As President of Cumann na mBan, she left the radicalised party and formed a new organisation called Cumann na Saoirse, holding several senior posts in the Dáil during the Free State. 2/2
@Natasha_Jay anyone know whether #SinnFein are allowed at any marches in Ireland?
Excellent analysis of the forthcoming legal hurdles for the UK, and a reminder of the long lived effects of colonialism, in relation to the UK #SupremeCourt decision on the meaning of "woman" in the Equally Act
Including analysis of Sinn Fein's sudden loving of British law... quoting Joyce
https://www.thegist.ie/the-gist-trans-rights-are-data-rights/
#SinnFein are like a mullet haircut. All progressive at the back all conservative at the front.
Good. Fuck you, Sinn Féin, and your continued chauvinism and bigotry.
"Sinn Féin faces ban from Trans and Intersex Pride Dublin march after statement from party's health spokesperson."
https://www.thejournal.ie/trans-and-intersex-pride-sinn-fein-ban-6681254-Apr2025/
"Palestinian Ambassador to Britain Husam Zomlot received a rousing welcome to West Belfast along with #SinnFéin leaders Mary Lou McDonald and Michelle O'Neill. In a powerful speech to hundreds of activists at a rally in St Mary's University College the ambassador said that despite the genocide inflicted on his people by #Israel, #Gaza is not for sale and will be rebuilt."
#Palestine #oPt #WarOnGaza #GazaSolidarity #PalestineSolidarity @palestine @ireland
https://www.europesays.com/1991983/ Fury as Sinn Fein seeks help of EU for united Ireland breakthrough | Politics | News #AndyFarrell #EuropeanUnion #ireland #NorthernIreland #Politics(section) #SinnFein #UK
https://www.europesays.com/1965396/ Underinvestment in water is harming the environment and economy, but no politician dares mention a solution – The Irish Times #DemocraticUnionistParty #Environment #NewtonEmerson #SinnFein #UisceEireann
Martin McGuinness died on 21st March 2017. He was a former IRA commander and Sinn Fein political leader who helped negotiate peace in Northern Ireland after decades of sectarian violence, and became a senior official in its power-sharing government.
Absolutely shocking —>
A #Palestinian family who fled the war in #Gaza are sleeping in a car in #Dublin after three #council areas rejected their appeal for emergency homeless accommodation
https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2025/0227/1499171-homeless-palestinian-family/
The Israeli military regime acting like five year olds here.
#NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine #Palestine #IsraelWarCrimes #IsraeliCrimes #SinnFein #EU
[11:16] Mary Lou McDonald will not attend White House this St Patrick’s Day over Trump threat to take over Gaza
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has said she will not attend the White House for a customary event this St Patrick’s Day over US President Donald Trump’s stated aim to expel Palestinians from Gaza and see it fall under US ownership.
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/mary-lou-mcdonald-will-not-attend-white-house-this-st-patricks-day-over-trump-threat-to-take-over-gaza/a1596424471.html
#SinnFéin #MaryLouMcDonald #theWhiteHouse #US #DonaldTrump #Palestinians #Gaza
[11:12] SF won't travel to White House over Trump's policies
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald and Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O'Neill have confirmed they will not travel to the White House to meet US President Donald Trump next month.
https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2025/0221/1498036-sinn-fein-us/
#SinnFéin #MaryLouMcDonald #NorthernIreland #First #MichelleO'Neill #theWhiteHouse #US #DonaldTrump #nextmonth
The first performance of Seán O'Casey's the Plough and the Stars took place at the Abbey theatre on 8 February 1926. The play was well received on its opening night. But on subsequent nights audience unrest began and on 11 February Cumann na mBan and Sinn Féin members rioted at perceived insults to the men who had died during the Rising.
Today in Labor History January 21, 1919: A revolutionary Irish parliament formed and declared its independence from the UK. The Irish republican party Sinn Féin won a landslide victory in Ireland in the December 1918 UK Parliamentary elections. Their MPs refused to take their seats and founded a separate parliament in Dublin called Dáil Éireann. They ratified the Proclamation of the Irish Republic that they issued in the 1916 Easter Rising and adopted a provisional constitution.
[07:01] Sinn Féin to oppose Independents' bid for Dáil rights
Sinn Féin has promised to "fight all the way" a proposal by some regional independents to seek opposition speaking rights while also supporting the Government.
https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0117/1491340-dail-technical-group/
#SinnFéin
As President of Cumann na mBan, she left the radicalised party and formed a new organisation called Cumann na Saoirse, holding several senior posts in the Dáil during the Free State. The 1916 Proclamation was signed in her house on Henry St, Dublin. 2/2