Elaine Loughlin: Mary Lou McDonald can only blame herself for interview train wreck 

Bereft of the answers to basic questions on her own policies, McDonald this week decided to play the man not the ball

Sinn Féin’s leader Mary Lou McDonald has adopted a cheap strategy of getting offended by questions, but this doesn’t hide the fact that McDonald simply does not know the answers. Picture: Damien Storan/PA

An unprepared Mary Lou McDonald only has herself to blame for yet another car-crash interview, but her party should be worried.

Sinn Féin finds itself in a very difficult position after disappointing local elections and a slump in the polls to its lowest level of support since 2020.