Mary Lou McDonald

Sinn Féin feels the momentum of Stormont victory

The goal of two Sinn Féiners leading two governments on the island now seems closer

State to have ‘effective ownership’ of maternity hospital land following legal advice

‘It is ownership,’ said the Taoiseach following questions from Mary Lou McDonald

Miriam Lord: Maternity hospital drama a turn-off for target audience

Ongoing saga of the new National Maternity Hospital has a rather convoluted plot

DUP urged to nominate deputy first minister as protocol deadlock deepens

Sinn Féin leader warns UK against using North as bargaining chip in talks with EU

‘We will not be held to ransom’ over protocol, says O’Neill

Donaldson says DUP will not go back into Executive unless protocol is replaced

The DUP should ‘take their seats and get on with it’, says Taoiseach Micheál Martin

Talks between UK and EU on the Northern Ireland Protocol should intensify, he said

McDonald calls on DUP not to use opposition to protocol to delay Executive

Sinn Féin says keeping the Executive down ‘will not change the protocol one iota’

Northern Ireland election: UK calls on DUP to nominate deputy first minister

‘New era for Northern Ireland,’ says O’Neill as Sinn Féin claims historic victory in election

UK local elections: Tories down almost 400 council seats

Party figures raise prospect of replacing Boris Johnson as Conservative leader

Assembly election: Sinn Féin wins most seats as parties urged to form Executive

Alliance Party exceeds wildest expectations with 17 seats, a gain of nine on 2017

Vatican will have ‘nothing to do’ with new National Maternity Hospital, Taoiseach says

Martin says ‘conspiracy theories’ flying about proposed move from Holles Street to Elm Park

Developer drops planning appeal over hotel at Cobblestone pub

Marron Estates Ltd had appealed decision of Dublin City Council to refuse permission for hotel at historic pub

DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson dismisses suggestions his party using ‘scare tactics’ to attract voters

Donaldson said th poll was ‘undoubtedly one of the most important elections in our history’

Sinn Féin rails against ‘spectacular’ Coalition failure on housing

Housing for All policy characterised as ineffective, but Taoiseach stages robust defence

Prison officers object to Taoiseach’s ‘very serious, outlandish’ comments in Dáil

Mr Martin commented on allegations female solicitor forced to remove bra on jail visit

No ban on turf sales for ‘remainder of year’, says Taoiseach

Proposed regulations to ban sale of turf from September caused furore within FF and FG

Threat of nuclear war looms but Irish politics transfixed by turf

Inside Politics: Inevitable that Government will water down proposals – but won’t set aside completely

Key figures in Holohan secondment to be invited before health committee

Pursuit of Robert Watt has touch of ‘witch hunt’ about it, warns Taoiseach

‘Decade of opportunity’ for Irish unity has begun says Sinn Féin leader

Mary Lou McDonald denies party priortising economic concerns over unity aspirations

Real impact of NI Assembly elections to be on unionist morale

‘We now have a nationalism that is confident ... Sinn Féin can take Stormont’

The Irish Times view on Northern Ireland Assembly elections: Beyond the orange v green

Northern Ireland election: This could be the most important in a generation

If the polls are correct, a nationalist could head government in the North for first time

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