Sinn Féin: Recent Episodes
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Mary Lou McDonald TD delivers the closing Presidential Address to Sinn Féin's annual conference which took place in Athlone
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Sinn Féin presents its Alternative Budget, outlining what it would do were it in Government.
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Mary Lou McDonald TD speaks at the National Ploughing Championships in Ratheniska.
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Pearse Doherty TD delivers the keynote speech at the launch of Australian Friends of Irish Unity at the Gaelic Club in Sydney, Australia.
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Sinn Féin's Matt Carthy speaks to Sky News Australia about the purpose of the party's delegation to Australia which has been meeting with Government officials and Irish diaspora groups
Eoin Ó Broin TD speaks at Féile an Phobail with Niall Ó Donnghaile on the issue of Housing and how we solve the housing crisis
Former Sinn Féin director of publicity Danny Morrison remembers his friend and comrade South Armagh hunger striker Seán McKenna who came close to death during the first H-Block hunger strike of 1980.
The National Hunger Strike Commemoration takes place at 2pm Kennedy Quay, Cork City on Sunday 27th August 2023.
Sinn Féin Housing Spokesperson Eoin Broin TD responds to the media as new figures show a record 12,600 homeless people in the State
Gerry Adams in conversation with renowned journalist Roy Greenslade to mark the 6th anniversary of Martin's death
In 1972 a 23-year-old Gerry Adams first met a 22-year old Martin McGuinness while preparing for talks with the British Government in London.
That first meeting was the beginning of 45 years of an unbroken comradeship between the two men that have led the republican struggle to where it is today.
Interview with Sinn Féin Foreign Affairs & Defence Spokesperson Matt Carthy on Sinn Féin's determination to protect our neutrality, the importance of a positive independent foreign policy, our unique role in conflict resolution and the urgent need to invest in our Defence Forces.
Mark Carruthers of Sunday Politics interviews Mary Lou McDonald as to whether it is now time for a referendum on Irish unity. The interview took place against the backdrop of Sinn Féin emerging as the largest party of local government in the local elections in the north
Mary Lou mcDonald TD delivers the main oration at the annual Sinn Féin Easter Commemoration at Arbour Hill in Dublin
Mary Lou McDonald speaks to ITV's Robert Peston on the issue of getting the Assembly back up and running and Irish reunification
Matt Carthy TD reveals that 17 local authorities have confirmed that they have no capacity to provide emergency accommodation to the expected thousands of households who will be evicted from their rental properties on 1st April when the emergency eviction ban expires
First Minister Designate Michelle O'Neill takes questions from the media at the National Press Club in Washington DC as part of the annual St Patrick's Day events in the USA. Major themes of the event include the state of US-Irish relations and the prospects for forming a new functioning Executive in the North.
Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald TD and party Housing Spokesperson Eoin Ó Broin TD discuss the Government's decision to lift the emergency ban on evictions from 1st April and what it means for the thousands of families and households affected
President of Catalonia Pere Aragonès and Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald TD speak to the media following a working meeting in Dublin
The latest event hosted by the Commission on the Future of Ireland which took place in Donegal.
Speakers include: Pearse Doherty TD (Sinn Féin), Noelle Duddy (Cancer Campaigner), Seamus Neely (Former Donegal County Council CEO), Professor Terri Scott (Former Principal & CEO of Northern Regional College), Paul Hannigan (Head of College Atlantic Technological University) and Tony Forester (Executive of Letterkenny Chamber of Commerce). The event was chaired by Micheál Ó hÉanaigh and recorded live at the Balor Arts Centre in, Ballybofey, Donegal
Sinn Féin Spokesperson on Health David Cullinane TD speaks about his plans to deliver real change in the health service and why he wants to be the next Minister for Health
Mary Lou McDonald TD speaks to Sky News's Kay Burley on the restoration of power sharing and the institutions in the North of Ireland, ongoing Protocol negotiations and Brexit
Mary Lou McDonald TD, Pauline Tully TD and Matt Carthy TD speak at the Inniskeen Community Hall in County Monaghan and take questions from members of the public
Chris MacManus MEP discusses the academic research paper "Making the Case for Irish Unity in the EU" with it's co-authors Professor Colin Harvey and Mr Mark Bassett Barrister-at-Law, alongside Martina Anderson
Declan Kearney MLA, Tom Arnold and Ailbhe Smyth host a discussion entitled "Why the Irish Government must establish a Citizens' Assembly on Irish Unity" at the Sinn Féin Ard Fheis in the RDS, November 2022
Mary Lou McDonald's presidential address to party members and supporters which brought to a close the 2022 Sinn Féin Ard Fheis (Annual Conference) in the RDS, Dublin.
Sinn Féin Vice President Michelle O'Neill speaks to the Plaid Cymru – The Party of Wales conference in Wales alongside the Plaid leader Adam Price
Mary Lou McDonald TD, Pearse Doherty TD and Eoin Ó Broin TD analyse the fall out from Budget 2023 and what needs to happen in order to bring about the real change in areas like housing and health that people are demanding
Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald TD delivers a keynote address at the University of San Francisco and takes questions from the audience
Mary Lou McDonald TD addresses and takes questions from the audience at the National Press Club of Australia in Canberra as part of the Sinn Féin leaders visit to Australia where she has been engaging with the Irish Diaspora
As part of the Arise Festival in Britain, Rachel Garnham chairs a discussion on the topic of "Real Change in Ireland, Lessons for the Left" featuring Emma Sheerin MLA of Sinn Féin; John McDonnell MP of Britain's Labour Party and Geoff Bell who is the author of "The Twilight of Unionism" & an activist with Labour for Irish Unity
Historian and activist Mícheál Mac Donncha on the Four Courts Battle which was the beginning of the Civil War, 100 years ago. Also includes and address by Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald. The event took place at the Ireland Institute on Pearse Street.
Chris MacManus MEP and Martina Anderson discuss the ongoing controversy surrounding plans by the British Government to take unilateral action on the Protocol, an international agreement that was designed to protect the Good Friday Agreement and reduce the negative impact of Brexit on the north of Ireland.
Mary Lou McDonald TD, Michelle O'Neill MLA, Pearse Doherty TD and Eoin Ó Broin TD take questions from the public at Liberty Hall. Moderated by Louise O"Reilly TD.
Debate from the James Connolly Festival 2022 on the housing crisis featuring:
Orla Byrne (CATU), Eoin Ó Broin TD (Sinn Féin), Dr Rory Hearne (Maynooth University) and Jimmy Doran (CPI)
Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald TD and Vice-President Michelle O'Neill MLA take questions from journalists at the European Parliament in Brussles dealing with issues including Irish unity, Brexit, Foreign Affairs and more
Sinn Féin MEP Chris MacManus is joined by representatives of Ireland's fishing communities in the European Parliament in Brussels. The communities are meeting EU representatives demanding that they receive a fair share of the fish in Irish waters
Louise O’Reilly TD, Sinn Féin spokesperson on Workers’ Rights, speaks with Ailbhe Smyth, an Academic, Feminist, Socialist and LGBT Activist about Sinn Féin's legislation on paid leave for people affected by domestic violence.
Greg O'Loughlin of Friends of Sinn Féin USA is joined live by Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald TD to discuss developments in Ireland along with questions from US-based activists
Caoimhín McCann of Ógra Shinn Féin (Sinn Féin Youth) is joined by young people from across Palestine to discuss the situation there and what activists across the world can do to support the Palestinian people.
Matt Carthy TD & Órfhlaith Begley MP look at the role the Irish Government has in ending partition - what it can do, how it needs to ramp up preparations & become an active advocate for unity.
Peter O'Connell from Merrion Press hosts the launch of Sinn Féin Housing Spokesperson Eoin Ó Broin's new book "Defects: Living with the Legacy of the Celtic Tiger". He is also joined by Stephanie Meehan a former resident of the infamous Priory Hall development, Irish Examiner journalist Mick Clifford as well as campaigners Kath Cottier and Michael Doherty.
We discuss the FF/FG Government's long-delayed 'Housing for All' plan as well as the ongoing fallout from the "MerrionGate" controversy over the appointment of former minister Katherine Zappone to a job at the United Nations. With Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald, Housing Spokesperson Eoin Ó Broin and Finance Spokesperson Pearse Doherty .
In episode 6, Linda Dillon MLA chats to Kathleen Funchion TD about the impact partition had on women north & south & how the creation of two patriarchal states on the island of Ireland, where the rights of women were barely even considered, is still being felt today.
Our 5th episode of the 'From Partition to Unity' series looks at how the Irish Language was impacted by Partition. Sinn Féin's Irish Language Officer, Conáll O'Corrachats to Mairéad Farrell TD & Senator Niall O'Donnghaile about the impact partition had on the Irish language community including language development policies & official status of the language across the island.
On the 4th episode of our 'From Partition to Unity' series, Sinéad Ennis MLA chats to former MLA & speaker of the Assembly, Mitchel McLaughlin & current MLA for North Belfast, Carál Ni Chuilín about the historic & ongoing efforts to end partition, from armed campaigns through to the Good Friday Agreement & current preparations for a referendum.
In the third episode of our 'From Partition to Unity' series, we have John Finucane MP & Pearse Doherty TD in conversation about the economic cost of partition to both economies, north & south. How partition divided the islands economy & the legacy this division has left to this day.
Mary Lou McDonald TD is joined live by Dr Mosheer Amer from Gaza, Sabreen Abeedallah of the Palestinian Medical Relief Society in east Jerusalem, and Professor Kamel Hawwash of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign to discuss the brutal Israeli onslaught against the besieged Gaza strip and also the wider context of Israel's apartheid regime and ongoing human rights violations in east Jerusalem and the West Bank.
A new podcast that looks back on the history & impact of Partition, the years that followed & plans for the future of the island.
Episode 2: 'The Orange State'
Nicola Brogan MLA talks to lifelong republican & commentator, Jim Gibney about the outworking & impact of partition over several decades in the north.
Available from Monday 17th May on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts & all other major platforms.
Housing Expert Dr Rory Hearne joins Sinn Féin Housing Spokesperson Eoin Ó Broin TD to discuss the issue of investment funds buying-up family homes and driving-up house prices, and what measures can be taken to prevent this from happening
From Partition to Unity, a reflection on the legacy of partition and our vision of a new united prosperous island. Our introductory podcast is titled ‘The Road to Partition’. Louise O’Reilly TD has a conversation with former Mayor of Belfast & renowned historian Tom Hartley on the origin of partition, the historical events that lead us to partition & how that ultimately impacted upon society across the 32 counties.
The great-grandson of rebel leader James Connolly – James Connolly Heron – talks to Mary Lou McDonald TD about the importance of protecting and revitalising Moore Street in Dublin, the site which played a pivotal role of the 1916 Rising and served as the last Headquarters of the Provisional Government
Mary Lou McDonald TD, Eoin Ó Broin TD and Pearse Doherty TD discuss the upcoming motion to scrap the government's reckless developers' scheme and take questions from viewers and listeners on the broader issue of housing
Economist David McWilliams, housing expert Toby Lloyd and Sinn Féin Housing Spokesperson Eoin Ó Broin TD discuss the government's planned Shared Equity Loan scheme ad what it could mean for housing availability and affordability. Chaired by Sinn Féin Public Expenditure Spokesperson Mairéad Farrell TD
Sinn Féin's Mary Lou McDonald TD, Pearse Doherty TD and Conor Murphy MLA take viewers and listeners questions live
This week Gerry Adams and Rose Conway Walsh TD look back at the passing of the "Government of Ireland Act" by Westminster 100 years ago. A disastrous act which laid the groundwork for the partition of Ireland and the repercussions of which we are still living with today
Mary Lou McDonald TD is joined by Bessborough Mother & Baby Home survivor Joan McDermott and Sinn Féin Children & Youth Affairs Spokesperson Kathleen Funchion TD following the passing of the Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and Certain related Matters) Records Bill which has the effect of sealing records for 20 years and transferring records to Tusla.
Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald TD is joined by Chris MacManus MEP and Chris Hazzard MP to discuss the ongoing Brexit saga and the intention by the Tories in London to break international law, the response of the European Union and what it all means for the campaign for Irish reunification
Following the announcement of new Covid–19 restrictions in Dublin, Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald TD comments on the situation.
Mary Lou McDonald, Pearse Doherty and Louise O'Reilly discuss the fallout from the Oireachtas Golf Society's flouting of Covid guidelines and the urgent need for the Dáil to be recalled to deal with the challenges emanating from the ongoing pandemic
Sinn Féin's Mary Lou McDonald, Pearse Doherty and Eoin Ó Broin respond to the Programme for Government which was published by Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and the Green Party
Sinn Féin Education Spokesperson Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire TD responds to listeners questions on the issue of the cancellation of the Leaving Cert and what it means for students, teachers, colleges and families
Sinn Féin's Mary Lou McDonald TD, Michelle O'Neill MLA, Pearse Doherty TD and Matt Carthy TD answer questions submitted by the public on issues of importance to them including the Covid–19 pandemic, government formation and much more
Sinn Féin's David Cullinane TD speaks to General Secretary of Mandate Trade Union John Douglas on the issue of supporting workers through COVID-19 and beyond
Sinn Féin Health Spokesperson Louise O'Reilly TD and Dr Gabrielle Colleran, Vice President of the Irish Hospital Consultants Association, discuss the COVID–19 pandemic.
Sinn Féin's Finance Spokesperson Pearse Doherty TD is joined by economist David McWilliams to look at the the economic response to the Covid–19 pandemic
Matt Carthy is joined by Mary Lou McDonald, Pearse Doherty, Louise O'Reilly and Eoin Ó Broin to answer questions sent in by the public on issues including Coronavirus, Housing, Government formation, disability rights, the Irish language, Irish Unity, the banking & insurance sectors and much more.