Michelle O’Neill

Support for Sinn Féin is growing in the North, but support for a united Ireland isn’t. This is not as strange as it might seem

Standards commissioner rules O’Neill did not breach ministerial code of conduct

Concern in Stormont over Rachel Reeves’ spring statement as higher numbers of people rely on welfare support in NI than UK average

Mary Lou McDonald knows she can’t afford to oversee yet another poor performance - but can the party credibly sit this one out?

Northern Ireland going for growth as it develops stronger links with North Carolina

French-owned Thales factory in east Belfast to manufacture more than 5,000 missiles for Ukraine’s armed forces as part of £1.16bn deal that will create 200 jobs

Hundred-page document outlines plans to tackle North’s spiralling waiting lists

Ministers rubber-stamp the governance plan during a virtual meeting

In the North, Sinn Féin has stumbled into a trap; it has been able to hold on to the position of First Minister only by virtue of doing very little with it

Sinn Féin taking ‘principled stance’ against Trump’s suggestion to remove Palestinians from Gaza

Claire Hanna said her party will not take part due to the US stance on Gaza

Labour is ‘more engaged’ with devolved institutions than Tories, Stormont’s First Minister says

About 56,000 households in North were without electricity at 4.30pm on Monday afternoon, according to Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE) Networks

UK government challenging ‘unprecedented’ decision by judge to establish inquiry into loyalist murder of Co Derry GAA official in 1997

The issue of Michael McMonagle’s employment has been referred to the PSNI

As Sinn Féin heads into next Dáil, it faces a crucial moment in its quest for growth, power and delivering on its mission of seismic change

McDonald, Michelle O’Neill and Gerry Adams took turns carrying strategist and negotiator’s coffin to Belfast cemetery

Trusted adviser to Gerry Adams was a senior member of the party’s backroom team in negotiations that led to the Belfast Agreement

Concerns that Sinn Féin’s electoral setback will destabilise Stormont miss the point. The party is at greater risk of endlessly shirking difficult decisions

Ms O’Neill broke new ground for her party by attending the event commemorating fallen members of the UK armed forces at the Cenotaph in Belfast, where she laid a laurel wreath

First time a senior Sinn Féin figure has taken part in such an event in Northern Ireland

The DUP gives the impression of modernising at minimum speed, while being constantly tempted by conservative culture-war positions

Sinn Fein vice president says attendance will show she is a ‘First Minister for all’

Sinn Féin criticised recently for handling of controversies, including those of former press officer Michael McMonagle and ex-senator Niall Ó Donnghaile

MLA Phillip Brett says party has to explain if incident was ‘retaliation’ over removal of Niall Ó Donnghaile’s portrait from Belfast City Hall

The party confirmed the move in a statement, saying it had notified the PSNI after event took place over weekend

The party faces strategic problems over where it positions itself and who its core voters are. And as it’s trying to figure all this out, it gets hit with one controversy after another

Senator resigned from Sinn Féin last year amid investigation into complaints of inappropriate texts to teenager

Sinn Féin figures did not know what to say about the party’s handling of job references for a former official now convicted of a child sex offence, but it was the issue they couldn’t escape

It comes as Sinn Féin is under scrutiny over how it handled the Michael McMonagle controversy

Not every organisation passes its employees around like a pilfered stapler until nobody is quite sure what is going on

MLAs seeking legal advice on whether Sinn Féin First Minister can appear before them without DUP Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly

Opposition parties row in behind request to hear statements on child protection in Dáil, while the controversy is due to be discussed at Stormont scrutiny committee meeting

The controversy is particularly damaging because it feeds into a long-standing criticism levelled by many of the party’s opponents

Sinn Féin leader was speaking after Government calls for Dáil statements from McDonald about press officer controversy

Party’s silent approach fails to prevent the difficult questions being asked

Move comes after party press officers provided references for ex-colleague convicted of child sex offences

Michelle O’Neill apologises on behalf of Sinn Féin to the Northern Ireland Assembly over references provided for child sex offender Michael McMonagle

Former Sinn Féin press officer was suspended from his job following arrest but then received references from Sinn Féin figures for British Heart Foundation role

UK charity had contacted party about references in August 2023, it has emerged