Mary Lou McDonald has insisted her party will not back down on a row over speaking time allocated to independent TDs who ...

Deputy Speaker Carál Ní Chuilín has stopped TUV MLA Timothy Gaston contributing to a Stormont debate on ‘accountability and trust’ after he expressed criticism of Sinn Fein, an Assembly report into ...

MLAs have backed a TUV motion which said a Northern Ireland Assembly report into salaries and expenses – prompted by the Michael McMonagle scandal – had ‘muddied the waters’ over rules for how public ...

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has announced a minor reshuffle of her frontbench, with two first-time TDs promoted. Louth ...

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First Minister Michelle O'Neill has said there are "lessons to be learned for everybody" following a Stormont report examining the employment of a former Sinn Féin press officer who was later ...

PA Media For a period in 2020 Michelle O'Neill employed Michael McMonagle, who was later convicted of sex offences Speaking on Tuesday, the Sinn Féin vice-president said she "fully cooperated ...

The recent conviction of Sinn Féin press officer Michael McMonagle for serious child sex offences has highlighted systemic flaws in Northern Ireland’s approach to political appointments. While ...

Sinn Féin ‘has questions to answer’ over McMonagle employment, says DUP minister DUP Communities minister Gordon Lyons says Sinn Féin has questions to answer over its employment arrangements ...

Sinn Fein MLA Conor Murphy has said his party ... The Northern Ireland Assembly on Tuesday published a report which found that Michael McMonagle likely misrepresented details of his employment ...

Yesterday, the Northern Ireland Assembly published a report which found that Michael McMonagle likely misrepresented ... he also began employment with Sinn Fein as a press officer on a part ...

Gordon Lyons said public confidence in Stormont had “taken a hammering” over the Michael McMonagle controversy and Sinn Féin needed to act to ensure trust in the political institutions was ...