Ireland's main opposition party performed worse than expected in the elections last week.
ShareThe Sinn Féin leadership will meet this week to review the fallout from the Irish local and European elections, a senior party member has said.Conor Murphy, Stormont's economy minister, said there was "no getting away from it being a huge disappointment".The Newry and Armagh assembly member was speaking to William CrawleyThe party is now shifting its focus to the upcoming general election at Westminster.
He added that Sinn Féin would listen to the electorate and that there was no single reason behind what had happened in the Irish elections. He also defended the party president Mary Lou McDonald and dismissed suggestions that her leadership could be at risk over it., and will not run in four constituencies - Belfast South and Mid Down, Belfast East, Lagan Valley and North Down.He defended the decision to stand aside in those areas and said the party had not endorsed any other parties, but wants to "support progressive candidates.
Pressed on whether the party could end its long-standing policy of abstentionism and allow its MPs to take their seats in Parliament, Mr Murphy said that was "not even a debate" within the party.
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