Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald addressed her Party Conference looking at the election year ahead; plans to tackle the housing, health and cost of living crisis; and the growing call for a ceasefire in Gaza.
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Michelle O’Neill addresses 2023 Sinn Féin Party Conference in Athlone
Sinn Féin Vice-President Michelle O’Neill addressed the 2023 Sinn Féin Ard Fheis, reflecting on the shift in the political landscape across the island of Ireland.
Good Friday at 25: Responsibilities and Legacies – by John Finucane MP
As we look back with pride at just how far we have all come, we also look forward with hope, ambition, and opportunity for the next 25 years, writes John Finucane MP.
Ireland: Words from the Wise – Geoff Bell, Labour for Irish Unity
The appointment of Hilary Benn as the new shadow Northern Ireland minister coincides with a deepening political crisis, when more demands for clarity are made on Labour’s Irish policy.
Call for Irish Unity heard at TUC Congress
“This is an exciting time to be a united Irelander”. That was the message that was brought to the 155th Annual Trade Union Congress conference in Liverpool last week.
The British Government is currently aping General Pinochet – so, where is the anger on the British left?
With the Northern Ireland Legacy Bill seeks to grand amnesty for British soldiers involved in massacres in Ireland, comparisons are being drawn with Pinochet's amnesty for those involved in the bloody coup in Chile.
Labour should oppose the “plantation policy” of standing in Northern Ireland
“The British Labour Party standing for elections in Northern Ireland would be a hugely retrogressive step, which would cause divisions in our party and in the trade unions."
DUP blocking must end – A restored Northern Irish Executive is urgently needed
"The absence of a functioning Executive has exposed public services and working families to even more ruthless cuts, and privatisation by stealth."
25 years after the Good Friday Agreement, local election results show it’s time to prepare for Irish unity
Michelle Gildernew MP, John McDonnell and Geoff Bell discuss the Good Friday Agreement at 25 and the growing movement for Irish Unity after Sinn Fein's historic local election results.
The Public have spoken. Time to make politics work for all – Michelle O’Neill
"These results are a positive endorsement of Sinn Féin’s message that workers, families and communities need to be supported" - Michelle O'Neill, First Minister Designate of Northern Ireland.