A furore has erupted about the emergence of a Sinn Féin briefing note which showed the party included figures who had been members of the Army Council in the party’s negotiating team in the talks on Irish government formation. Unelected party members listed in the note as negotiators include Martin Lynch and former Sinn Féin […]
One of the great things about being a modern, liberated woman is that your autonomy and your right to decide for yourself is respected. We’re all strong, feisty, opinionated and independent women now, smashing the patriarchy and taking no prisoners. The future is female, we’re told. Gone are the days when women were hidebound by convention and told […]
Sinn Féín TDs have “zero” influence over the party’s policy decisions, according to a former representative, and TDs are told what to do by unelected party staff. In fact, Peadar Tóibín says, Sinn Féin’s TDs are not even allowed to chose their own parliamentary assistants and must represent the party rather than the people who elected them. The Aontú […]
A Bill published by Westminster will, if passed, mean that a poll on a United Ireland would be almost guaranteed to fail. The Referendums Criteria Bill [HL] 2019-20 is currently before the House of Lords and states that 60% or more of those voting in any border poll within Northern Ireland would have to approve of any proposal for Irish unity. A […]