Sinn Fein: Last News

Tributes have been paid to a 24-year-old woman who died at a nightclub. Chloe Ferris tragically died on Sunday (December 1) following an incident which also led to a second woman being rushed to hospital.

A victim of the IRA bombing in Manchester can continue legal action against former Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams, a high court judge has ruled.

U2 frontman Bono has opened up about alleged death threats he received in his new, soon-to-be-released memoir, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story.In the book, Bono speaks about numerous threats the band received from the IRA, gangsters and some far right groups throughout their career.Bono claims in the book that Gerry Adams, the late, former Sinn Fein leader, said he “stinks” because of their pro-peace stance. “U2’s opposition to paramilitaries (of all kinds) had cost the IRA valuable fundraising in the US,” the book alleges.The musician spoke about the book for the first time yesterday (October 16) at The Times and The Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival, and recalled how special branch officers said that /his wife, Ali Stewart, was the more likely target than him.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has tested positive for Covid.

Nicola Sturgeon is set to welcome Sinn Fein deputy leader Michelle O'Neill to Edinburgh today in their first meeting since Northern Ireland Assembly elections earlier this month.

Sinn Fein has become the biggest party at Stormont for the first time after it gained 27 seats in the Northern Ireland Assembly election, pushing the DUP into second place.

new Batman movie in Belfast after the city council overruled the age rating given to the movie.It means Northern Ireland’s capital will be the only location in the UK where the movie, starring Robert Pattinson, will have a 15A rating.The Batman was originally given a 15 rating by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC).Michael McAdam, managing director of the Movie House chain in Northern Ireland, had previously made the application after he said cinema staff had faced abuse from parents in recent years because younger teenagers were not permitted to watch films with a 15 classification.He said a new 15A classification would allow parents to make the decision and accompany their children to the cinema.A proposal he took to the council’s Licensing Committee was narrowly defeated last month, but on Tuesday night the full council accepted a proposal from Sinn Fein councillor Arder Carson that the film should have a 15A rating.Mr Carson told the meeting: ‘My batphone has been ringing off the hook for these last two weeks with people asking me what in the sweet name of Gotham City is going on in that Licensing Committee.‘We all know the crux of the matter. There has been a request from the Moviehouse.‘The request from the applicant is that the council agrees to impose a rating of 15A which would allow young people under the age of 15 to see the film as long as they were accompanied by an adult.‘We have the authority to do this.

Tributes have been paid to a 'devoted' dad after his tragic death when he was killed by a falling tree in Storm Eunice.

Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald has taken to social media to publicly celebrate her 25-year wedding anniversary to her husband Martin Lanigan.

DIY SOS debuted.‘This is who we are,’ Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou was so moved to tweet as she watched the programme which promises to change the homes and lives of nine deserving families in just nine days each.First up, was 13-year-old Amy Mulcahy, who was left with a life-altering brain injury after a rowing accident in Limerick in February 2019.Tweeting the emotional responses the show evoked from them, viewers spoke about how they were left ‘in bits’ by the moving programme and how it gave them ‘goosebumps’.Here’s what the nation of Ireland had to say about the first episode of DIY SOS…Jesus Christ I'm welling up watching Amy's mam addressing all the volunteers on #DIYSOSIRL… The simplicity of strangers showing up to help someone.

After much speculation, and a will-he wont-he debate on Twitter, the guests for this Friday’s Late Late Show have been announced. 

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald will be among the guests on this week's Late Late Show.