Sinn Féin MLA Philip McGuigan has said the community is heartbroken following a single vehicle collision in Broughshane on Tuesday that left one man dead and two children in hospital. The North Antrim MLA said: “It’s tragic to learn that a man has been killed in a road traffic collision near Broughshane and my thoughts are […]

Housing is the defining issue of our time  By Chris MacManus I grew up in the 1970´s and 80s in Sligo. We were fortunate that my parents could afford a home for us to live in, on their modest incomes. This offered us security. A place to call our own. A place to call home.  […]

MacManus welcomes second Bradley Report outlining strong rationale for Mayo-Sligo rail line The Sinn Féin MEP for Midlands North-West, Chris MacManus, has welcomed a report, outlining a strong economic and regional growth rationale for restoring the Mayo and Sligo rail link. The report, edited by former ESRI Research Professor Dr John Bradley, outlines the benefits […]

Sinn Féin MLA Phillip McGuigan has branded an attack on a man in Bushmills in the early hours of Sunday morning ‘barbaric and shocking’.  The North Antrim MLA said: “I unreservedly condemn the barbaric attack on a man in Bushmills in the early hours of Sunday morning. “There is absolutely no place in our communities […]

In a statement on news that Conor Murphy has been advised by his doctor pending medical tests, Sinn Féin Leas-Uachtarán Michelle O’Neill said: “Conor Murphy has been advised by his doctor to rest pending scheduled medical tests. “He informed the Speaker on Friday that he would not be available to respond to an economy motion […]

Sinn Féin spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Matt Carthy TD, has condemned Israel’s attacks and intended invasion of Rafah in Gaza.  He called upon the Irish government and the international community to deploy ‘every diplomatic, economic and political measure at our disposal to force Israel to end its assault of the 1.4 million people seeking shelter […]

Cllr Daithí Doolan, chairperson of the Joint Policing Committee and a local resident, has said that last night’s shooting in Drimnagh was an attack on the whole community. Cllr Doolan said: “Last night’s shooting here in Drimnagh has left a young man dead, a family grieving and a community in shock. It was an attack […]

Sinn Féin spokesperson on Finance, Pearse Doherty TD, has said that Minister James Browne must urgently rethink his Gambling Bill or local charities, sports clubs and philanthropic organisations will pay the price for government conflating necessary fundraising with gambling. Deputy Doherty was responding after the government passed the legislation through the Dáil this week despite […]

Sinn Féin European Election candidate for Ireland South, Senator Paul Gavan has described as “utterly shameful” remarks made by Fianna Fáil’s Cynthia Ní Mhurchú in this morning’s Irish Examiner where she compared a petition by Irish artists calling on Bambie Thug to boycott the Eurovision to “the oppressive tactics that Israel is employing in Gaza”. […]