Mary Lou McDonald warns Fianna Fail and Fine Gael ‘writing is on the wall’

Ms McDonald used her address to criticise Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, urging the public to “call time on their century-old stranglehold on power”

Speaking to hundreds of Sinn Féin delegates at The Helix in north Dublin, the party leader said the “writing is on the wall” for the coalition parties. Picture: Damien Storan/PA Wire

Mary Lou McDonald said she wants to lead the Republic as Taoiseach, calling on voters to give her party a chance in government.

Ms McDonald used her address at the party’s Ard Fheis to criticise Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, urging the public to “call time on their century-old stranglehold on power”.