Among them is deputy leader Doherty, who insisted McDonald remains the party's greatest asset. "Mary Lou is the taoiseach this country needs and she is the person who will sort out health, housing, child care and the cost of living," he said.

Mary Lou McDonald has said that support for her party is ahead of already favourable poll numbers, adding that Sinn Féin was “in it to win it” five days out from polling day.The Sinn Féin president said that over the past week,

Momentum is behind Sinn Fein, says Mary Lou McDonald - Ms McDonald canvassed in Dublin South Central ahead of Tuesday’s potentially crucial final leaders’ TV debate.

Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald has said she will not stand down as leader of her party if she fails to lead them into government after next Friday’s polling day. Despite a rough political year that has already seen her party crash in local elections,

A review of governance procedures in Sinn Féin prompted by child safeguarding concerns should deliver a report before Christmas, party president Mary Lou McDonald has said. The party has been beset by a series of controversies in recent months,

Ahead of the General Election, schoolchildren from around Ireland sent in their questions to news2day for Simon Harris, Mary Lou McDonald and Micheál Martin - here are their answers.

The poll leaves it all to play for with just days left of the campaign and a potentially crucial leaders' debate on Tuesday