’s Fine Gael parliamentary party meeting where it is expected but not certain, that he will clarify when he will shed the last veil. 

Oscar night is nearly upon us and there have been a few surprises — and some apparent snubs — in the shortlist, says Esther McCarthy.

Sinn Féin deputy leader Mary Lou McDonald has admitted her party is in “transition” as the prospect of a leadership change on both sides of the border grows nearer due to the likely retirement of Martin McGuinness from frontline politics.

I have a sense this may be Gerry Adams’ last Christmas as leader of Sinn Féin, but only because he chooses it to be, writes Gerard Howlin.

It was officially just a touch of bronchitis, but given the context of recent days, one could be forgiven for viewing it as a sign of things to come.

Eoin Colfer couldn’t resist setting the latest instalment of Iron Man in Ireland, writes Ed Power

Gerry Adams is taking action against the BBC over allegations about the murder of an MI5 spy in the IRA.

Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has been severely criticised for comparing his exclusion from a White House St Patrick’s Day event to civil rights icon Rosa Parks.

A Lot Done, More to Do was Fianna Fáil’s old campaign slogan. But this sentiment may also capture Sinn Féin’s attitude to the election outcome, suggests Dr Brian Murphy.  

For a party trying to woo young voters, the welcome Sinn Féin’s leader received on Dublin’s O’Connell St was almost too good to believe.

Sinn Féin has been accused of being “unfit for government” after Gerry Adams controversially claimed the Special Criminal Court has breached Thomas ‘Slab’ Murphy’s human rights and should be scrapped.

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SATURDAY

TAOISEACH Enda Kenny is not the first politician to use folksy parables as a framework for sharing policy ideas. When Mr Kenny describes meeting a man on the way to the Dáil, he is using a device used by politicians — and other comedians — for centuries: “On my way to the forum... etc. It is a recognised convention of communication but one with certain pitfalls.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has been accused of being a “spoofer” and of making an “eejit” of himself over his claim that he was advised the Army might have to guard ATMs during the eurozone crisis.

Irish Water needs to be abolished and have its responsibilities given back to local councils in order to save the taxpayer money, Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has insisted.

Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has brushed aside a poll showing nine out of 10 people do not believe him when he says he was never in the IRA.

Sinn Féin has laughed off suggestions its long-standing leader Gerry Adams could soon step aside and that his ongoing predominance is preventing the party from reaching out to new voters who have been turned off by republican violence in the past.