Growing unease in Sinn Féin over series of missteps by Mary Lou McDonald
Mary Lou McDonald
The same story played out nationally in the local elections: Fine Gael holding its own, Independents storming ahead and scores of Sinn Féin candidates left trailing
Sinn Féin members are openly questioning the party’s leader and the strategy pursued in the local elections as support collapsed
As counts neared completion on Monday, here’s a guide to who had a good – and bad – June 7th election
Local and European elections: Taoiseach Simon Harris does lap of honour at count centre as Sunday’s tale of two parties came with an ending neither was expecting
Sinn Féin leader says ‘it hasn’t been our day’ while Harris says view on Government going full term not changed despite positive results
Despite how engrossing this campaign has been, there is every reason to take a beat before overinterpreting the outcome
Sinn Féin tried to fight a general election campaign in a local and European election, and it didn’t work
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald concedes ‘it hasn’t been our day’, as she pledges to regroup and examine what went wrong
Taoiseach twists the knife after a bad weekend for Sinn Féin as talk of early general election grows
Local election results: Simon Harris will recall that when Leo Varadkar hesitated in 2019 after Brexit deal the electorate had no issue trouncing him at the polls months later
Simon Harris says he wants Government to complete its full-term rather than have an early general election
Local election results: Mary Lou McDonald now faces a daunting challenge of rebuilding
Ireland's election results: Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and Green Party set to be close to the 50% won in 2020 general election, which would be a remarkable result
Radio review: The reliably poised RTÉ Radio One presenter gets into tetchy exchange with Sinn Féin leader. On Today FM, Matt Cooper swaps ballot-box coverage for indignation
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