#sinnfein — Public Fediverse posts

"The party should have tried to combat racist narratives by peeling people away from smartphones and having “really difficult conversations”, said Fenton. “Go door to door, talk about community concerns but be very, very clear that scapegoating immigrants and refugees is the wrong response.”"

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/05/sinn-fein-traitors-how-far-right-rhetoric-derailed-party-path-to-power-in-ireland

#SinnFéin #Ireland

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/28/drumcree-dispute-court-ruling-garvaghy-road-marching-season. "Michelle O’Neill, the #SinnFéin first minister, visited Garvaghy Road & said #residents feared a return to the #violence of the 1990s. 'Does anybody really want to see those days? This #community certainly doesn’t. I certainly do not want to see those days visited upon us & I think the question here is: for the #leaders of #unionism, why do they want us to revisit those dark days?'"

Self determination is about to get real in the UK:

‘#SinnFéin, the #SNP and #PlaidCymru have held a meeting at Westminster to discuss what they describe as “a new era of cooperation between Scotland, Wales and the north of Ireland”.

For the first time since devolution, the administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are all led by nationalist politicians. This has been seen as a step towards making the break-up of the UK more possible’

Guardian Politics Live

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

#Ireland #IrishHistory #JaneWysePower #SinnFéin #InghinidheNahÉireann #CumannNamBan #FreeState #OnThisDay

[16:24] SF brings motion urging ESB to compensate storm customers

Sinn Féin will bring a motion before the Dáil this evening calling on the Government to ensure the ESB compensates customers for power outages, and to expand the Humanitarian Assistance Scheme

https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2025/0211/1496106-sinn-fein-esb-storm/

#SinnFéin #Dáil #thisevening #Government #theHumanitarianAssistanceScheme

Jane Wyse Power (Siobhán Bean an Phaoraigh) was born on 1 May 1858. She was an Irish activist, feminist, politician and businesswoman. She was a founder member of Sinn Féin. She rose in the ranks to become one of the most important women of the revolution. As President of Cumann na mBan, she left the radicalised party and formed a new organisation called Cumann na Saoirse.

#Ireland #IrishHistory #JaneWysePower #SinnFéin #CumannNamBan #FreeState #OnThisDay