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The Latest Breaking News from Sinn Fein

Stormont fails to elect new speaker as election deadline looms

MLAs were recalled for a special sitting on Thursday

Belfast Live

Stormont fails to elect new speaker just hours before deadline for new election

DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said the UK government needs to act on unionist concerns over the Northern Ireland Protocol.

The Independent UK

Sinn Fein restates willingness to reform powersharing government

However, the DUP is expected block a last-gasp attempt to elect a new Stormont speaker.

The Independent UK

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Stormont at crunch point as Northern Ireland Assembly election deadline looms

MLAs have been recalled to the Assembly for an emergency sitting in a last-ditch effort to restore the institutions

Belfast Live

MPs support Irish language protections after Sinn Fein jibe aimed at ministers

The proposed law aims to create new protections for the Irish language and also proposes two commissioner roles

Belfast Live

Martin hopes new PM will agree that negotiation best way out of NI Protocol issues

‘I’m in no doubt that Europe stands ready to be flexible in terms of all matters pertaining to the protocol,’ Micheal Martin said.

The Independent UK

Why are voters in Northern Ireland poised for a return to the polls?

A deadline for forming a new powersharing executive lapses on Friday.

The Independent UK

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Stormont Assembly set for recall debate hours before election deadline

The latest bid to resurrect the powersharing institutions is set to fail due to the ongoing DUP block on electing a speaker and nominating ministers.

The Independent UK

Judge says claims by Sinn Fein TD that judges are unwilling to travel to hear cases are 'concerning' and 'ill informed'

Mr Justice McDermott said it is 'simply incorrect to say judges are not willing to travel'

Irish Mirror

Kinahan crime cartel reportedly offering €5m bounty for assassination of Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch

It is also believed that hefty prices have been placed on the heads of known associates of the 58-year-old, currently on trial at the Special Criminal Court

Irish Mirror

No return to direct rule from London if Stormont collapses – Sinn Fein president

Mary-Lou McDonald said if devolution collapses it will be replaced by a joint arrangement between the Irish and the British state.

The Independent UK

Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch trial week one wrap as court case off to bombshell start

Hutch's trial, for allegedly murdering David Byrne at the Regency Airport Hotel in north central Dublin on Friday, February 5, 2016 is now ongoing – and is expected to last up to 12 weeks

Irish Mirror

Sinn Fein's Pearse Doherty accuses Taoiseach Micheal Martin of 'false promises' over energy disconnections pledge

'These were welcome words – but they were only words, with no action to deliver on them'

Irish Mirror

James Nesbitt ‘saddened’ after being targeted in graffiti

Police are treating as a hate crime the message threatening the Cold Feet actor which was daubed on a wall in Portrush in Co Antrim.

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

‘Miracle’ needed to form new Stormont executive before election deadline

The Government has made clear it will call another Assembly poll if the DUP fails to re-enter a powersharing executive by next Friday’s deadline.

The National (Scotland)

Graffiti targeting northern Irish actor James Nesbitt treated as hate crime

GRAFFITI targeting actor James Nesbitt after he spoke at an event in support of a united Ireland is being treated by police as a hate crime.

The Independent UK

Police treating graffiti targeting actor James Nesbitt as a hate crime

The message threatening the Cold Feet actor was daubed on a wall in the predominantly unionist town of Portrush in Co Antrim.

The Independent UK

DUP reiterate to PM they will not re-enter Stormont while protocol issues remain

Sir Jeffrey Donaldson led a party delegation to meet with Liz Truss in Downing Street on Wednesday,

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The Independent UK

Michelle O’Neill ‘ready to lead a new Stormont Executive today’

A fresh election will be called on October 28 if an Executive has not been formed by then.

Belfast Live

DUP's Edwin Poots renaming department HQ for Queen's jubilee 'required referral to Executive'

The Agriculture Minister was told a referral to the Executive was "required" as the matter was "likely to be considered controversial"

Irish Mirror

John Kierans column: 'Politicians of any party should not be suing in a land of so called free speech'

The national broadcaster in turn should not allow itself to be bullied or threatened by any political organisation and should be fighting every libel challenge.

Irish Mirror

RTE Monday Night Live viewers all say the same thing after programme leaves many 'in tears'

Minister for Housing Darragh O'Brien, Sinn Fein's Eoin O Broin, Fr Peter McVerry and journalist Gabija Gataveckaite joined the show to discuss possible solutions to the ongoing torment potential buyers and renters are facing

Dublin Live

Former Sinn Fein councillor Jonathan Dowdall sentenced to four years in prison for facilitating Regency murder

Mr Dowdall's father, Patrick, was sentenced to two years in prison for the same offence

The Independent UK

Debris of protocol must be cleared for Stormont to return – DUP leader

Sir Jeffrey Donaldson will meet Taoiseach Micheal Martin on Monday.

The National (Scotland)

Taoiseach says public should be 'appalled by the growing attempt to intimidate' by Sinn Fein

TAOISEACH Micheal Martin has launched an attack on Sinn Fein, accusing his political opponents of trying to shut down debate and avoid…

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