DUP seeks to block Sinn Fein bid for European Parliament 'observer status'

The unionist party is set to table a petition of concern against the motion in the Stormont Assembly on Monday.

Real loser in row over EU observer status for Northern Ireland is the centre ground

Second, observer status is only granted to countries that have signed an EU accession treaty and are awaiting full membership ...

Deputy first minister defends first use of Assembly veto mechanism in more than five years

The DUP deployed a petition of concern to block Sinn Féin’s motion on granting MLAs observer status in the European ...

Speaker tells MLAs to 'cool their jets’ after heated exchanges over motion on European Parliament

The DUP has confirmed that 30 unionist MLAs have signed a Petition of Concern tabled in response to a Sinn Fein motion seeking EU ‘observer status’ for NI MLAs.

Unionists unite to force cross-community vote on bid for EU ‘observer status’

Unionists at Stormont have united to force a cross-community vote on a bid for EU “observer status”. It comes after a Sinn ...
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Sinn Fein invites Conservative MPs to historic meeting in UK Parliament next week

Conservative MPs have been invited to join Sinn Fein leaders at a historic meeting in Parliament. Mary Lou McDonald and Michelle O'Neill plan an evening briefing on Stormont and the protocol. Tory MPs ...
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Ireland’s Opposition Sinn Fein Takes Hit in Local, EU Elections

(Bloomberg) -- Ireland’s main opposition party Sinn Fein has suffered a set back in the country’s local elections in a blow to its ambitions to enter government for the first time in the next election ...
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Sinn Fein poised for Irish poll success amid Adams murder probe

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Sinn Fein is in contention to win three of the Irish republic's 11 seats in the European Parliament, a poll showed on Saturday ahead of an election which the party says the arrest ...