Dessie Ellis

Dessie Ellis (66), the oldest Sinn Féin candidate in the 2020 election, has been a TD for the Dublin North West constituency since the 2011 general el(...)

Sinn Féin’s Dessie Ellie stormed to victory in Dublin North West with 44 per cent of the first preference vote, or 14,375 votes. A huge number of his(...)

Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are the State’s two biggest political parties, according to opinion polls, followed closely behind by Sinn Féin. All three a(...)

Up to 100 demonstrators gathered outside Leinster House to protest against British prime minister Boris Johnson’s visit to Dublin. The protest was le(...)

There are some lessons to be drawn from the Irish electoral experience of the past decade. The first is that there is a growing wedge of voters with (...)

The results of the local elections will be pored over in the coming weeks to discern trends for the next general election, with strategies and tickets(...)

When Dessie O’Hare cut off the tops of two of Dr John O’Grady’s fingers he used a hammer and chisel. It was a savage attack ensuring he was depicted (...)

The shame and self-loathing experienced be people addicted to illegal drugs were compounded by being criminalised, a recovering addict has warned. I(...)

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has “fundamental” questions to answer following Sinn Féin’s “hysterical response” to the arrest of John Downey in r(...)

They didn’t bother with a cake or anything like that. And there wasn’t a hint of many happy returns in the air. But opposition TDs didn’t let the occ(...)