Alison O'Connor on the Canvass: Is Sinn Fein right to compare itself to the Dublin footballers?

Alison O'Connor joins the canvass.

It’s no surprise to find a sporting analogy applied to politics. This particular example, though, is an interesting one. The Sinn Fein party being compared to the highly successful Dublin football team.

Much has been made in this election about secrecy within the ranks of the party; how it never washes it's dirty laundry in public coupled with the idea that party decisions are influenced by “shadowy” figures up North.