Conor Murphy
Sinn Féin politician who warned that Stormont power-sharing is in a precarious place.
Conor Murphy, a Sinn Féin politician, warned on 31 July 2026 that Stormont's power-sharing executive was 'in a precarious place', blaming the DUP's lack of political will, a charge Gavin Robinson rejected the same day.
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Conor Murphy is a Sinn Féin politician. Speaking on 31 July 2026, he said Stormont's power-sharing arrangement was 'in a precarious place' and put the blame on the Democratic Unionist Party for lacking 'the political will to make it work', while insisting his own party stays 'wedded to power-sharing' regardless.
DUP leader Gavin Robinson rejected the charge the same day, saying his party remains committed to the institutions. Murphy's remarks came against a Treasury funding dispute over public services that sits beneath the public exchange.
His framing put the risk to power-sharing on the DUP's side of the ledger rather than his own party's, a distinction Northern Ireland's Finance Minister John O'Dowd echoed on 11 August by ruling out any Sinn Féin walkout while separately accepting the DUP has become harder to work with.
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