Party leader Mary Lou McDonald had vowed to deliver a step change in the drive for constitutional change if Sinn Fein entered government and she became Taoiseach
Sinn Fein leaders have insisted their party’s performance in Ireland’s General Election is not a setback for the campaign for Irish reunification.
The odds of either of those scenarios coming to pass following Friday election now look extremely slim, with Fianna Fail and Fine Gael expected to re-enter another coalition government in Dublin, leaving Sinn Fein facing another five years as the Dail’s main opposition party. While Sinn Fein’s vote share represented a marked improvement on its disappointing showing in June’s local elections in Ireland, it is still significantly down on the 24.5% poll-topping share it secured in the 2020 general election.
Afterwards, they were both asked by reporters if the election result was a setback for their Irish unity project.“As a matter of fact, it was interesting during the election campaign the number of parties that set out actually very ambitious targets and ideas around reunification, the democratic conversation. So, far from it. I think it’s still very much game on.”
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