the facts are that sinn fein has grown. we have grown in stature, we have grown in numbers, our mandate has grown across the island just as it did a century ago in a previously historic times and that is the thing, in all truth, that unnerves the taoiseach, and that is politics and be that as it may, it will not deflect or deter me or my colleagues from the very substantial political work that we have to do. right, but haven't you in many ways made it easy for micheal martin and other irish representatives of the old guard, the establishment, because even now, you fail consistently to come clean about sinn fein‘s relationship with the ira. that is the fundamental problem and it remains so today. no. in fact, i think the nature and origins of the conflict which of course are contested as to what happened and why it happened, much less who was right or who was wrong and in the conflict of ireland is very, very well chronicled. i think there is no secrecy around the fact that sinn fein is an irish republican party, that we a

bear in line —— mind i am the leader of sinn fein andi i am the leader of sinn fein and i speak for myself and i account for my actions and i am account for my actions and i am a clearheaded single minded individual and nobody pulls my strings, i can assure you. but the point is how much authority have you got? you said one of your own key politicians in the north of ireland, connor murphy, was going to retract words that he issued years ago about the murder of a 21—year—old in northern ireland and he had said that 21—year—old had been involved in criminal activity and smuggling. he went on to deny he ever set but the tapes show he ever set but the tapes show he did said. you come in the midst of a controversy about this, said you would force connor murphy to retract his words. he hasn't retracted his words. he hasn't retracted his words. it suggests to me that people like him don't actually ta ke people like him don't actually take your authority that seriously. well, i think you are stretching things by quite are stretching things by quite a level there. are stretching things by

the facts are that sinn fein has grown. we have grown in stature, we have grown in numbers, our mandate has grown across the island just as it did a century ago in previously historic times and that is the thing, in all truth, that unnerves the taoiseach, and that is politics and be that as it may, it will not deflect or deter me or my colleagues from the very substantial political work that we have to do. right, but haven't you in many ways made it easy for micheal martin and other irish representatives of the old guard, the establishment, because even now, you fail consistently to come clean about sinn fein‘s relationship with the ira. that is the fundamental problem and it remains so today. no. in fact, i think the nature and origins of the conflict which of course are contested as to what happened and why it happened, much less who was right or who was wrong and in the conflict of ireland is very, very well chronicled. i think there is no secrecy around the fact that sinn fein is an irish republican party, that we are

my guest today is mary lou mcdonald, the leader of sinn fein. has her party missed their moment? mary lou mcdonald, in dublin, welcome to hardtalk.

unprecedented alliance between arch rival cinephile and finagle today we discussed with key players from sinn fein and the greens how does worship the future violent post greg sit and post pandemic and to ask even molly allen's most respected commentator to give us an overview of what these developments in the senate this mean for the politics of the north now in last week's show we asked the 2nd longest serving tea chick or prime minister says irish independence for his assessment this is what bertie ahern had to see my do is not that we should never do which of course i am republican. it is a game of over one a much trade of all the party i led and for years and it was actively involved at every level at that unifications a country but it has to be done properly properly organize properly negotiations trying to convince people and you got away with only lead to our chip and share your. and now with your tweets emails and messages in response to last week sure which featured in the belfast telegraph through to piece about alex's interview of bertie ahern and the son who read the piece in the

now, members of northern ireland's assembly have debated a motion criticising sinn fein ministers over their attendance at the funeral of senior ira figure bobby storey. the motion, drawn up by the dup, uup, alliance and the sdlp, called on the deputy first minister michelle o'neill and the finance minister conor murphy to apologise amid claims they broke coronavirus guidelines. critics have suggested social distancing was not maintained in crowds that lined the streets, or at a requiem mass and that ms 0'neill posed for a photograph at milltown cemetery, where a man put his arm around her shoulders. michelle 0'neill has already apologised "for grieving families experiencing more hurt" but insisted she did not break the rules. more than 30 in attendance. hundreds more behind them in a procession. widespread advertising of an event. installing a public address system in the cemetery. a mass rally in a cemetery. posing for selfies. and yet, the deputy first minister continues to insist that her actions were within the regulations. i think that's for the birds. how many members here in th

now, members of northern ireland's assembly have debated a motion criticising sinn fein ministers over their attendance at the funeral of senior ira figure bobby storey. the motion, drawn up by the dup, uup, alliance and the sdlp, called on the deputy first minister michelle o'neill and the finance minister conor murphy to apologise amid claims they broke coronavirus guidelines. critics have suggested social distancing was not maintained in crowds that lined the streets, or at a requiem mass and that ms o'neill posed for a photograph at milltown cemetery, where a man put his arm around her shoulders. michelle o'neill has already apologised "for grieving families experiencing more hurt" but insisted she did not break the rules. more than 30 in attendance. hundreds more behind them in a procession. widespread advertising of an event. installing a public address system in a cemetery. a mass rally in a cemetery. posing for selfies. and yet, the deputy first minister continues to insist that her actions were within the regulations. i think that's for the birds. how many members here in the

members of northern ireland's assembly have debated a motion criticising sinn fein ministers over their attendance at the funeral of senior ira figure bobby storey. the motion drawn up by the dup, uup, alliance, and the sdlp called on deputy first minister michelle o'neill and finance minister conor murphy to apologise amid claims they broke coronavirus guidelines. critics have suggested social distancing was not maintained in crowds that lined the streets, that dozens of people attended a requiem mass and that ms 0'neill posed for a photograph at milltown cemetery where a man put his arm around her shoulders. michelle 0'neill has already apologised "for grieving families experiencing more hurt" but insisted she did not break the rules. more than 30 in attendance. hundreds more behind them in a procession. widespread advertising of an event. installing a public address system in the cemetery, a mass rally in a cemetery. posing for selfies. and yet, the deputy first minister continues to insist that her actions were within the regulations. i think that's for the birds. how many members h

members of northern ireland's assembly have debated a motion criticising sinn fein ministers over their attendance at the funeral of senior ira figure bobby storey. the motion drawn up by the dup, uup, alliance, and the sdlp called on the deputy first minister michelle 0'neill and finance minister conor murphy to apologise amid claims they broke coronavirus guidelines. critics have suggested social distancing was not maintained in crowds that lined the streets, that dozens of people attended a requiem mass and that ms 0'neill posed for a photograph at milltown cemetery where a man put his arm around her shoulders. michelle 0'neill has already apologised "for grieving families experiencing more hurt" but insisted she did not break the rules. more than 30 in attendance. hundreds more behind them in a procession. widespread advertising of an event. installing a public address system in the cemetery, a mass rally in a cemetery. posing for selfies. and yet, the deputy first minister continues to insist that her actions were within the regulations. i think that's for the birds. how many membe

sinn fein says it's vice president michelle 0'neill will not under any circumstance step down for attending the funeral of bobby storey, which drew hundreds of people onto the streets of belfast. it's thought as many as 75 countries will be exempt from quarantine rules from next week — meaning people arriving back in the uk from those places won't have to isolate. we'll be answering your questions at nine thirty tomorrow morning with travel experts wendy haines and jill starley—grainger here on the bbc news channel. get in touch with the hashtag #bbcyourquestions or email us. but now, let's re—visit today's edition of your questions answered, which looked at the recent government announcement on plans for schools in england. jane hill wasjoined by sian griffiths, the education editor of the sunday times, and francis green, professor of work and education economics at the ucl institute of education. let's take a look. with me today to answer as many of your questions as possible about getting back to school is sian griffiths from the sunday times and professor francis greene who is pro

president today alliance between tribal cinephile and finical today we discussed with key players from sinn fein and the greens how this worship the future violent postbag sit and post pandemic and to ask even molly allen's most respected commentator to give us an overview of what these developments in the south mean for the politics of the north now in last week's show we asked the fake and longest serving tea check a prime minister says irish independence for his assessment this is what party hard to see like you is not that we should never do which of course i mean republican. it is a game of going a lot straight up all the party i lead and for years and it was actively involved at every level at that unification to country but it has to be done properly a pretty organized political c.h.s. trying to convince people and you got away with it only leach it to our chip and say you're. and now with your tweets emails and messages in response to last week sure which featured in the belfast telegraph little to piece about alex's interview of bertie ahern and the son who read the piece in the be

fein accepts the qualifying criteria. and i'm sure the house would agree it would be beyond cruel to offer victims hope today and then dash that hope tomorrow. my question, deputy principal speaker, to the minister is this — minister, do you consider yourself a victim? no, i don't. i may have qualified under the terms of it but i don't personally consider myself a victim. conor murphy. now, borisjohnson‘s day had begun away from westminster with a speech in dudley in the west midlands. the pm said now was the time to be "ambitious" about the uk's future and pledged to "build, build, build" to soften the economic impact of coronavirus. infrastructure projects in england would be "accelerated" with announcements on schools, roads, and broadband, and he confirmed a £12 billion affordable homes programme. back in the commons a conservative, sir geoffrey clifton—brown saw an opportunity to make sure those new properties were fit for the future. he wants all new homes to be have full fibre fast broadband, to be well insu

members of northern ireland‘s assembly have debated a motion criticising sinn fein ministers over their attendance at the funeral of senior ira figure bobby storey. the motion drawn up by the dup, uup, alliance, and the sdlp called on deputy first minister michelle o‘neill and finance minister conor murphy to apologise amid claims they broke coronavirus guidelines. critics have suggested social distancing was not maintained in crowds that lined the streets, that dozens of people attended a requiem mass and that ms o‘neill posed for a photograph at milltown cemetery where a man put his arm around her shoulders. michelle o‘neill has already apologised "for grieving families experiencing more hurt" but insisted she did not break the rules. more than 30 in attendance. hundreds more behind them in a procession. widespread advertising of an event. installing a public address system in the cemetery, a mass rally in a cemetery. posing for selfies. and yet, the deputy first minister continues to insist that her actions were within the regulations. i think that‘s for the birds. i have no

the chuck woolley was the first host to sinn fein the wheel of fortune and don't forget "the love connection" and the president retweeted this rant saying the cdc is in cahoots with doctors to hurt the economy and the president's re-election chances. dr. anthony is fauci missing from this statement made by the trump political adviser that the white house demanded be the top spokesman at the department of health and human services. michael caputo says we have great faith in the capacity of it all our scientists and doctors on the coronavirus task force to impart necessary public health information. people like admiral giroir and surgeon general adams and others are carrying these messages very effectively. with me now to discuss is tamara keith and white house reporter from the "the washington post." it would be interesting if the president for npr said we're a great organization but don't listen to any of the reporters. what's the president trying to do here? >> thankfully the head of npr isn't saying that. >> no. >> the president has his own ideas about the best way to handle this, and the