Immigration set to be crunch topic in the next general election as Sinn Féin revises policy
Many parties have broadly similar policies - and none of their measures will magic away an issue leading to heightened tensions in communities
Many parties have broadly similar policies - and none of their measures will magic away an issue leading to heightened tensions in communities
The Fine Gael feel-good factor isn’t going to last forever. Throw in the expectation in Government of a Trump victory on November 5th and the possibility of a “flight to safety” by Irish voters afterwards, and one date starts to look most likely
Changes will affect some 19,000 refugees in State-provided, full-board accommodation who fled to Ireland between 2022 and early 2024
The feasibility of finding an area that meets Sinn Féin‘s criteria is not a subject that is likely to bother the party
The party is trying to close the gap which has opened up between it and its electoral base
Sinn Féin has proposed increased enforcement of deportation orders as part of a new immigration policy
Sinn Fein president called for engagement over community concerns on site of international protection accommodation
Varadkar did something which is becoming increasingly difficult in fractured modern-day politics: he read the room. He sensed that voters had soured on him
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Sinn Féin leader says there has been a particularly vicious focus online on her and her party in attempt to ‘alienate sentiment’
Gardaí are assessing footage of the discussion, along with hundreds of hours of CCTV footage
Video published online shows masked man threatening to kill Sinn Féin leader and Garda Commissioner
Social Democrats leader says: ‘Coarsening debate around immigration is leading to increased attacks on migrant communities’
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Review of party’s performance in Republic suggests it needs to be better at bringing clarity to its policy offerings, says leader
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Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald described case of Tori Towey as ‘grotesque and medieval’
Taoiseach describes Irishwoman’s case as ‘horrific nightmare scenario that no Irish citizen should have to experience’
Dublin West TD says parties must ‘come together to learn from what has happened in France’ in call for agreement
Sinn Féin’s Mary Lou McDonald compared working with Labour rather than the Conservatives ‘as the daylight to the dark’
Simon Harris leaps to defence of Helen McEntee after Peader Tóibín decries ‘cynical nonsense’
Mary Lou McDonald says inner-city communities ‘sick and tired’ of sense of ‘threat and dread’, lack of support and services
Sinn Féin leader describes the decision as ‘nothing short of madness’ but Taoiseach accuses her of ‘faux outrage’
Agreement is standardised immigration control system across member states including tougher borders and holding centres for migrants
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Party got ‘a knock’ with poor performance this month, says Mary Lou McDonald
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Taoiseach says domestic abuse has become ‘absolute priority’ since Minister for Justice Helen McEntee addressed issue
Sinn Féin must present voters with a left-wing coalition option to stay true to its message of ‘change’
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Mary Lou McDonald complained Sinn Féin was being blamed for Government failures. She should ask herself why voters now associate her party with the establishment
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