Elaine Loughlin: Sinn Féin's soft stance on Russia is clearly on the record
People protesting outside the Chinese Embassy in Dublin over the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Picture: Niall Carson/PA Wire
Why has it taken a most brutal attack on the citizens of Ukraine for Sinn Féin to reflect on its “soft” stance on Russia?
The Tánaiste’s probing of Sinn Féin last week, which came as we witnessed the horror of bombings and tanks rolling across the Ukrainian border, was called out as a naked attempt at cheap political point-scoring.
