Sinn Féin do not receive salaries from Westminster but carry out all the constituency responsibilities of an MP the one thing they don't do is sell their principles for personal advancement and financial gain but then you wouldn't understand personal integrity
Sinn Féin elected to Westminister and take the money but not the seats.
Elected to Stormont and collapsed it with Brexit on the horizon.
Elected to Dáil Éireann and don’t accept constitutional five year terms.
Be careful the Zionist hand is not behind these right wing protests to undermine the growing popularity of SF just as they did with Corbyn in Britain knowing a SF government will recognise Palestine and sanction Israel including expulsion of Zionist Ambassador
Large crowds of Irish people chant "Sinn Fein are traitors" Sinn Fein are the largest opposition party in Ireland
Successive failed Irish governments have allowed immigration policy to collapse into chaos , leading to protests against immigration.
“NoRtHerN IRiSh iS NOt a ReAL NaTiOnaLiTY” - every nationality develops out of something new, many have disappeared and many have formed. Northern Irish has formed and is going to grow. Only one group opposes that. One group being so backwards thanks to their fear.
Your faux victimhood and inflammatory rhetoric and baseless allegations are the biggest threat to peaceful coexistence in this part of Ireland time you show proper leadership and respect for your political opponents
When is Drew Harris going to take action against these racists He would have sent the riot squad out against peaceful Republican protesters in the North for less
Also it appears the bigots have blocked the road in Newtownmountkennedy as they're expecting asylum seekers to be 'housed' there this evening. There's a call out from all far-right accounts to get there and back the bigots up. It's a busy night for extremists it seems.
Thinking about the McGuinness clan on this the 7th anniversary of the death of Martin, husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle and our Chieftain. Gone but always remembered with pride.
That's strange wording/equivalence Jamie.
Did you mean 'chasing around after former IRA terrorists'?
Writing a tweet like this makes it sound as if you're saying that Eddie McIllwaine is *currently* a terrorist.
A video of Derry City fans’ pro-IRA chants in a pub after the team’s European qualifier match last week is like “sticking two fingers up” at the families of the terror group’s victims, an MLA has said.
Why don't media concentrate on present day threats and other activities of unionist paramilitaries instead of continuously seeking a retrospective surrender from republicans in a conflict long over & even BA generals admitted they could not militarily defeat the IRA
No music events will take place at Ebrington Square in in 2024, The Executive Office has confirmed.
It comes after questions were asked about £280,000 in legal payouts by the Stormont department over the use of the Londonderry event space.
Think you'll find she finished her speech despite the chants of PBP inspired morons who are more interested in sloganising against SF than solidarity with Palestinians
@columeastwood
The IRA couldn't have operated without the people's help while it fought the might of the Brit Army and its acolytes to a standstill Nobody said others didn't take a different path but we wouldn't have the measure of equality today without IRA Brits would have ignored Hume etc
We are aware of a flag being flown on the edge of the Fountain Estate near Bishop Street and are currently liaising with local representatives and making efforts to have this flag removed.
My long time friend and comrade many good memories working and protesting with Tony hard working straight talking never afraid to pose his opinion Condolences to family & friends Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam
Former Sinn Fein councillor Tony Hassan was without question one of the kindest, hardest working, most genuine and caring people I ever met. Did so many stories with him over the years.
So sad to hear he has passed away. He made Derry a better place. Rest in peace, Tony.
You're a minority and you'll just have to accept that every political development will not be to your liking but if as you claim you're a democrat then you'll just have to accept it and move on
I will state now and these words are not to be taken lightly: Any proposal to address the Protocol that isn’t acceptable to my community is not sustainable, not even in the short term.
If there was a Republican Communities Council encompassing all strands of republicans directing Sinn Féin strategy & meeting SF leadership on a regular basis how long do you think it would take for Unionists to demand it be banned and for SF to be excluded from government
Unionists are clearly allowing the threat of loyalist violence to remain on the table, we can all see it.
Using Unionist logic, unionist parties shouldn't be allowed in government while they sit with the Brigadiers of armed and active loyalist paramilitaries.
Fair enough?...
They only represent a minority here in North of Ireland also & not very well. It is time the media and British & Irish political establishment stop treating
@duponline
as if they are the centre of the universe and nobody else matters
@MarkCarruthers7
@Tracey_utv
@endamcclafferty
We are long past the point
@duponline
who represent a minority group within the UK were put in their box. Enough of this carry on now, either they get on board or throw them overboard but we really cannot continue with the ransom politics
@fotoole
is a brass neck *LIAR*
He claims -
"Every member of the party has to sign a pledge of allegiance to this nebulous republic – one that presumably overrides loyalty to the State."
I'm a member of SF 17 years. I've never had to sign any such ridiculous pledge.
#LIAR
@paulmurphy68
If any nationalist posted such an implied threat against councillors voting they would rightly be accused of intimidation and possibly face prosecution
Yes there was an alternative from 1921 til 1969 it's called equality but your party preferred discrimination & gerrymander laying the foundation for the conflict that followed so save us the sanctimonious handwringing now Doug
UK legacy act is truly awful as was the SHA legacy bill.
@sinnfeinireland
refused to engage with the courts to give the Kingsmill families access to the truth & the coroner criticised them for it.
So save us this sanctimonious virtue signalling. There was an alternative.
@UnitingUK
The fact that Unionists refuse to listen doesn't diminish the fact that a solid argument for UI exists & they have had over 100 years to make the North a success and have failed utterly
A hotelier should not be allowed to dictate the terms of use for a public space they knew what the square was used for when they applied for planning permission
The Executive Office says it's to start work on new guidelines and criteria for those seeking permission to hold events at Ebrington Sq in Derry.
Four concerts that were scheduled for Aug were thrown into doubt after permission was withdrawn by the Exec Office ...
@PJkelly66
@BBCNewsnight
@itvnews
@Channel4News
If this display of racist/sectarian hatred was taking place in any other place in Europe all of the main British media outlets would be headlining their outrage. Just shows how acceptable anti Irish racism is still acceptable in Britain
There was no 'Irish' Famine it was a British genocide against the Irish people shiploads of food exported from Ireland to feed Brit Armies while Irish people starved The only crop failure was caused by potatoe blight but there was abundance of other food commandeered by Brits
Turkey 1/2
During the Irish Famine, Sultan Caliph Abdulmajid sent £1,000 & 3 ships full of food from Istanbul to help Irish people. The English courts tried to prevent the ships but Ottoman sailors succeeded in docking secretly at Drogheda & delivered the food.
@TC_Dublin
Will
@ArleneFosterUK
do the honourable thing and refuse to accept the peace building award from Hillary Clinton considering the efforts she is putting into wrecking the GFA but like everything else she has put her hand to she will fail miserably
@ArleneFosterUK
can you cause any more embarrassment to the Unionist and Loyalist community here via this presidential visit to Ireland North and South? This is looking beyond pathetic ladies and gentlemen? I think you have lost a lot of respect Arlene via your behaviour 📢📢
@uuponline
There were alternatives to the illegal invasions of Iraq, Afghanistan and other wars that you willingly participated in but don't do as I did do as I say
So when will the British government condemn its killings in Ireland and apologise to our people or better still when will a journalist ask the question of a British political leader or maybe even an OBE might question the actions of those he bowed the knee to for a bauble
Mary Lou McDonald refuses to condemn IRA attacks on security forces in N. Ireland
We cannot live in the past.
But we cannot move forward unless we openly accept responsibility for basic wrongs; and it was wrong - by any agreed standards- to kill people.
@MaryKenny4
How come all these establishment commentators when confronted with wrongdoing in state organisations such as RUC/UDR/PSNI/an Gardaí refer to them as some bad apples but when it's wrongdoing by individual republicans the whole barrel is rotten
@BelTel
When will we hear
@BelTel
&
@BBCTalkback
get so excited in their coverage of Linfield, Rangers & sections of NI supporters singing about being 'up to their knees in fenian blood and F the Pope
A former police officer who was at the scene the night Robert Hamill was beaten to death in a sectarian attack in 1997 today admitted conspiring to pervert the course of justice.
Honoured to be Sinn Féin's Foyle candidate in the Westminster election.
You have an opportunity to vote for strong leadership & positive change, & I will work for everyone here in this city that I love.
This is your chance to shape a new & better future by voting Sinn Féin X
It wasn't an Irish Famine there was plenty of food with exception of potatoes it was a British genocide while Irish people starved Britain was exporting ship loads of wheat and other food stuff out of Ireland
Thankfully unionists don't get to decide who in in government anymore it's the majority of the electorate who decides unionism is no longer the majority so get used to democracy
Good luck to all
@sinnfeinireland
candidates who stepped up to the plate and put themselves forward to represent their communities just remember elected or not you are all winners just for having the courage to put yourselves forward. Keep up the good work
@AlexKane221b
You'd think a journalist would realise that
@rte
received legal advice that claims in the book could be libellous and didn't want to be complicit in it. You can be sure the decision wasn't taken in the interests of
@MaryLouMcDonald
Bernadette O Hagan’s activism helped us grow to where we are today. & her activism as an Irish language & community enthusiast made a real difference in Lurgan.
We need more activists to speed on the day when we win the referendum on Irish Unity.
- With some of her family today
Get your facts right telling the same lie over & over still doesn't make it fact. Poots boasted about his role in brokering a deal with SF after 10 mths only for Foster to seek approval of OO/UDA/UVF who scuppered it because it included an ILA so DUP kept it down 4 rest of time
They are great at demanding that everyone else gets back to work, unfortunately they were not so great between 2017 and 2020 when it was their own party who kept the Assembly down for three years… why was that?
DUP didn't like the opposition so it took the ball off the pitch and are huffing ever since demanding that the referee give them a series of penalty kicks or they'll throw the ball away so that no one can go back on the pitch
@ciarano71
@rodneyedwards
He didn't bring any evidence to support what are nothing more than claims by an anonymous 'source' presented as fact. That's not journalism it is propaganda
Stolen artifacts and other stolen property are not all in museums. How about returning Lough Neagh and other stolen property in Ireland still in possession of English so called Aristocracy
Pity you're not committed to the 'sovereignty and integrity' of your own Irish nation The irony and hypocrisy of your politics is astounding you have besmirched the memory of generations of Irish citizens who paid the supreme sacrifice in pursuit of Irish sovereignty
On
#UkraineIndependenceDay
, I want to pay tribute to the people of Ukraine, and the courage and resilience they have shown in protecting their country.
Ireland is committed to upholding the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine.
We stand with you
#SlavaUkraini
🇺🇦
The empty Chamber shows the disdain with which the majority of British politicians hold the feelings of Irish victims of its occupation of part of our country
The British government should be ashamed today as they force through their flawed, immoral legacy bill.
This bill protects those who committed heinous crimes and removes any path to truth and justice for victims and their families.
The Tories should hang their heads in shame.
No I haven't left and let me assure you we are on course to see the reunification of the 6 & 26 in a new 32 County Republic of Equals so why don't you join us on our journey
If you paid as much attention to political Unionisms factual links to the LCC a front organisation for unionist criminal gangs involved in drugs. Prostitution intimidation of unionist communities and murder you might actually make a contribution to peace & justice
A gripping 1,500-word court report: Gardai bugged ex-Sinn Féin councillor Jonathan Dowdall; recordings show him claiming Mary Lou McDonald used a major Dublin gang for money & votes, he talks about the "army council" & referred to "your mate...Mr Murray".
SF are complying fully with electoral commissions in both jurisdictions and are fully compliant with both tax regimes but why allow facts to get in the way of an attempt to score cheap political points
There are two Sinn Féin parties. One in NI for tax dodging purposes and one in the Dáil which reports to SIPO. What is the support for each of those parties?
@JoelKeysNI
It will give the public an opportunity to send a message to DUP that it can't hold the rest of us to ransom indefinitely otherwise you just allow them to believe that they can dictate the standard of politics we just have to live with
What insults our intelligence is
@dupleader
@J_Donaldson_MP
claiming he is protecting the GFA against the Protocol damaging a GFA that he never supported
Leo Varadkar telling us that the NI Protocol protects the Belfast Agreement when it so clearly undermines it is insulting to our intelligence, he should be trying to rebuild relations instead of doubling down.
4/4 for Newry 🙌 Immensely proud of our Newry team who were returned with almost 7000 votes between them!
A huge endorsement for Sinn Féin's positive leadership and commitment to working for all, thank you to everyone who put their faith in our team, they will not let you down 💪
@PoliceServiceNI
A petrol bomb is thrown at one of these illegal hatefires and you immediately describe it as a hate crime but you have to gather evidence to determine if these monstricities constitute a hate crime. Two tier policing No change from RUC
If you spent as much energy on producing a realistic business plan for your objectives as you do attacking SF you might find a receptive ear. Rhetoric and political bias is no replacement for strategic planning. Judge SF actions once it gets the portfolio for HE
@michaelpierse
What's even more astonishing is that a PSNI officer is on suspension on FULL pay for 5 years Would be interesting to hear just how many PSNI personnel are on full pay suspension
When will we get an apology from any Brit minister for the large attendance at Very Lynn's funeral just over a week later and at a time when the pandemic was more advanced the attitude of some would nearly make you believe that Bobby Storey's funeral caused the pandemic
@timmckane
So many covid victim relatives on Talkback rejecting Michelle’s apology, I wonder why she bothered!
When do we get apologies for the UDA/UVF mass funerals around that time?
Could you imagine the unionist uproar outrage and fury if
@ChiefConPSNI
participated in 'meaningful discussion' with dissident Republicans to have illegal paramilitary flags removed
This was the scene earlier tonight at PSNI Garnerville training college where some UDA flags have been removed following “meaningful dialogue” between police and loyalists.
@BelTel
Full
@AllisonMorris1
story -
@NotThatBigIan
Official silence?? There has been universal condemnation of this hate bonfire by every nationalist/Republican political party so if you want to criticise do it from a basis of fact
How many countries territory has Britain taken by force They still hold the North of Ireland by the threat of force so when will David Cameron call on his government to hold a border poll on Irish Unity
@SJAMcBride
See how that's working out. Your gerrymandered border won't stop the march of history it's only going the one way so best you join the growing majority who want to forge our own destiny
The protest today was against those who went to America. The crowd was confused as to why Sinn Fein was speaking. We were protesting their actions. Why didn't the senior members of party who were standing there take the podium instead of sending a younger member out.
@danobrien20
So she should if it libelled her. Why should media be allowed to pedal falsehoods about SF politicians without repercussions. It wouldn't get away with doing it to any other public figure
@FrancisHMcCord
You obviously don't know anything about leadership. Old saying 'you'll attract more bees with honey than you will with vinegar. If we want to build an Ireland of Equals we need to show generosity of spirit and respect of all traditions
Isn't it funny someone paid vast amounts of public money caught cooking the books all of a sudden it impacts their health so much they can't be held accountable but a social welfare recipient caught doing a nixer is prosecuted 2 full extent of law no matter about their health
So
@rte
claim
#DeeForbes
is the only person with all the facts but she is gone and too ill to answer Oireachtas Committee questions. C’mon! Do they think the public are that stupid?
#tubridy
Ádh mór a chara onwards and upwards the sky is the limit stay true to yourself and you can be a role model for other young people from your community SF Abú
People tend to be surprised when they find out I am running for local election.
I am an 18 year old, Irish Traveller who believes change is possible, I believe Sinn Féin will be that change, I want to be apart of it.
@Newswat59660078
The IRA had nothing to do with the Omagh bomb. If you want to condemn the chants that's fine but don't use the Omagh atrocity to make a political point
Will you wave off any of your children or grandchildren to fight in foreign wars and illegal invasions. You stood idly by and colluded with British occupiers of part of your own country while it murdered and oppressed Irish citizens Your a disgrace
As members of EU Ireland has neglected to shoulder any responsibility for the defence & security of Europe. Instead we have relied on neighbourhood security guarantees. This is no longer responsible, honourable, or ethical. Security does not come free.