Mary Lou McDonald has been clear that she wants to be taoiseach. 

But president? She’s somewhat less clear. While she tells the Irish Examiner that she is not “being coy”, the question begs to be asked and her answer leaves scope for her to go either way when the party makes a decision in the middle of September.

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