Neither party can afford to build a campaign entirely around their leader. And both need to overcome a weakness for mixed ...

The party will only say the ‘leadership’ was made aware that the former Belfast mayor was sending inappropriate text messages ...

Mary Lou McDonald was narrating the plotline but it was Pearse Doherty’s face that told the whole astounding story of Sinn ...

The Irish republicans had hoped to lead the next government in Dublin — but a surge in scandals and infighting are ...

As the US prepares to vote for a new president, the campaign here, and the candidates’ behaviour, should act as a warning to voters in Ireland and other democracies around the world. For more than a ...

Sinn Féin has backed the removal of former Belfast lord mayor and disgraced senator Niall Ó Donnghaile’s portrait from ...

Former Sinn Féin senator Niall Ó Donnghaile continued to claim expenses for accommodation and travel to Leinster House after ...

With about half of all newly eligible voters identifying as Latino and 1.4 ­million expected to join their ranks every year ...

Three senators have requested an Oireachtas investigation into the actions of former senator Niall Ó Donnghaile regarding his ...

Fine Gael TD and former Labour Senator have publicly suggested, including on the floor of the Dáil, that the individual was ...

12 October: Brian Stanley resigns from Sinn Féin, becoming the second TD to quit the party in the space of a week. In a ...

A portrait of former Sinn Fein Belfast Lord Mayor Niall O Donnghaile has been removed from City Hall amid a controversy ...