Gerard Howlin: It’s not about Sinn Féin’s past, it’s about their policies for the future

At last this dullest of elections has caught fire. Now it threatens to be a bonfire.

Gerard Howlin: It’s not about Sinn Féin’s past, it’s about their policies for the future
Tue, 04 Feb, 2020 - 20:00
Gerard Howlin

At last this dullest of elections has caught fire. Now it threatens to be a bonfire.

Fine Gael’s slide, Sinn Féin’s surge, Fianna Fáil’s stagnation, and the Greens’ stalling momentum make 2020 a continuation of change elections in 2011 and 2016.

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