The challenges for Mary Lou McDonald and her party are mounting against the backdrop of poor results in the local and European elections
The debate in Dublin is how the government should spend a surplus amounting to billions of euro, while London is warning of a multi-billion pound black hole in its finances
The claim was made by Darren Ellis, a retired officer with Durham Constabulary, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) in London heard
A tribunal is investigating if police subjected two journalists to unlawful surveillance in an attempt to uncover their sources