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Michael Clifford
SMick Clifford: Cost of Sinn FĂ©in's housing plan is a bit of a Blur
Elaine-Loughlin
Elaine Loughlin: Mary Lou McDonald can only blame herself for interview train wreck 
Workplace smoking ban anniversary
Families' concerns over €19m scoliosis fund being spent elsewhere 'ignored'
Sinn FĂ©in criticises 'list of incompetencies in terms of the minister for health'

Thu, 04 Jul, 2024

European and local elections
Midlands North West: Sinn Féin's Michelle Gildernew 'not overly optimistic' she can overtake Ciaran Mullooly
However, Sinn FĂ©in finance spokesperson Pearse Doherty struck a more upbeat note, saying that it will not be until later on Wednesday that 'we actually know the real lie of the land'

Tue, 11 Jun, 2024

Explosion at Donegal service station anniversary
Business groups step up engagement with Sinn FĂ©in as election looms
It follows Davy hosting a gathering of 50 global institutional investors in Irish sovereign bonds, banks, and Irish stock-market-listed companies

Fri, 03 May, 2024

Mary Lou McDonald interview
Mary Lou McDonald defends Sinn FĂ©in's rhetoric on open borders
SF leader says: 'Sinn FĂ©in is not for open borders, we are for a system that is fair, human rights compliant, efficient'

Sun, 28 Apr, 2024

scientist works in a modern laboratory apply a drop of liquid to a glass slide for microscope in medical laboratory. Medical res
Sinn FĂ©in claims Government 'deliberately made a choice' to underfund cancer services
The TĂĄnaiste MicheĂĄl Martin replied that 'Our mortality rate for all cancers dropped by 11% over the past 10 years'

Thu, 11 Apr, 2024

Coronavirus - Tue Aug 4, 2020
Sinn FĂ©in and Labour reiterate call for general election
But TĂĄnaiste MicheĂĄl Martin insists the Government will 'go full-term'

Thu, 21 Mar, 2024

Tuath Housing
Final report from Housing Commission to contain 'surprises'
The final report of the Housing Commission will be delivered in the next month, with insiders saying it will contain “surprises” for the Government.

Sun, 11 Feb, 2024

Sinn Fein Ard Fheis 2023
Former TD makes complaint about abuse of DĂĄil privilege
Sinn FĂ©in finance spokesperson Pearse Doherty made an erroneous claim during Leaders’ Questions that Frank O'Rourke had sued for libel.

Sat, 10 Feb, 2024

Institutional investors buy bulk of a housing estate every 30 days
Institutional investors buy bulk of a housing estate every 30 days
Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns said Ireland 'is no country for young people' due to the lack of housing

Thu, 18 Jan, 2024

Housing minister compares Eoin Ó Broin to 'snake oil salesman' on housing issues
Housing minister compares Eoin Ó Broin to 'snake oil salesman' on housing issues
The number of people who accessed emergency accommodation in October included 9,188 adults and 3,991 children. Mr O'Brien said this figure remains his 'absolute priority'

Wed, 03 Jan, 2024

Ben Dunne funeral
Elaine Loughlin: Sinn FĂ©in's no-confidence motion may come back to bite the party
With members of the Coalition in battle mode, Sinn FĂ©in will be reminded of its record on justice

Fri, 01 Dec, 2023

Retirement
S Mick Clifford: If you’re under 40 this is where you may begin to see red
The reversal of plans to raise the pension age to 68 shows appalling political handling and leaves us to pretend we can continue as is by hiking PRSI, writes Mick Clifford

Fri, 24 Nov, 2023

Mick Clifford: Whatever way you look at it, Sinn Féin is on a roll 
S Mick Clifford: Whatever way you look at it, Sinn Féin is on a roll 
At the party ard fheis in the Athlone-based Technological University Shannonside (TUS), there was standing room only

Sun, 12 Nov, 2023

Irish Budget
Sinn Féin's Israel motion does not seek ambassador's expulsion 
Ard fheis will debate a motion condemning the October 7 attacks on Israel by Hamas and the Israeli bombardment of Gaza

Fri, 10 Nov, 2023

Darragh O'Brien claims Sinn FĂ©in 'irresponsible' for putting forward housing amendments
Darragh O'Brien claims Sinn FĂ©in 'irresponsible' for putting forward housing amendments
Housing minister criticises SF's alternative budget provisions on housing, which call for the scrapping of the Help To Buy scheme

Wed, 01 Nov, 2023

TĂĄnaiste MicheĂĄl Martin TD Shared Island dialogue event
Sinn FĂ©in's housing policies based on 'empty rhetoric and soundbites', claims Martin
SF's Pearse Doherty accuses Government of repeatedly failing to meet its own targets for building social and affordable homes

Thu, 26 Oct, 2023

Joe and Helen O'Toole Community Nursing Unit in Tuam opening
MicheĂĄl Martin accused of misleading DĂĄil over Sinn FĂ©in health budget proposals
Ructions in DĂĄil between Martin and Sinn FĂ©in's Pearse Doherty, with Ceann Comhairle threatening to suspend the house

Thu, 19 Oct, 2023

Irish Budget 2024
Stephen Donnelly accused of 'making it up as he goes along' amid criticism of health budget
'At a time when the crisis has never been worse, it beggars belief that health was not a priority for the Government in its budget,' says Sinn FĂ©in's Pearse Doherty

Thu, 12 Oct, 2023

Irish Budget 2024
Giveaways and tax breaks: €6.4bn budget could be the last before a general election
Budget 2024 has targeted the ‘squeezed middle’ with measures including income tax reductions, three €150 universal energy credits, substantial investment in childcare, and the expansion of the free schoolbooks scheme

Wed, 11 Oct, 2023

CC LEINSTER HOUSE
Sinn FĂ©in TD's 'menacing' language towards Jennifer Carroll MacNeill criticised
During a debate on RTÉ's Budget 2024 broadcast, PĂĄdraig Mac Lochlainn said his party colleague Pearse Doherty would 'put manners' on DĂșn Laoghaire TD, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill 

Tue, 10 Oct, 2023

Opposition parties lay into coalition's budget 
Opposition parties lay into coalition's budget 
The opposition lambasted the Government’s budget plans for 2024, with Sinn FĂ©in’s Pearse Doherty accusing the coalition of only being on the side of landlords

Tue, 10 Oct, 2023

Irish Budget
S Sinn FĂ©in budget is about showing Fianna FĂĄil there are options beyond Fine Gael
Mary Lou McDonald’s party has published a decidedly centre-ground list of spending and tax options, that bar a few exceptions, Micheál Martin could easily stomach

Wed, 04 Oct, 2023

Irish Budget
SF says wealth tax plan would go to a commission
Sinn FĂ©in leaders denied that its alternative budget is conservative

Wed, 04 Oct, 2023

Mick Clifford: Leo aims low in housing blame game
S Mick Clifford: Leo aims low in housing blame game
Leo was at it again this week.

Sun, 16 Jul, 2023

Meta fine
'Unacceptable and disappointing': Tech giant decline invitations from Oireachtas committee
Sinn FĂ©in’s Pearse Doherty said the Oireachtas finance committee had sent invitations to Google, Meta, Twitter, and Amazon last month.

Wed, 14 Jun, 2023

Sinn Fein Ard Fheis
DĂĄil hears of woman, 78, with heart failure left on hospital chair for 24 hours
In response, Darragh O’Brien said 970 new acute beds had been opened since 2020

Thu, 01 Jun, 2023

Funding available for respite services for families of children with disabilities, TĂĄnaiste vows
Funding available for respite services for families of children with disabilities, TĂĄnaiste vows
MicheĂĄl Martin said there are issues with staff recruitment but other options will be explored to ensure services are reinstated

Thu, 25 May, 2023

CC SINN FEIN
'Disturbing rise' in young people planning and filming attacks, Dåil hears 
Pearse Doherty said he was “utterly disgusted and sickened to the core” to see the video of an attack on a boy in Navan

Thu, 18 May, 2023

Pressure on consumers caused by 'greedflation', says Cairns
Pressure on consumers caused by 'greedflation', says Cairns
Social Democrats leader claims that entire industries are taking advantage of cost-of-living crisis

Thu, 04 May, 2023

CC PEARSE DOHERTY
Government accused of 'acting as commentators' on topic of rising energy bills
Sinn FĂ©in's energy spokesman Darren O'Rourke made the charge as the DĂĄil debated a motion calling on the Government to provide financial relief to households by "returning energy prices" to their level, pre-war in Ukraine

Wed, 03 May, 2023

CC LEINSTER HOUSE
TD fights back tears during scathing attack on Government over eviction ban
Independent TD Verona Murphy said: “If I have one child in Wexford that isn’t accommodated, I’ll be bringing it here, and it’ll be sitting in the Ceann Comhairle’s lap."

Thu, 23 Mar, 2023

Government battles to secure Independents' backing ahead of eviction ban vote
Government battles to secure Independents' backing ahead of eviction ban vote
Darragh O'Brien to adopt Regional Independents' measures as Government tries to ensure it has enough votes tonight

Wed, 22 Mar, 2023

DJ Carey 17/7/2019
AIB faces grilling over 'jaw-dropping' DJ Carey settlement
The majority State-owned bank agreed it would write down over €9.5m in debt owed by the former Kilkenny hurler to €60,000 in 2017

Mon, 20 Feb, 2023

British Irish Intergovernmental Conference in Dublin
Cost-of-living measures will target those on low incomes, says MicheĂĄl Martin
However, as inflation is now 'trending down', that will be factored in when measures are being decided

Thu, 16 Feb, 2023

Cost of living crisis
Government urged to bring forward spring bonus welfare payment
A series of existing cost-of-living measures are currently due to fall away at the end of the month

Tue, 14 Feb, 2023

Sinn Fein Ard Fheis
'Fatally flawed' Government housing plan means shortfall of 245,000 homes
Sinn FĂ©in’s Pearse Doherty said it was an alarming situation for everybody, for those struggling to find affordable accommodation and for those who will need affordable accommodation in the years ahead

Thu, 26 Jan, 2023

Mary Lou McDonald interview
Sinn FĂ©in admits it failed to declare six separate election events in 2016 returns
Fine Gael Senator Regina Doherty said Sinn FĂ©in must explain how the expenses for the events were left off the party’s returns

Wed, 25 Jan, 2023

Daniel McConnell: They huffed and puffed but failed to blow Paschal down
Daniel McConnell: They huffed and puffed but failed to blow Paschal down
“I don’t know if you are interested in my answer or my head,” Paschal Donohoe barbed across the DĂĄil toward Sinn FĂ©in’s Pearse Doherty in the sharpest clash of the day.

Tue, 24 Jan, 2023

FILE PHOTO Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Paschal Donohoe says he regrets the non-declaration of expenses related to
Undeclared: The questions facing Paschal Donohoe today 
Public Expenditure Minister Paschal Donohoe will address the DĂĄil for a second time on his election expenses today, but there remains some distance for the Dublin Central TD to go to put the issue to bed.

Tue, 24 Jan, 2023

Irish Budget 2023
Donohoe accused of disrespecting the DĂĄil as he fails to quell declaration controversy
Ged Nash says value of postering was nearer €5k than €1,100 while Pearse Doherty says minister's story 'stretches credibility'

Thu, 19 Jan, 2023

FILE PHOTO Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Paschal Donohoe says he regrets the non-declaration of expenses related to
Elaine Loughlin: What have we learned from Paschal Donohoe's DĂĄil statement?
If members of the opposition went into the Chamber in the hope of finding out how exactly the former Finance Minister calculates his sums, they were left extremely disappointed

Wed, 18 Jan, 2023

FILE PHOTO Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Paschal Donohoe says he regrets the non-declaration of expenses related to
Donohoe tells DĂĄil he 'sincerely regrets' controversy around his election declarations
Sinn FĂ©in's Pearse Doherty said the Minister has been 'caught out' adding that he tried to 'cover it up' in 2017 and again last year

Wed, 18 Jan, 2023

Mortgage interest relief will not be restored, says Varadkar
Mortgage interest relief will not be restored, says Varadkar
Latest rate hike means homeowners with €200k mortgage will see repayments rise by over €3,000 a year,  Sinn FĂ©in claims

Thu, 15 Dec, 2022

TĂĄnaiste acknowledges 'very deep personal crisis' for many of housing shortage
TĂĄnaiste acknowledges 'very deep personal crisis' for many of housing shortage
Leo Varadkar also said pay rises have been paid for the vast majority of public servants, but acknowledged that that hasn't been the case in large parts of our health service

Thu, 08 Dec, 2022

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