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Boycotting the St Patrick's Day celebrations in the White House is a big call by Sinn Féin. Such a snub risks damaging long-standing relationships with key political figures in the US. Sinn Féin's first minister at Stormont, Michelle O'Neill, has said she is "taking a stand against injustice" as she defended her decision to boycott St Patrick's Day events at the White House. Similar to Sinn Féin's stance, Tánaiste Micheál Martin said this week that it wouldn't make sense to boycott the annual St. Patrick's Day visit to the White House. “The idea that Ireland Sinn Féin's leaders confirmed in a surprise announcement in Dublin this morning, Friday, February 21, that they will not attend St. Patrick's Day events at the White House events this year. The The leadership of Sinn Féin will skip the White House celebrations on St. Patrick’s Day. President Mary Lou McDonald and Vice President and Northern Irish First Minister Michelle O’Neill typically make the trip to Washington, D.C. for the event, including the Shamrock Ceremony at the White House. St. Patrick’s Day, each year, is an important moment to re-enforce all of those connections. “But there is also an onus on us to speak honestly and to act when we believe a US administration is wrong.” The Sinn Féin president then went on to discuss Taoiseach Micheál Martin’s attendance at the events. Leader of Sinn Féin Mary Lou McDonald and First Minister Michelle O’Neill have confirmed this morning that they will not be travelling to the White House for St. Patrick’s Day, due to Martin, who has recently returned to the role of Taoiseach, criticized Sinn Féin’s stance as opportunistic opposition. He stated, 'I have a responsibility to the country,' underscoring the need for constructive engagement with the Trump administration, especially as the traditional welcome for St. Patrick’s Day festivities hangs in the Sinn Féin will not travel to the White House for St Patrick's Day, Mary Lou McDonald has announced.. Ms McDonald and Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O’Neill, the Sinn Fein vice US President Donald Trump said he had not heard that three Northern Ireland political parties have decided to boycott St Patrick’s Day celebrations over his administration’s stance on Gaza. The fact is the annual St Patrick's Day event he refers to was a self-financing community event attended by a wide range of Irish actors and politicians from many parties, community figures and The First Minister of Northern Ireland and other Sinn Fein leaders will boycott St Patrick’s Day celebrations at the White House over Donald Trump’s call to displace Palestinians from the Gaza Sinn Fein says this is the first year since the peace agreement that its leaders won't be travelling to Washington for St. Patrick's Day events. CONTROVERSIAL London mayor Boris Johnson was at the centre of a row last night after he ridiculed the city's St Patrick's Day gala dinner celebrations, which ran between 2002 to 2008, linking them CONTROVERSIAL London mayor Boris Johnson was at the centre of a row last night after he ridiculed the city’s St Patrick’s Day gala dinner celebrations, which ran between 2002 to 2008, linking Sinn Féin will not attend this year’s celebration of St Patrick’s Day at the White House. Mary Lou McDonald and Michelle O'Neill had previously resisted calls from other left-wing parties to An online petition set up by Catherine Hutton, chair of the Derry branch of the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign, calling on “All politicians and political parties to Boycott the White House on St Patrick’s Day 2025”, has garnered almost 5,000 signatures. READ NEXT: SDLP will not attend St Patrick’s Day events in Washington DC Sinn Féin has announced that they will not be attending St Patrick's Day celebrations at the White House, in what they call a "principled stance in response to the call for the mass expulsion of the Palestinian people from Gaza". The DUP say the decision is "short-sighted and counterproductive". Outspoken London mayor Boris Johnson has described the city’s St Patrick’s Day gala dinner celebrations linking them to Sinn Fein and branding it "lefty crap". In an interview to the ‘New Statesman’ newspaper he said: “. . . And I'll tell you what makes me angry. . . spending £20,000 (€24,000) Taoiseach Micheál Martin has accused Sinn Fein of playing "politics" as he insisted he would accept every opportunity to engage with US President Donald Trump and hoped to proceed with the
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