Sinn Féin
Irish political party
Follow Sinn Féin on Notably News to receive short updates to your email — rarely!
| February 18 2025 | Mary Lou McDonald announced a new team of junior spokespeople for Sinn Féin, assigning specific portfolios to various TDs across different policy areas including Mental Health, Disability, Older People and Carers, and other key national strategic roles. |
| January 28 2025 | Mary Lou McDonald announces the new Sinn Féin front bench for the 34th Dáil, detailing spokesperson roles for various political portfolios. |
| January 23 2025 | Micheál Martin appointed as Taoiseach, with Mary Lou McDonald retaining her position as Leader of the Opposition. |
| 2024 | Sinn Féin allowed the UK's ban on puberty blockers to be extended to Northern Ireland, effectively closing access to gender-affirming healthcare for transgender individuals. |
| 2024 | Michelle O'Neill became the first Irish nationalist First Minister of Northern Ireland, representing a historic moment for the party. |
| 2024 | In the Republic of Ireland local elections, Sinn Féin secured 11.8% of the vote. |
| 2024 | In the United Kingdom general election, Sinn Féin became the single largest party representing Northern Ireland in Westminster. |
| 2023 | Sinn Féin became the largest party in local government following the Northern Ireland local elections. |
| 2022 | The left-wing political magazine Village criticized Sinn Féin's internal structure, alleging disproportionate control by an unelected 'backroom regime'. |
| 2022 | Under Mary Lou McDonald's leadership, Sinn Féin became the first party in the election, winning 250,388 first preference votes (29%) and participating in a power-sharing government with DUP, UUP, and Alliance Party. |
| May 2022 | Sinn Féin won 29% of first-preference votes in the Northern Ireland Assembly election, becoming the largest party in Stormont for the first time with 27 out of 90 seats. |
| April 2022 | Mary Lou McDonald expressed strong support for Ukraine's desire to join the European Union during a speech in the Dáil. |
| 2021 | Sinn Féin abstained on a Stormont vote on restricting abortion access in cases of fetal abnormalities or disabilities, drawing criticism from both pro-choice and anti-abortion groups. |
| 2021 | Mary Lou McDonald further challenged perceptions about her leadership, asserting her autonomy and rejecting suggestions that she is not truly in control of the party. |
| 2020 | Martina Anderson's European Parliament term was cut short by Brexit. |
| 2020 | Mary Lou McDonald dismissed allegations of the party being controlled by 'shadowy figures', arguing that such suggestions were rooted in sexism. |
| 2020 | Former Sinn Féin TD Peadar Tóibín claimed that Sinn Féin TDs have 'zero influence' over party policy, criticizing the party's internal decision-making structure. |
| 2020 | Sinn Féin required all of its general election candidates to sign a pledge committing to follow directions and instructions from the Árd Chomhairle, demonstrating the party's strict internal discipline. |
| November 2020 | National chairman Declan Kearney contacted dissident republican political parties to explore creating a united republican campaign for a referendum on Irish unification. |
| June 2020 | Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Green Party formed a coalition government, despite Sinn Féin receiving the greatest number of first preference votes nationally in the general election. |
| 2019 | Matt Carthy was re-elected to the European Parliament for Sinn Féin. |
| 2019 | Matt Carthy was re-elected. Lynn Boylan and Liadh Ní Riada lost their seats. Martina Anderson held her Northern Ireland seat until early 2020 when her term was cut short by Brexit. |
| 2019 | Mary Lou McDonald became leader, with the party maintaining its 6th place position in the Westminster elections and securing 22.8% of the vote in Northern Ireland. |
| 2018 | Liadh Ní Riada represented Sinn Féin in the presidential election, securing 93,987 first preference votes (6.4% of the total), which was a 7.3% decrease from the previous election, resulting in a fourth-place finish. |
| June 2018 | At its party meeting, Sinn Féin committed to supporting abortion, including without restriction up to 12 weeks, following the Irish abortion referendum where they campaigned for a 'Yes' vote. |
| February 10 2018 | Mary Lou McDonald was announced as the new president of Sinn Féin at a special Ard Fheis in Dublin, with Michelle O'Neill elected as vice president of the party. |
| 2017 | Sinn Féin significantly increased their performance, winning 3 seats in the Westminster elections with 238,915 votes. |
| 2017 | Sinn Féin won 1 seat in the Assembly election, significantly increasing their first preference votes to 224,245 (27.9%), and continued in a power-sharing government. |
| November 18 2017 | At the Ard Fheis, Gerry Adams announces he will stand down as president of Sinn Féin in 2018 and will not seek re-election as TD for Louth. |
| June 2017 | Following the UK general election, Gerry Adams announces that Sinn Féin MPs will continue their policy of not swearing allegiance to the Queen and thus not taking seats in Westminster. |
| 2016 | The party won 1 seat in the Assembly election, receiving 166,785 first preference votes (24.0%), and remained in a power-sharing government with DUP. |
| 2016 | The party continues its electoral growth, winning 23 seats and overtaking the Labour Party to become the third-largest party in the Dáil. |
| 2016 | Gerry Adams was invited by the Cuban government to attend the state funeral of Fidel Castro, whom he described as a 'freedom fighter' and a 'friend of Ireland's struggle'. |
| 2016 | Sinn Féin lost one seat in the Assembly election, finishing with 28 seats. |
| 2015 | The party voted to support termination of pregnancy in limited circumstances. |
| 2015 | The party voted to support termination in limited circumstances, but continued to oppose abortion on demand. |
| October 2015 | An assessment concluded that the Provisional IRA still existed in a reduced form, with its Army Council believed to oversee both the IRA and Sinn Féin. |
| 2014 | Martina Anderson topped the poll in Northern Ireland. Lynn Boylan won in Dublin, Liadh Ní Riada was elected in the South constituency, and Matt Carthy was elected in the Midlands–North-West constituency. |
| 2013 | Sinn Féin voted for the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act, allowing termination only in cases where a pregnancy endangered a woman's life. |
| 2011 | Sinn Féin makes significant electoral gains, winning 14 seats in the general election - their best performance at that time. The party also wins three seats in the subsequent Seanad election. |
| 2011 | Martin McGuinness of Sinn Féin ran for president, receiving 243,030 first preference votes (13.7% of the total), finishing in third place in the presidential election. |
| 2011 | Sinn Féin won 1 seat in the Assembly election, receiving 178,224 first preference votes (26.3%), and continued in a power-sharing government. |
| 2011 | Sinn Féin makes significant electoral gains, winning 14 seats in the general election and securing three seats in the subsequent Seanad election, representing their best performance at that time. |
| 2010 | Sinn Féin topped the poll in a Westminster election in Northern Ireland for the first time, winning 25.5% of the vote. Michelle Gildernew held her Fermanagh and South Tyrone seat by just 4 votes after 3 recounts. |
| November 26 2010 | Pearse Doherty wins the Donegal South-West by-election, securing the party's first by-election victory in the Republic of Ireland since 1925. |
This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles Sinn Féin & Sinn Féin Front Bench, which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.