Elaine Loughlin: Can Sinn Féin arrest its long decline in time for the general election?
The party has plummeted from a high of 37% this time two years ago to below the 20% mark — and yet members continue to insist that a term in office is within the party’s grasp.
In the recent Irish Examiner Rural Ireland Thinks poll, 43% of respondents said Mary Lou McDonald has negatively impacted the potential of a Sinn Féin-led government, with 21% disagreeing. Picture: Damien Storan/PA
Is Sinn Féin delusional to think Mary Lou McDonald can still become taoiseach after the next election?
The party has plummeted from a high of 37% this time two years ago to below the 20% mark — and yet members continue to insist that a term in office is within the party’s grasp.
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