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Sinn Féin

Irish republican party sharing power with the DUP at Stormont's executive.

The party insists it stays committed to power-sharing at Stormont even as its own representative Conor Murphy pinned the blame for the arrangement's fragility on the DUP on 31 July.

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Key Question

Can Sinn Féin and the DUP keep Stormont's executive intact?

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Sinn Fein warns Stormont is in a precarious place

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Background

Sinn Féin is an Irish Republican Party and one of the two parties in Stormont's mandatory power-sharing executive alongside the Democratic Unionist Party. Its position, restated by representative Conor Murphy on 31 July 2026, is that Sinn Féin itself remains 'wedded to power-sharing', with any risk to the institutions coming from what he called the DUP's lack of political will rather than from Sinn Féin's own conduct. DUP leader Gavin Robinson disputed that framing the same day.

This evidence set carries no further record of Sinn Féin's wider platform or history beyond this exchange, so its background is not further established here.

Common Questions
What is Sinn Féin's position on Stormont power-sharing?
It says it remains wedded to power-sharing and blames the DUP for the executive's fragile state.Source: event
Who spoke for Sinn Féin on the DUP dispute?
Conor Murphy made the July 2026 warning on the party's behalf.Source: event
Does Sinn Féin share power with the DUP at Stormont?
Yes, the two parties jointly run Stormont's mandatory power-sharing executive.Source: event
What is causing the 2026 Stormont funding dispute?
A Treasury dispute over public-service funding sits beneath the public row between Sinn Féin and the DUP.Source: event