Sinn Fein's Mary Lou McDonald believes stalemate on Northern Irish protocol could 'move quickly' Brexit talks collapsed yesterday after Ms McDonald excluded from meetings with the British Foreign Secretary Irish Mirror · Jan 12, 2023
‘Not wise’ to invite Sinn Fein leader to NI Protocol meeting – Heaton-Harris Sir Keir Starmer, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Micheal Martin are all in Northern Ireland for talks on the protocol. The Independent UK · Jan 12, 2023
Warning that EU and UK not close to protocol deal as political talks take place Sir Jeffrey Donaldson’s comments came as Leo Varadkar, Micheal Martin and Sir Keir Starmer are all in Northern Ireland for talks over the protocol. The Independent UK · Jan 12, 2023
Varadkar and Starmer head to Belfast as attempts to resolve protocol row ramp up A meeting held by Foreign Secretary James Cleverly went awry after Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald was not allowed to take part. The Independent UK · Jan 12, 2023
Varadkar hopes exclusion of McDonald from protocol talks is not ‘new precedent’ The Sinn Fein leader was told she could not attend the meeting. The Independent UK · Jan 11, 2023
Analysis: Not so clever from UK government as Sinn Fein snub overshadows Foreign Secretary visit At a time when Stormont has collapsed amid cost-of-living pressures, the government may well be seen as needlessly petty Belfast Live · Jan 11, 2023
Cleverly’s Brexit talks left in disarray by Sinn Féin and SDLP no-shows Sinn Féin accuses UK government of ‘Tory petulance’ claiming its leader Mary Lou McDonald had been excluded from the talks The Guardian - UK · Jan 11, 2023
More NHS staff to strike as Rishi Sunak confirms use of private healthcare – as it happened Latest updates: physiotherapists the latest group to announce industrial action as PM says he is now registered with an NHS GP The Guardian - UK · Jan 11, 2023
Sinn Fein withdrawal overshadows Cleverly talks with parties on protocol Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald accused the British Government of ‘Tory petulance’ after she said she was excluded from political talks. The Independent UK · Jan 11, 2023
Sinn Fein withdraws from talks with James Cleverly after Mary Lou McDonald 'excluded' The Foreign Secretary was due to meet Stormont party leaders in Belfast to discuss the protocol and the collapse of devolution Belfast Live · Jan 11, 2023
Sinn Fein pulls out of protocol meeting after party leader ‘excluded’ The roundtable talks with Foreign Secretary James Cleverly will concentrate on the NI Protocol and the powersharing crisis at Stormont. The Independent UK · Jan 11, 2023
David Cullinane denies Sinn Féin's recent dip in polls is linked to mentions of party in Gerry Hutch trial Former Sinn Fein councillor Jonathan Dowdall was sentenced to four years in prison last year for facilitating the murder of David Byrne in Dublin’s Regency Hotel in February 2016 Irish Mirror · Jan 10, 2023
Ivana Bacik non-committal on ruling out Labour coalition with Sinn Féin In an interview with the Irish Mirror, Ivana Bacik said that her "personal opinion" remains that Labour should not go into coalition with Sinn Fein but refused to rule it out. Irish Mirror · Jan 2, 2023
Leo Varadkar 'would rather resign' than go into coalition with Sinn Fein The Fine Gael leader said he would be "totally against" sharing power with Mary Lou McDonald's party Dublin Live · Dec 22, 2022
Irish Mirror · Dec 21, 2022 Leo Varadkar would resign from Fine Gael rather than go into coalition with Sinn Féin The Taoiseach made the comments on a new RTE documentary
Belfast Live · Dec 17, 2022 Leo Varadkar pledges humility and resolve as he becomes Irish premier again The Fine Gael leader has replaced the Fianna Fail leader as Taoiseach under the terms of the 2020 coalition deal
The Guardian - UK · Dec 17, 2022 Leo Varadkar returns as Ireland’s taoiseach in rotation agreement Micheál Martin hands over to Fine Gael leader after two years at head of coalition government
The Independent UK · Dec 17, 2022 Leo Varadkar pledges ‘humility and resolve’ as he becomes Irish premier again Fine Gael leader Mr Varadkar has replaced Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin as taoiseach as part of a deal within the coalition government.
Irish Mirror · Dec 17, 2022 Mary Lou McDonald heckled in Dail over Hutch trial as she opposed Leo Varadkar for Taoiseach The Irish Mirror understands that the heckles were driven by Fine Gael. There were also some shouts from the Fianna Fail benches about Ms McDonald’s house.
The National (Scotland) · Dec 17, 2022 Leo Varadkar set to return to power as Micheal Martin steps down as taoiseach LEO Varadkar is set to return to power after the Irish parliament backed him to become the next taoiseach.
The Independent UK · Dec 17, 2022 Ireland’s Dail backs nomination of Leo Varadkar as taoiseach Leo Varadkar replaces Micheal Martin in a planned handover of power within Ireland’s coalition government.
The Independent UK · Dec 17, 2022 Sinn Fein says it is time for a general election, not a switch of taoiseach Mary Lou McDonald led opposition criticism of the handover of power from Micheal Martin to Leo Varadkar.
Irish Mirror · Dec 14, 2022 'Unprecedented strain' on emergency departments not acceptable – minister Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald said the HIQA report is a 'damning indictment' of Government health policy
Dublin Live · Dec 14, 2022 Taoiseach Micheal Martin defends Eamon Ryan over Dublin Airport weather chaos Some Dublin Airport passengers were stuck on planes for up to six hours due to the cold snap
Irish Mirror · Dec 13, 2022 Micheal Martin serenaded with Elvis Presley tributes during final Dail session as Taoiseach The Taoiseach will travel to Brussels on Wednesday, meaning that Tuesday was his last day in the Dail chamber