Martina Anderson

A view of the Peace Bridge in Londonderry at the heart of the Foyle constituency

ELECTION 2022: Unionism in fight to hold onto single seat in Londonderry

People to be banished to a desert island:

From bottom left, heading right, the Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland Michelle O’Neill, President Emmanuel Macron of France, beneath him Ian Paisley MP, libel lawyer Paul Tweed, Meghan clutching Harry, President Joe Biden, top, Gerry Adams, then beneath him President Michael D Higgins, PSNI chief constable Simom Byrne, then President Justin Trudeau of Canada, top, Alliance councillor Michael Long, above him and slightly to the right Irish foreign minister Simon Coveney, First Minister Paul Givan, Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.

Other people despatched to the island, but not illustrated, include Carrie Johnson, Martina Anderson, Wales’s First Minister, Mark Drakeford and
New Zealand’s Prime Minister, Jacinda Arden

Ruth Dudley Edwards: My list of people from 2021 to banish to a desert island

Gerry Adams in the Ferry Clever card company's Christmas video

Prominent SF figures calls for Gerry Adams apology over Christmas video

Seen here in happier times, now Mary Lou McDonald and Michelle O’Neill have cast Martina Anderson aside. Photo: Charles McQuillan/Getty

Sam McBride: After four years at the top, Michelle O’Neill should be nervous

Sinn Fein MLAs Martina Anderson (left) and Karen Mullan who are stepping from their Stormont roles

Martina Anderson ‘humiliation’ divides republicans

Martina Anderson (left) and Karen Mullan are standing down as Foyle MLAs after Sinn Fein chiefs decided to re-energise the party in Londonderry

Sinn Fein’s Martina Anderson and Karen Mullan to step down as Foyle MLAs at next...

Martina Anderson. Photo: Pacemaker Press

SF minister declines chance to end Anderson speculation

Derry City representatives held 'productive' talks with Northern Ireland Minister for Communities Deirdre Hargey this week.

All-Ireland League 'a priority' for NI Sports Minister

Mary Lou McDonald and Michelle O’Neill have presided over a party in regular crisis. Photo: Getty

Sam McBride: 2020 has seen Sinn Féin reach its zenith, but also revealed its key...

Traffic crossing the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland in the village of Bridgend, Co Donegal. (Brian Lawless/PA Wire)

Brexit: MLAs write to Michael Gove as fears grow UK government on cusp of second...

Gerry Kelly MLA seen in February of this year at the Northern Ireland Policing Board meeting in the board's offices, Clarendon Dock, Belfast.
Picture: Philip Magowan /PressEye

Republicans seem to be allowed to be above law, or certainly to operate outside ...

Elisha McCallion, second from right, with SF leaders Conor Murphy, Mary Lou McDonald and Michelle O’Neill at Stormont in 2018

Who is Elisha McCallion? Star Sinn Fein figure quits over £30k covid fiasco

Robin Swann, left, made clear that phoning the doctor is going to outlast the pandemic, while Conor Murphy made a public plea to the Treasury

Sam McBride: Five things we learned at the Stormont Assembly this week (but you ...

Arlene Foster and Michelle O’Neil returned to take control of the Executive’s pandemic message – and confusion immediately ensued

Sam McBride: Having lost moral authority, now Stormont’s coronavirus plan is sha...

Martina Anderson later apologised for her remark that pensions would be going to agents of British collusion

Aontú: Shame on Sinn Féin for slighting survivors of violence and delaying their...

Doug Beattie MLA.

Photo: Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye.

Martina Anderson reported to standards watchdog over ‘incredibly harmful’ tweets
Sinn Fein’s Martina Anderson has been accused of “perpetuating division” with her recent comments about the new victims’ pension – and has been reported to the Assembly’s standards commissioner by Doug Beattie.

Martina Anderson (centre), seen with Mary Lou McDonald and Michelle O’Neill, was parachuted into Stormont in January after losing her MEP seat after Brexit

Sam McBride: Martina Anderson’s offensive words reveal a key Sinn Féin vulnerabi...

Sinn Fein MLA Martina Anderson

Martina Anderson, the IRA certainly didn’t discriminate

News Letter editorial

Barry McElduff resigned for mocking victims, Martina Anderson must do the same f...

Martina Anderson

Martina Anderson ‘apologises unreservedly’ for ‘dirty war’ tweet over victims’ c...

Jennifer McNern at the High Court

Martina Anderson row: IRA victim calls ‘dirty war’ tweet ‘hurtful and insulting’

Martina Anderson has been strongly criticised by all four of Sinn Fein's Executive partners

Sinn Fein’s Martina Anderson blasted for ‘disgusting and offensive’ tweet on ter...

Martina Anderson, left, speaking on Inside Politics this week – the day before Michelle O’Neill again defended Bobby Storey’s funeral

Sam McBride: Sinn Féin is now sacrificing public health advice on the altar of s...

Veteran republican Bobby Storey.

Hundreds line streets as IRA veteran Bobby Storey’s remains return home

A scattering of MLAs were seated apart in the chamber for the debate

Coronavirus: MLAs pass ‘cruel’ and ‘anti-democratic’ lockdown legislation

Letter to the editor

Easter Rising video message was an insult to victims of PIRA terrorism

Martina Anderson appealing to ‘Most High God’ as she reads the 1916 proclamation during the Sinn Fein video

Sinn Fein’s ‘act of sacrilege’ by invoking name of God while giving blessing to ...
A commemorative video marking the 1916 Easter Rising, in which senior Sinn Fein figures invoke God in support of the rebellion, has been described by a political rival as “sacrilegious”.

News Letter editorial

Sinn Fein failure to condemn republican procession’s breach of Covid-19 rules sh...

Sinn Fein MLAs Gerry Kelly and Michelle O’Neill on February 11 speak about the warning of a dissident republican terror threat against them

Sinn Fein pair deserve sympathy like all other past targets of terrorist threats