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# Mary-Lou McDonald

This week
21st July 2024 - 27th July 2024
'Your tone is extremely rude': Mary Lou McDonald in heated radio interview about asylum policy
Updated 24 Jul
90.5k
McDonald says 'better off' areas should house asylum seekers rather than most deprived communities
Updated 23 Jul
20.3k
Last week
14th July 2024 - 27th July 2024
McDonald calls for government to 'move beyond condemnation' and engage with Coolock residents
20 Jul
12.0k
Man refused bail after being charged with threatening to kill Mary Lou McDonald in online clip
19 Jul
23.8k
Man arrested over threats to kill Mary Lou McDonald and Garda Commissioner Drew Harris
Updated 18 Jul
38.8k
Doherty says Harris seeks to 'favour those coming into large wealth' with inheritance tax change
17 Jul
25.3k
94
Mary Lou McDonald reports death threat to Gardaí after man posts video saying he would 'shoot her dead'
While wearing a black mask, the man in the video said he would shoot the Sinn Féin leader “for free”.
17 Jul
29.1k
SF immigration policy will soon be pinned to the mast as McDonald denies any pivot to the right
15 Jul
17.5k
This month
July 2024
Tori Towey 'elated' as she arrives home to Ireland after Dubai authorities drop charges
Radha Stirling, founder of the Detained in Dubai group, said Tori is 'super excited' to be home.
Speaking to The Journal, Stirling said the Irish embassy 'escorted her all the way through the airport and made sure she got on that flight'.
Mary Lou McDonald welcomed 'the end of this nightmare' but remarked that it 'raises fundamental questions around the treatment of women in Dubai'.
Updated 11 Jul
53.8k
Mary Lou McDonald: Tori Towey case raises 'fundamental questions on treatment of women in Dubai'
10 Jul
14.4k
Spate of fatal crashes a 'stark reminder' of dangers on roads, says Taoiseach
Updated 3 Jul
11.4k
56
What counts as 'affordable' housing? Taoiseach and Mary Lou McDonald clash on meaning in Dáil
2 Jul
29.1k
98
Last month
June 2024
Mary Lou McDonald says Sinn Fein to ‘dust ourselves off’ after disappointing election results
23 Jun
16.4k
110
Five key takeaways on what went wrong for Sinn Féin and what it needs to do to up its game
The party needs to spell out clearly what alternative it is offering the electorate.
Christina Finn
10 Jun
25.1k
65
A bad day for Sinn Féin in Mary Lou's backyard, as far right and government make gains
Updated 9 Jun
29.1k
38
Taoiseach says local elections an 'unmitigated disaster' for Sinn Féin and rules out early election
9 Jun
17.7k
0
McDonald admits Sinn Féin 'disappointed' by local election results and needs to 'reflect'
9 Jun
11.2k
35
Mary Lou can't avoid 'Up the Ra' comment on Cabra canvass but she's not worried about election day
Cabra is McDonald’s home turf, so it was no surprise that she was greeted with a warm welcome on the doors yesterday.
Christina Finn
6 Jun
17.2k
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Leo Varadkar grilled about lack of services for children, Phoenix Park and gout on his home turf
5 Jun
Green MEP candidate tests water supplies for nitrates as she canvasses in Ireland South
5 Jun
Canvassing in inner city Dublin: bins, bikes and, yes, immigration (but not how you might expect)
30 May
McDonald rules out Help-to-Buy 'cliff-edge' for buyers who 'baked in' deposit to their calculations
5 Jun
20.5k
47
Sinn Féin not seeking to outsource processing of asylum seeker applications to other countries
4 Jun
25.3k
83
This year
2024
McDonald says 'traitors and sell outs' label directed at Sinn Féin not defining feature of campaign
30 May
15.6k
Mary Lou McDonald: Fences erected in Dublin can't stay indefinitely, proper accommodation needed
22 May
11.9k
Major housing report criticises government for 'ineffective decision-making and risk aversion'
Updated 21 May
17.5k
115
Government blasted on housing as almost one in two say they've postponed buying a home
8 May
13.1k
43
Opposition rounds on government 'incompetence' in row with UK over return of migrants
30 Apr
8.0k
Mary Lou McDonald defends Sinn Féin's stance on 'open borders' following criticism
28 Apr
23.6k
Four in 10 people getting support via First Home Scheme are single, minister says
Updated 24 Apr
11.2k
28
‘Failed his way to the top’: McDonald says country needs an election, not another new Taoiseach
9 Apr
14.7k
49
Sinn Féin TD Kathleen Funchion to contest European election in Ireland South
7 Apr
15.7k
47
McDonald makes case for Sinn Féin candidates in June elections during 1916 commemoration speech
31 Mar
29.4k
109
Govt insists election not needed in wake of Varadkar resignation
“After seven years in office, I am no longer the best person for that job,” Leo Varadkar said today.
Varadkar’s resignation as Fine Gael leader is effective immediately, but he will stay on as Taoiseach until his successor is elected by the party
A general election is not likely to be called, despite mounting pressure from the opposition
Fine Gael is expected to elect a new leader before the party's Ard Fheis on 6 April
Updated 20 Mar
156k
249
'Don't limp on': McDonald calls for general election in testy Dáil exchanges with Varadkar
20 Mar
23.0k
89
Sinn Féin's reserved public remarks on Gaza while in US leave the party wide open for criticism
It’s a rarity that Varadkar comes out looking stronger on the issue of Palestine than Sinn Féin.
19 Mar
16.9k
McDonald says SF would 'return to' issue of sexist language in Constitution if in power
9 Mar
17.0k
68
Minister starts Women's Day address to empty Dáil in moment widely shared on social media
Labour leader Ivana Bacik said she was ‘disappointed’ to see so few representatives in the Chamber.
Updated 6 Mar
24.6k
45
'We have known the brutality of colonialism': McDonald calls for ceasefire in Gaza in US speech
1 Mar
13.8k
Referendum re-run to boost committee powers non-starter, say Govt sources but SF would 'think about it'
20 Feb
6.0k
26
McDonald travelling to New York for Irish Unity summit, says party fundraising not part of trip
20 Feb
9.0k
15
Sinn Féin pledges to re-run referendums if they fall and the party gets into government
20 Feb
10.8k
McDonald and O'Neill talk Irish unity and 'being chilled' about identity in UK media blitz
8 Feb
17.1k
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