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Sinn Féin to table no confidence motion in Justice Minister Helen McEntee

Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald said while she had confidence in the gardaí, she had lost confidence in Helen McEntee

Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald speaking to the media outside Leinster House, Dublin, after she announced that her party will table a motion of no confidence in justice minister Helen McEntee next week. Picture: PA

Sinn Féin is to put down a motion of no confidence in Helen McEntee next week, the party has confirmed.

Speaking in a video posted to X, Mary Lou McDonald, the Sinn Féin president, said a week on from the violence that saw children and a carer stabbed in Dublin, as well as riots across the city, the minister for justice’s position was no longer tenable.

“The truth is we have a justice minister who ...