Michelle O’Neill

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

Former party press officer Michael McMonagle was suspended following 2021 arrest and last week pleaded guilty to multiple charges

Party gave references to a former press officer who has since pleaded guilty to child sex offences in NI

Former press officers Seán Mag Uidhir and Caolán McGinley quit party at weekend after controversy over Michael McMonagle arose

Sinn Féin’s ruling body will have to call a special conference to determine party’s position on future referendums after motion passed by delegates

Nearly half of all NHS patients in North waiting over year for operation compared with just 4% in England, says NI Secretary

Simon Harris said he shared the disappointment that Euro 2028 games will not be played in Belfast after UK government announced it would not fund Casement Park redevelopment

Joint letter says costs had risen to £400m with ‘significant risk’ project would not be finished in time for competition

Issue featured during meeting of North South Ministerial Council in Dublin, the second in less than four months

Solicitor was shot dead in Belfast home in February 1989 by loyalist paramilitaries in attack found to have involved state collusion

First Minister acknowledges aims are ambitious but executive ministers are in ‘listening mode’ ahead of eight-week public consultation

Northern Ireland facing ‘persistent challenges’ in all public services with ‘little evidence of proper plans to take these on’ being shown by Stormont, warns report

Northern Ireland’s First Minister and deputy First Minister condemn Co Down attack and violence in Derry, which left 10 PSNI officers injured

Assembly to be recalled on Thursday after a recall petition submitted by the Alliance Party and backed by the SDLP and Sinn Féin

Unionist and nationalist politicians praise Armagh man’s achievement and also that of Belfast swimmer Jack McMillan

Review of party’s performance in Republic suggests it needs to be better at bringing clarity to its policy offerings, says leader

Twelfth parades pass off peacefully as commission bans Orange Order from nationalist Ardoyne shopfronts

Sinn Féin’s Mary Lou McDonald compared working with Labour rather than the Conservatives ‘as the daylight to the dark’

New British prime minister, however, makes no firm policy commitments as he meets party leaders in Belfast

Mr Benn was speaking after meeting with Stormont leaders Michelle O’Neill and Emma Little-Pengelly

Scheme to improve road linking Derry and Aughnacloy first approved by executive in 2007 but held up by legal challenges and funding issues

Party standing aside for SDLP and Alliance in seats where they face tight races with unionists

As Sinn Féin learned earlier this month in the South, the difference between success and failure is often about expectations

Michelle O’Neill hopes first draft of Bill for redress scheme will be introduced in Assembly before year-end

British prime minister and Northern Ireland’s First Minister will not be in attendance

During the Davy/Sinn Féin jaunt to London, Pearse Doherty assured investors that his party would not attempt to upend the Irish economic model

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Sinn Féin says party leader Mary Lou McDonald shares regret expressed by First Minister for attending 2020 funeral