Stormont

Athlone, Ireland – In a potent address at Sinn Féin’s annual ard fheis, Michelle O’Neill, Northern Ireland’s First Minister and the party’s vice president, conveyed firm skepticism towards the newly established UK Labour government. O’Neill, marking her first conference since ascending to the historic role as the first Irish nationalist First Minister, accentuated the pressing need for heightened devolutionary powers to Northern Ireland’s Stormont parliament. O’Neill argued that the early actions of the new government have so far yielded “broken promises,” a sentiment that casts doubt on the administration’s pledge to uphold commitments made under … Read more