Sinn Fein
The Week in Review
17-24 July 2014

McGuinness calls for parties to `show leadership’ and return to the table
On 22 September Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness urged all of the political parties in the north to `return to talks’... Read more

Sinn Fein
The Week in Review
10-17 July 2014

Welfare cuts agenda ‘obviously failing’
On 16-17 July Sinn Fein MP Pat Doherty was in London to speak to MPs and brief the media about growing concerns over welfare cuts... Read more

Sinn Fein
The Week in Review
26 June – 2 July 2014

Adams tells Cameron governments must act as champions for change
On 2 July Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams TD, Martin McGuinness MLA, Mary Lou McDonald TD and Michelle Gildernew MP met the British PM David Cameron... Read more

Sinn Fein
The Week in Review
18 – 25 June 2014

Villiers `providing cover for unionist intransigence’
On 18 June, speaking from London, Sinn Féin MP Conor Murphy urged British secretary of state Theresa Villiers to `stop providing cover for unionism’s failure to engage in the party leaders’ talks process’... Read more

Sinn Fein
The Week in Review
05 – 12 June 2014

Opportunity to make progress in new talks must be seized
Speaking on 9 June, Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams TD said the opportunity to deal with the issues of flags, parades and the past `must be seized by party leaders in the North’... Read more

Sinn Fein
The Week in Review
22 – 29 May 2014

Election results:
‘A profound change in Ireland’s political landscape’
The local and European elections saw a strong rise in support for Sinn Fein, with the party increasing its mandate in the local elections, north and south, and in the European elections where Sinn Fein candidates were returned in everyone of Ireland’s electoral areas, and Sinn Fein’s Martina Anderson and Lynn Boylan topping the poll in Belfast and Dublin respectively... Read more

Sinn Fein
The Week in Review
07 – 14 May 2014

Peace process ‘must be defended from Cameron’s partisan approach’
On 11 May Sinn Féin MLA Martin McGuinness called on the Irish government to defend the peace process as the British government takes an increasingly partisan approach to key issues in the North... Read more

Sinn Fein
The Week in Review
02 – 07 May 2014

Gerry Adams: `We must focus on the future’
On 4 May, following his release from Antrim PSNI station, Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams TD spoke at a Press Conference in West Belfast... Read more

Sinn Fein
The Week in Review
18 April – 02 May 2014

Martin McGuinness comments on `politically motivated’ arrest of Gerry Adams

On 1 May Sinn Féin MLA and Joint First Minister Martin McGuinness described the arrest of party leader Gerry Adams as `politically motivated’... Read more

Sinn Fein
The Week in Review
03-10 April 2014

State visit – need for governments to focus on future says Adams
On 8 April Sinn Fein Leader Gerry Adams TD said the occasion of President Higgins’ State visit to Britain visit ‘should focus minds on the need for political leaders to resolve all of the outstanding issues in the Peace Process’... Read more