Party leader Mary Lou McDonald and the party's Ard Chomhairle met over the weekend and agreed on seven candidates who have been backed ahead of voting opening for the race later this month.

A former MEP, failed Dáil candidates and party councillors are in the running to be added to a list of nominees for the upcoming Seanad elections.

“It’s a symbol of their failures and we are now offering a choice to the electorate, the choice is for more of the same or for change,” she said.

Am I part of the Government’s greenwashing campaign?

Sinn Féin’s Westminster abstentionist policy, the lack of an Assembly in the North, and absence from 2016 government formation talks have created a bad smell, writes Daniel McConnell

Is Ireland tolerant? The week just past, and a few preceding it, provide mixed results.

The latest report 'Donations to Political Parties 2018' from the Standards in Public Office Commission (SIPO) details donations from persons exceeding €1,500.

Sinn Féin never imagined their recent election results would be so poor and must now figure out how to get the electorate back on side, writes Political Editor Daniel McConnell.

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has said the party is "determined" to move forward in a positive way following its poor performance at the recent elections.

Sinn Féin's national governing body (ard chomhairle) is meeting in Dublin this morning to discuss the party's disastrous local and European election results.

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald and senior party officials from both sides of the border will meet in private tomorrow in a bid to explain their disastrous local and European election results.

It will be a pity if Mary Lou McDonald does not pull Sinn Féin together, or if her effort to do so is hampered by those in the party who think they know better than she does.

Sinn Féin is facing a major “identity crisis” and is at risk of losing up to half of its 23 Dáil seats, some of the party’s leading TDs have said.

After its poor showing in the recent elections, Sinn Féin faces a tough task to make up ground before the next general election, writes Political Editor Daniel McConnell.

A strong Twitter presence didn't translate to an improved election performance for Sinn Féin.

Just as counting was slowly edging to the finish line in the European Parliament Dublin constituency election on Monday night, whispers of a row started to filter through the RDS.

All four European parliament seats have been filled in Dublin but counting continues in South and Midlands-North West.

Independent Clare Daly has pledged to “rattle the cages of those in authority” after being elected to the European Parliament in the constituency of Dublin.

Just as counting was slowly edging to the finish line in the European Parliament Dublin constituency election on Monday night, whispers of a row started to filter through the RDS.

Dublin's four new MEP seats have finally been decided, after three days of counting.

Independent Clare Daly has insisted she will fight for a seat in Dublin amid suggestions a row over transfers in the European elections could go to the courts.

A row over the transfer of votes and the so-called 'cold storage' Brexit seat has brought a halt to counting in the European elections in Dublin.

Fine Gael's Frances Fitzgerald has been elected to the European Parliament after the 14th count for the Dublin constituency.

A Sinn Féin MEP candidate has warned the party will be in "trouble" at the next general election unless it learns lessons "very, very quickly" from its local and European elections slump.

Ciarán Cuffe’s was on the verge of a landmark win for the Green Party in the European elections in Dublin last night after topping the poll on the first count.

The results of the elections are, in a quiet way if that is possible, seismic.

Green Party candidate Ciaran Cuffe has topped the poll in the Dublin constituency.

Results of the votes here will not be announced until 10pm tonight due to a European-wide embargo.

Green Party councillor Ciaran Cuffe is set to top the Dublin European constituency by a shock landslide after Fine Gael's Frances Fitzgerald suffered a surprise slump in the polls.

On Friday, Irish citizens will be asked to cast their vote for candidates who will represent them in the European Parliament, as well as at local council level and a referendum on divorce legislation.