Sinn Féin’s twin failures in Irish by-elections pile pressure on party’s leader ○
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18 days ago
Mary Lou McDonald, leader of Ireland’s chief opposition party since 2018, can’t deliver a win in her Dublin Central power base.
22 days ago
Sinn Féin faces criminal kingpin in Dublin election ⊕
An open parliamentary seat in Dublin Central should be Sinn Féin’s for the taking. But the capital’s most famous mobster is on the ticket, too — and could determine the winner in Ireland’s complex vo…
32 days ago
The Guardian view on the Welsh and Scottish elections: Plaid’s triumph heralds a new era in devolved politics | Editorial ⊕⊕
Progressive nationalist parties now hold power in Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast. That will be a challenge for the United Kingdom’s overcentralised state
When the Scottish and Welsh assemblies were cr…
47 days ago
‘They deserve to lose’: Labour at risk of ‘red wall’ collapsing in May elections ⊕
Voters in Barnsley, Sunderland and Wakefield express frustration with party amid strong Reform UK challenge
When millions of voters across Great Britain go to the polls on 7 May, the result will have …
65 days ago
‘Seismic change’: how election wins for nationalists in Celtic nations could reshape UK ⊕⊕
With polls suggesting Plaid Cymru, the SNP and Sinn Féin could be in power after May vote, constitutional challenges may lie ahead
In four weeks, the shape of British politics is likely to change dram…
82 days ago
Although he may enjoy it, Gerry Adams's decades of denial over IRA membership have held Sinn Féin back from power, award-winning Irish Daily Mail journalist John Lee argues after sudden collapse of bombing trial ⊖
Adams, 77, has spent the last two weeks at the Royal Courts of Justice in London defending a lawsuit brought by three men wounded in IRA bomb attacks in 1973 and 1996.
85 days ago
Gerry Adams tells high court he was stunned by 1996 Docklands bombing ⊖⊖
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Former Sinn Féin leader, who is being sued for symbolic damages, also denies any prior knowledge of the attack
Gerry Adams has told the high court he was stunned by the 1996 Docklands bombing as he de…
86 days ago
Being in Sinn Féin not the same as being in the IRA, Gerry Adams tells high court ⊖
Party’s former leader, who is being sued for symbolic damages, says opponents have repeatedly tried to conflate Sinn Féin and IRA
Gerry Adams has told the high court that opponents of Sinn Féin have r…
2 months ago
Gerry Adams was leader of IRA, ex-police officers tell high court ⊖
Two former members of Royal Ulster Constabulary testify at civil trial that Adams led proscribed organisation
Gerry Adams was the leader of the Irish Republican Army, two former police officers have t…
3 months ago
Former IRA bomber says Gerry Adams was senior figure in organisation ⊖
Former Sinn Féin leader being sued by three men injured in IRA bombings in 1976 and 1996
A convicted IRA bomber has told a court that Gerry Adams was a senior figure in the organisation despite the fo…