Could Sinn Féin's biggest asset now become a liability facing into one of the most important elections in the party's history? After a summer of soul searching, Sinn Féin and it

Friday's vote is "an historic opportunity" to elect Ireland's first female prime minister, Ms McDonald says, and should that happen, she plans to put reunification at the heart of government, with a referendum by 2030.

Momentum is behind Sinn Fein, says Mary Lou McDonald - Ms McDonald canvassed in Dublin South Central ahead of Tuesday’s potentially crucial final leaders’ TV debate.

A review of governance procedures in Sinn Féin prompted by child safeguarding concerns should deliver a report before Christmas, party president Mary Lou McDonald has said. The party has been beset by a series of controversies in recent months,

Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald has said she will not stand down as leader of her party if she fails to lead them into government after next Friday’s polling day. Despite a rough political year that has already seen her party crash in local elections,

Mary Lou McDonald has said that support for her party is ahead of already favourable poll numbers, adding that Sinn Féin was “in it to win it” five days out from polling day.The Sinn Féin president said that over the past week,

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has refused to state whether or not she would go to IRA funerals if she became Taoiseach.

Ahead of the General Election, schoolchildren from around Ireland sent in their questions to news2day for Simon Harris, Mary Lou McDonald and Micheál Martin - here are their answers.

Party leader defended its manifesto and the proposals set out in it against criticism levelled at it by Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil that it promised quick fixes to complex issues