Brian Stanley

Laois: Brian Stanley (Ind)

Former Sinn Féin TD left the party in October after months of mutual recrimination

Dáil confirms SF’s Farrell to replace Stanley as new PAC chair without debate, vote

Galway West TD succeeds Brian Stanley who resigned from Sinn Féin and is no longer a member of PAC

Election heaves into view after Sinn Féin’s terrible week

Tánaiste opens door to November ballot but does McDonald have time to recover?

The silence of the ‘Shinnerbots’: How social media lost political credibility

So-called ‘slop’ is driving people and advertisers from social media. But platforms are also throttling political content

Agent Cobalt slips off the radar as the truth comes dropping slow from Sinn Féin

Taoiseach and his wife celebrate his birthday by going to see the musical Hamilton, which contains the perfect chorus for a young and hungry leader on the brink of his first general election

When should your boss call the Garda? The labour law questions raised by Sinn Féin controversies

Internal investigations and the provision of references are fraught territory for employers, say workplace experts

Crisis upon crisis: What next for Mary Lou McDonald and Sinn Féin as an election looms?

The party faces strategic problems over where it positions itself and who its core voters are. And as it’s trying to figure all this out, it gets hit with one controversy after another

‘Awful ambiguity’: Sinn Féin’s woes and Brian Stanley’s independent ambition make Laois even tighter

The fallout from the TD’s surprising resignation from Sinn Féin has created confusion in a recently redrawn constituency and left many local voters eager for clarity

Will Sinn Féin’s many controversies cut through to their base?

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Had Mary Lou stuck with Fianna Fáil, she could be closer to becoming first woman taoiseach

The blizzard of scandals since the Dáil returned from summer holidays is Mary Lou McDonald’s GUBU moment

Savaged by Anton: Easy questions for Seán O’Rourke, gentle inquisition for Lynn Boylan

Radio: The former RTÉ presenter joins Anton Savage on Newstalk. Sinn Féin is under fire everywhere

Brian Stanley controversy: Government ‘bottled’ fight to block new PAC chair nomination, SF says

Mairéad Farrell was sent forward to Dáil by committee with unanimous approval after Mr Stanley’s resignation from party

Politicians brace for Election 2024

Basically it’s all eyes on the Finance Bill, then all ears on The Chat between the leaders, and then: all feet on the campaign trail

Ireland is transfixed by the disappearance of a giant of the Golden Age of Sinn Féin

Brian Stanley has gone missing in the political undergrowth, despite noble efforts to find him by media search parties

Both Dáil and people of Ireland were ‘duped’ by Sinn Féin, says Taoiseach

Brian Stanley accuses Mary Lou McDonald of abusing Dáil privilege ‘in desperate attempt’ to shift focus off Sinn Féin

Sinn Féin nominates Galway West TD Mairéad Farrell as new PAC chair

Party names replacement for former TD Brian Stanley on influential committee

Mary Lou lauds Sinn Féin’s peerless HR procedures as scandals mount

So why is Mary Lou announcing ‘a complete overhaul’ of these same governance procedures? An abundance of caution or an abundance of caught-out?

Will Sinn Féin lose a seat in Laois, and will Brian Stanley retain it as an independent republican?

The senior TD may run against his former party - who have no obvious candidate to replace him

Sinn Féin faces political pressure over claims it misled Oireachtas on Niall Ó Donnghaile’s resignation

Niall Ó Donnghaile was named on Tuesday as the party member who stepped down after sending inappropriate text messages

Mary Lou McDonald defends Sinn Féin processes as Government criticises handling of child abuse case and resignations

Several controversies engulf party as opponents accuse it of protecting itself ‘at all costs’ in Dáil

Mary Lou McDonald accused of misleading Oireachtas last year over reasons for Niall Ó Donnghaile’s resignation

Sinn Féin leader tells Dáil that complaint against TD Brian Stanley was ‘serious’ and left complainant ‘traumatised and distressed’

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