Sinn Féin is ‘election ready’, McDonald insists
Sinn Féin is “election ready”, Mary Lou McDonald has insisted as she said the party will run more candidates “than ever before”.
Ms McDonald said there is a “real sense of positivity and optimism” among the party membership as selection conventions continue in the Republic.
Speaking to reporters at the party’s Ard Fheis conference in Athlone, the Sinn Féin leader said: “We’re election ready, we look forward to the campaign, and we’re in it to win it.”
Ms McDonald said the “stakes are high” for the national poll, adding: “We feel confident, and we’re ready for it because we believe passionately that there has to be a change of Government, that we can do so much better.”
She said the party would seek to elect a representative in every Irish constituency, adding that it was hoping to win two seats in some electoral…
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