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Varadkar has found his inner Shinner, says Mary Lou McDonald

Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald has described comments made by the former taoiseach as him finding his “inner Shinner”, after Leo Varadkar said every party should make manifesto pledges that Irish reunification is an “objective, not an ...

26 Sept 2024 at 15:01

Northern Ireland

Starmer cannot duck and dive on question of Irish reunification, Sinn Fein says

UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer cannot duck and dive on the question of Irish reunification and must instead commit to holding a referendum on constitutional change by 2030, the leader of Sinn Fein has insisted. Mary Lou McDonald said ...

16 Dec 2024 at 14:38

Northern Ireland

It could take 20 years to bring NI education up to Republic’s standard – study

It could take up to 20 years to revamp Northern Ireland’s education system to bring it up to the same standard as the Republic, a study has suggested. The report, from the Institute of International and European Affairs, suggests that ...

04 Apr 2024 at 13:30

National News

Irish unity border poll will be held before 2030, Mary Lou McDonald predicts

Sinn Fein President Mary Lou McDonald has predicted a border poll on Northern Ireland’s constitutional future will be held before 2030. Ms McDonald comments expressing confidence of referenda on both sides of the border within six ...

08 Feb 2024 at 10:55

National News

Givan urges Sinn Fein to focus on ‘bread-and-butter issues’ not border polls

DUP Stormont Education Minister Paul Givan has urged Sinn Fein to focus on delivering in the newly re-established Northern Ireland Assembly, and not on a border poll on the region’s constitutional future. Sinn Fein president ...

08 Feb 2024 at 12:46

Northern Ireland

McDonald pledges to remove means test for carer’s allowance

Sinn Fein would create a minister for reunification and abolish the means test for the carer’s allowance, Mary Lou McDonald has told her party conference. Ms McDonald used her leader’s address at Sinn Fein’s Ard Fheis ...

28 Sept 2024 at 19:23

Northern Ireland

Stormont could be retained in united Ireland, says Heather Humphreys

Presidential candidate Heather Humphreys has suggested Irish unification could involve the retention of a devolved parliament at Stormont. The Fine Gael contender insisted that people in Northern Ireland who have a ...

17 Oct 2025 at 10:06

Northern Ireland

Forcing Ireland’s equal education system on NI middle class would be ‘unpopular’

Forcing the Irish education system’s “equality of opportunity” on Northern Ireland’s middle class nationalists and unionists in a united Ireland would be “very unpopular”, an economist has claimed. John FitzGerald,...

02 May 2024 at 12:08

Northern Ireland

Route to Irish unity is happening ‘inch by inch’ – Mary Lou McDonald

The leader of Sinn Fein has stated that the route to Irish unity is getting there “inch by inch”, as she urged people to stop “being bystanders”. Mary Lou McDonald claimed that the day the public will have a say ...

24 Aug 2025 at 17:49

Business

From camps of Lebanon to overcrowded Limerick council homes

SYRIANS separated from loved ones by civil unrest were forced onto the council’s housing waiting list, despite wishes to live with their resettled family in Limerick. Last year, a number of resettled Syrian ...

24 Sept 2017 at 08:00

Northern Ireland

Harris says people should be prepared to talk about shape of a new Ireland

Politicians should be prepared to talk about what a unified Ireland would look like, Irish deputy premier Simon Harris has said. The Tanaiste was commenting after his Fine Gael party’s candidate for the ...

17 Oct 2025 at 18:36

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