Sinn Féin Leader Mary Lou McDonald has announced that Economy Minister Conor Murphy is to stand in the Seanad Éireann election in January, and will step down from the Northern Ireland Assembly if he is elected.
The Northern Ireland Executive ‘is stable’ confirms First Minister Michelle O’Neill, following a range of recent controversies rocking Sinn Fein, but she admits that there will have been some impact on relationships following ‘a difficult period like the last number of weeks’.
Niall Ó Donnghaile has confirmed that he sent inappropriate texts to a teenager in September 2023, he was suspended from Sinn Fein, before he resigned from from the Seanad in December 2023 on health grounds.
Former Sinn Féin press officer Michael McMonagle has admitted to several child sex offences and is awaiting sentencing, but it’s been revealed that two of his former colleagues provided references for him to gain employment at the British Heart Foundation, after his contract was terminated by the party.
Sinn Féin’s Michelle Gildernew has failed to get elected in the European Parliament elections in the Midlands-North-West constituency. The party has since chosen Pat Cullen to stand in Fermanagh and South Tyrone in the general election.
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