Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has said she is not ruling out an Irish presidential run. When asked by reporters about ...

SF leader says discussions ongoing around the option of selecting a joint candidate supported by left parties to succeed ...

S INN FÉIN LEADER Mary Lou McDonald is attending the Labour conference in the UK and this morning told Sky News that Irish unity would be “right for the British people and the Irish people”.

Fine Gael will become the first party to open its presidential nominations today, with Seán Kelly and Mairead McGuinness both ...

Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald has said Ireland must prepare for unity referendums within “this decade” during a speech to commemorate the Easter Rising in Co Tyrone. The Dublin ...

Condemnation of Mary Lou McDonald’s comments in praise of a dead paramilitary this week has escalated, with the UUP’s deputy leader saying it fuels a “cycle of sick justification” for the IRA’s crimes ...

Sinn Fein president Mary-Lou McDonald has accused the Taoiseach of having “his head in the sand” on Irish unity. She claimed we are living in the “end days of partition” and called for ...

Sinn Féin's Mary Lou McDonald said she hopes British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will "grasp this historic opportunity" on Irish unity.

March 21, 2025 at 1:48pm GMT. Mary Lou McDonald has made clear she will not be Sinn Fein’s candidate for the Irish presidency if her party decides to contest this autumn’s election.

Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald rules out bid for Irish presidency. Ms McDonald raised the prospect of her party potentially backing an independent candidate backed by other left-leaning parties.