Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald addresses the annual ard fheis in Athlone.
That's all from us. Thank you for following our live coverage of Mary Lou McDonald's presidential address to the Sinn Féin ard fheis.The SInn Féin ard fheis is being held in an indoor athletics arena here at the Technological University of the Shannon, in Athlone.However, any cheering around the running track this weekend is not for personal bests, rather for a party gearing up for an impending general election here in the Republic.
Here, surrounded by running lanes as she rallied the membership ahead of the general election, the party leader Mary Lou McDonald would have known that if a place in government is to become a reality, SInn Féin cannot afford to be running to stand still.This is the party's last ard fheis before voters in the Republic go to the polls. McDonald ends her speech with a call to the electorate.
She adds that "Casement Park must be delivered" and that Sinn Féin seeks "an era of transformation, beyond Tory division and austerity."The Sinn Féin President says that her party's plan "makes housing affordable" and "brings home ownership back into the reach of working people".
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