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    Sinn Féin a sostenere Catherine Connolly in gara per Áras

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    1. Lazy-Common4741 on

      It must be said, incredible work by the Soc Dems who somehow got the entire left to unite behind one candidate by calling all their bluffs.

    2. Difficult-Set-3151 on

      Pointless. She’s an embarrassment to the Left and not suitable for the position with everything happening in the world currently.

      There’s no good options now.

    3. awood20 on

      I said yesterday they wouldn’t field a candidate. Proved right.

    5. mindthegoat_redux on

      Folks, we’re officially off to the races. This’ll make the whole thing much more interesting now.

    6. OrganicVlad79 on

      I thought Jarlath Burns would have been really interesting if he wanted to go for it. Great speaker, Irish speaker, President of the GAA. Maybe slightly less on the CV than other candidates

    8. papasmurfv on

      All the rugby dads going to lose their minds over this. Only sensible candidate rightly backed by the largest opposition party. Hon Catherine.

    12. Turbulent-Note2229 on

      This is the correct move by SF, no point in dividing the vote of the left and risking the reputation of their senior members. Won’t impact anything however. Looks like it might remain a 3 horse race, and even if there is another candidate they likely won’t have much impact on the vote share.

    13. Zealousideal_Sky_716 on

      In the words of Father Jack Hackett “HOW DID THAT GOBSHITE GET ON THE TELEVISION”

    14. No-Entrepreneur-7406 on

      Even more reasons not to vote for this Kremlin stooge so

    15. Alarmed_Station6185 on

      The right decision imo. I may have voted for Connolly regardless but this gives her a higher chance now of winning

    16. johnfuckingtravolta on

      Fuckin hell its a shite pool of candidates to be picking from

    18. GerryTheHutch on

      Can anyone give an unbiased view of why you either will or won’t be voting for her?

    19. WayMaleficent1465 on

      She was a great footballer in her day and always up for the match…

    20. Think_Evidence_176 on

      This game-changing announcement is about as anticlimactic as finding out that your secret admirer is Ruth Coppinger.

    21. KnightsOfCidona on

      So their game changer candidate was the one who was already in the race. That’s an anti-climax.

    22. BarFamiliar5892 on

      As if I needed any further reason to not vote for her.

    23. Fern_Pub_Radio on

      Is that it ? Largest opposition party look into their souls for an entire year and the best they can do is back someone else’s horse …..?

    24. PowerfulConstant185 on

      They didn’t even have a pic of Connolly in the announcement just them, so weak.

    26. Artistic-Insect-8669 on

      So the choice is between a Orange order member, a pro Russian nut and a FF nobody

      Wow, we sure know how to pick shit candidates in the west these days

    27. No-Outside6067 on

      This should boil the piss of the many redditers here who keep ranting about her being a tankie

    28. Pixelated-Galaxy on

      An understandable and welcome decision.
      Sinn Féin will need transfers from other Left-wing voters and cooperation from the other Left parties if they want to be the big dog in a possible future government.
      People who say that SF will go into coalition with Fianna Fáil seem to ignore the fact that McDonald would almost certainly have to rotate the role of Taoiseach with Martin or his successor, which most SF voters would loathe and may even make them look like a junior partner.
      Sinn Féin’s only realistic chance at being the main party of a government is one where the other left parties coalesce around a SF taoiseach.

      It’s a safe decision, and if Connolly wins then Sinn Féin will have a nice in with Labour and the SocDems.
      And if she loses? Well it wasn’t McDonald that put her forward, so no dirt on her hands as far as she’s concerned. And Sinn Féin will still get credit for not being egotistical (as some see it) and running their own candidate.
      Overall I’m happy to see the left uniting for once and putting their differences aside for a common goal and a unity candidate, even if that candidate is flawed.

    29. Jester-252 on

      It’s absolutely embarrassing for Sinn Fein.

      They couldn’t find one person to back.

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