Political parties cannot accept corporate donations in excess of €2,000 in the Republic of Ireland - but those rules do not apply in the North
Two Dublin-based companies controlled by Sinn Féin donated around €185,000 to the party in Northern Ireland last year, resulting in substantial losses for the firms, according to newly filed accounts.
READ MORE: Man, 70s, found dead in Galway city identified as former Justice Minister's brother-in-law After making the donation, Republican Merchandising Limited recorded a loss of €92,650 for 2023, despite turnover increasing by nearly 22 percent to €288,300 that year. It had made a profit of €34,536 in 2022.
It reported no donations to the Standards in Public Office Commission in respect of last year. The party reported expenditure of just over €7,500 on the local elections earlier this year – a fraction of the €290,000 and €206,000 spent by Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, respectively. Items currently for sale on the Sinn Féin Bookshop website include a T-shirt with the slogan “Tiocfaidh ár lá”, and a badge showing a silhouette of armed militants in the back of a lorry featuring the Irish flag and the words “Irish Republican Army”.
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