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Simon Coveney: Fine Gael position is clear
Fine Gael position is very clear says Simon Coveney on a coalition with Sinn Fein. 'People voted for us on this basis.'
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Donnchadh O Laoghaire becomes first elected TD in Cork
Sinn Fein’s Donnchadh O Laoghaire becomes the first elected TD of the 33rd Dail in the Irish general election.
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Sinn Fein's Mary Lou McDonald arrives at count centre - Full clip
Counting is getting under way following Ireland's General Election.
An exit poll has indicated an extraordinary statistical dead heat between Fine Gael, Sinn Fein and Fianna Fail - with the three within a percentage point of each...
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Sinn Fein's Mary Lou McDonald arrives at count centre - Short
Counting is getting under way following Ireland's General Election.
An exit poll has indicated an extraordinary statistical dead heat between Fine Gael, Sinn Fein and Fianna Fail - with the three within a percentage point of each...
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McDonald: It will be tricky to form government without Fine Gael or Fianna Fail
Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald says forming a coalition without Fine Gael or Fianna Fail will be very tricky.
Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin has yet to respond to the Sinn Fein leader’s invitation to discuss the possibility of...
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Weather: Sinn Fein leader condemns political rivals during Athlone visit
Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald has criticised her political rivals during a visit to flood-hit Athlone in Co Meath.
Her comments come ahead of a meeting between the leaders of Fine Gael and Fianna Fail, with both parties refusing to...
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Sinn Fein MEP says Brexit could ‘invigorate’ conversation about Irish unity
A Sinn Fein MEP has signed off from Brussels by insisting Brexit has made the time ripe for a vote on Irish reunification.
Following her final speech in the EU Parliament, Martina Anderson said "there is no good Brexit" but added it had...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Independent candidates playing a rising role in Irish elections: analyst
Professor of contemporary Irish history Eunan O'Halpin explains the rise of Sinn Fein in the polls as well as independent candidates as Ireland heads to the ballot box on Saturday (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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Mary Lou McDonald blasts 'arrogant' election rivals
Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald has blasted “arrogant” political rivals for denying her party a place in the next Irish Government.
Fianna Fail has ruled out entering a coalition with the left-leaning group because of historic links...
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Mary Lou McDonald: We need a border poll in the next five years
Sinn Fein President Mary Lou McDonald on her red line that her party would only enter a coalition government that is actively pushing for a border poll.
It comes as Britain prepares to exit the European Union at 11pm on Friday evening.
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Sinn Fein's Mary Lou McDonald has spoken to the mother of Paul Quinn
President of Sinn Féin explains how she has reached out to the family of Paul Quinn, and that it went “very well” and that she wants to meet his mother, Breege Quinn face to face.
Mary Lou McDonald also discusses her last days of...
Bloomberg
Sinn Fein Election ‘Revolution’ Rocks Irish Political Establishment
Feb.10 -- Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald was one of the biggest winners in Saturday’s Irish election and called the results a revolution at the ballot box. Bloomberg’s Dara Doyle reports on "Bloomberg Surveillance."
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Micheal Martin: Sinn Fein have not cleansed themselves of their bloody past
Fianna Fail leader urges people not to vote for Sinn Fein as they "have not cleansed themselves of their bloody past." Micheal Martin made these comments whilst on his final canvass of the campaign in Douglas shopping centre in Co Cork....
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CLEAN : Varadkar continues to rule out coalition with Sinn Fein
Outgoing Irish Prime Minister Leo Vardkar continues to rule out a coalition with the surging Sinn Fein party once the political wing of the IRA (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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Michelle O'Neill praises army of volunteers making scrubs for healthcare workers
An army of volunteers has come together to make scrubs for healthcare workers in Northern Ireland.
Thousands of people are working around-the-clock to ensure that medical staff have enough suitable clothing to wear in their fight...
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Sinn Fein: O’Neill will not be stepping aside under any circumstances
Sinn Fein has rejected a DUP call for Michelle O’Neill to step aside as Stormont Deputy First Minister over her attendance at an IRA funeral that drew hundreds of people on to the streets.
First Minister Arlene Foster wrote to her...
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Michelle O'Neill comments on Lord Frost NI Protocol meeting
NI deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill speaks after a virtual call with Brexit minister Lord Frost on the NI Protocol.
Government threats and “incendiary language” over the Northern Ireland Protocol is contributing to recent street...
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Sinn Fein says Government housing plan promises ‘more of the same’
Sinn Fein has rejected the Government’s Housing for All plan as a solution to Ireland’s housing crisis, calling it “blueprint for more of the same”.
Speaking after the launch on Thursday evening, Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald said...
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Extinction Rebellion protest outside Sinn Fein headquarters
Extinction Rebellion in Dublin. Speaking is Extinction Rebellion activist Oscar Mooney, from Sandymount, as the group held a demonstration outside Sinn Fein's headquarters in Dublin calling on the party to act now in the Northern Irish...
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New protocol bill 'reckless and disgraceful', says O'Neill
Sinn Fein Stormont leader Michelle O’Neill speaks ahead of proposed legislation to amend the Northern Ireland Protocol.
The bill, which allows the Government to override parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol, is reckless and...
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Politics daily briefing: June 12
Update on UK politics, as the Northern Ireland Secretary said new legislation giving ministers power to scrap parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol - to be introduced in Parliament on Monday - would be “lawful” and “correct”
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CLEAN : Sinn Fein leader Michelle O'Neill casts her ballot in elections to the N.Ireland assembly
Leader of pro-Ireland party Sinn Fein Michelle O'Neill casts her ballot in 2022 elections to the Northern Ireland assembly (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
Sky News
Boris Johnson visit to a Thales site
CLEAN: Interior shots of an interview with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a visit to a Thales weapons systems manufacture about this talks with the Northern Ireland leaders on 16th May 2022 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United...
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Jeffrey Donaldson speaking to the press
CLEAN: Exterior shots of leader of the Democratic Unionist Party Sir Jeffrey Donaldson speaking to the press following talks with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on 16th May 2022 in Hillsborough, County Down, Northern Ireland, United...