Sinn Féin party blind-sided by ambition

Michael Clifford examines the funny goings-on within Sinn Féin.

AT THE RISK of damaging the Peace Process, this column feels compelled to examine funny goings-on within Sinn Féin.

It’s not funny ha-ha. It never is with the Shinners. But what’s unfolding in East Cork is certainly funny peculiar, or at least it would be in your average political party. We must, however, tread carefully when dealing with an organisation whose default position is “don’t hit me with the Peace Process in my arms”.