Letters to the Editor: Sinn Féin have nothing to learn from Labour's time in coalition
Sinn Féin leader, Mary Lou McDonald. Picture: Collins
Elaine Loughlin's column intends to give Sinn Féin good advice, but history goes against the implications of her opinion — 'Is any political party prepared to put the State's interests first?' (Irish Examiner, March 9). The belief put forward is that the Labour Party did right by Ireland during its time in coalition with Fine Gael. Loughlin says: "If there is no reward for doing right by the country, but a guaranteed future bounty for those who step back and put party first, where does that leave us in any future crisis?”
