Sinn Féin vows to regroup to be ‘formidable force’ in next general election
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has said her party will regroup and be a “formidable force” in the next general election.
The Dublin parliamentarian admitted that they did not have the local and European election results they had wished for, despite making gains.
Voters headed to the polls last Friday to choose 949 local councillors, 14 MEPs and the States’s first directly elected mayor in Limerick.
The party had hoped to significantly increase its number of councillors, but came back with just 21 extra seats. It increased its number of MEPs from one to two, but lost its sitting MEP Chris MacManus.
Speaking at the launch of Sinn Féin’s UK general election campaign, Ms McDonald said “we did not meet the scale of our ambition”.
“But just to be clear, we come from the election with more councillors, with more MEPs, with very solid footing and foundation, with…
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