Sinn Féin frontbench stays the same as party seeks to improve support
Mary Lou McDonald has defended making very little change to the Sinn Fein frontbench and said the focus is on improving support for the party.
The Sinn Féin leader said she hoped for more cooperation with other opposition parties in this Dail term and said that Michael Lowry “will not be allowed to masquerade as an opposition TD” following a chaotic row over speaking time in the chamber last week.
The party unveiled its frontbench on Tuesday, which involved keeping Pearse Doherty as finance spokesman, Eoin Ó Broin as housing spokesman and David Cullinane in health.
Among the changes are the appointment of Matt Carthy as justice spokesman, Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire to foreign affairs and Pa Daly as climate and energy spokesman.
Ms McDonald said she would “happily hitch my wagon” to Mr Doherty, Mr O Broin and Mr Cullinane on the big issues.
“I will be relying on the experience of those three people to drive things…
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