Sinn Féin Senators were successful this week in passing a bill through second stage in the Seánad to ensure workers, particularly in the hospitality sector, can keep their tips.

Led by Senator Paul Gavan, the bill seeks to amend the National Minimum Wage Act 2000 to provide additional protections for employees in the service sector, and to ensure they receive tips or gratuities... Free article

The Oireachtas housing committee has today published a report authored by Sinn Féin Housing Spokesperson Eoin Ó Broin TD. 

The report, titled ‘Safe as Houses’, seeks to ensure better compliance with building standards for council tenants and homeowners while also strengthening consumer protections.

The Dublin Mid-West TD has called on the Government to act on the recommendations... Free article

A new round of talks got underway at Stormont today with Sinn Féin leader in the north Michelle O'Neill stating the party is entering negotiations to try to secure genuine power-sharing. Free article

Sinn Féin spokesperson for Employment Affairs & Social Protection John Brady TD has expressed frustration at the fact that thousands of pensioners, who have been wrongly receiving reduced State Pensions since 2012, will not see that lost money returned to them.

Cabinet Ministers met today to create a plan to reverse the changes, which were introduced by the Labour Party’s Joan... Free article

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation are reporting today a record number of 668 patients waiting on hospital trolleys across Ireland. The hospital most affected is University of Limerick with 60 patients waiting for beds.

The latest figures come a week after Sinn Féin passed a crucial Dáil motion which sought to outline the issues in the health service as identified first... Free article

Mary Lou McDonald has been named as Sinn Féin President-elect at the Sinn Féin Cuige Uladh AGM in Belfast this morning. Free article

Sinn Féin TD’s Mary Lou McDonald TD and John Brady TD have today called on the Government to reverse the discriminatory 2012 changes to the state pension, which were introduced by the Labour Party’s Joan Burton and have disproportionately impacted on women, with some losing up to €30 a week in their payment.

By changing the eligibility criteria for the higher pension rates, the... Free article

Sinn Féin President, Gerry Adams TD, has advised Tánaiste Simon Coveney that his government must act soon to set up a process for pay restoration for the staff of Section 39 agencies, in the Dáil this afternoon. Free article

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has announced that Fine Gael will not oppose a Sinn Féin Dáil motion which proposes practical solutions to the trolley and overcrowding crisis in our hospitals. As a result the motion has been passed in the Dáil. Free article

In this article, Sinn Féin's John Finucane hits out at the lazy narrative peddled by some about Sinn Féin and states clearly Sinn Féin's position on delivering good government for all based on equality. Free article