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Sinn Fein will not back down on demand for Arlene Foster to step aside says Gerry Adams

Posted By: January 07, 2017

Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams addresses party members at the Felons Club in West Belfast.  Picture by Jonathan Porter/Press EyeBelfast Telegraph. Saturday, January 7, 2017Gerry Adams has made clear Sinn Fein will not back down from its demand for Stormont First Minister Arlene Foster to stand aside to allow a probe into her role in a botched green energy scheme.The Sinn […]

Sinn Fein’s RHI plan would see the first report in four weeks

Posted By: January 07, 2017

Belfast Telegraph. Saturday, January 17, 2017 Sinn Fein hold a press conference at Parliament Buildings at Stormont in east Belfast to make public its proposed Terms of Reference for the  Independent Panel Investigation of the Non-Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive scheme.  Left to right. Gerry Kelly, Michelle O’Neill and Carl N Chuiln. Picture by Jonathan Porter/Press EyeUnder Sinn Fein’s plan for an investigation […]

Sinn Féin faces critical decision on Stormont

Posted By: January 07, 2017

Patrick Murphy. Irish News. Belfast. Saturday , January 7, 2017The cash-for-ash scandal represents a greater challenge for Sinn Féin [SF] than it does for Stormont.In what may be the party’s most pivotal decision since abandoning abstention, Sinn Féin must now decide whether to continue supporting an increasingly discredited Stormont, or to collapse the Assembly and call an election. Both options carry significant […]

Bullish Arlene daring Sinn Féin into election

Posted By: January 06, 2017

Alex Kane. Irish News. Belfast. Friday, January 6, 2017 What Arlene Foster did in her Sky interview on Wednesday was prepare the ground for an early election.She set out the issues:1) The attacks on her are personal, point scoring and misogynistic;2) Sinn Féin is scared of a strong Unionist leader and want rid of her;3) She […]

Arlene Foster cornered: Cash-for-ash scandal

Posted By: January 06, 2017

Irish Examiner editorial. Cork. Friday, January 6, 2017THE North’s cash-for-ash scandal seems one straight out of the playbook so energetically celebrated by our mohair politicians from some decades ago.Arlene FosterSignificant public funds — €573m — are in jeopardy, if not already lost, but the affair has moved well beyond the waste of public money. It has the capacity to further […]

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