WITH the likelihood of a ‘grand coalition’ involving Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael increasing, some incensed Sinn Féin voters continue to labour under the misapprehension that 100% of the nation voted for Sinn Féin. Much in the same way Fine Gael voters in 2016 couldn’t understand why the 75% of the country that didn’t vote… Read more »
AS A COUNTRY we may not be able to get our complex, nuanced and violent past out of our system, but that’s not to say we can’t all band together and agree to get one big ‘Sinn Féin is the IRA’ bashing session out of the way and then move on, allowing a more mature,… Read more »
TAKING EVERY necessary precaution during nascent government coalition talks with Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald is currently being placed in a highly secure hazmat suit, to give her a fighting chance against catching the devastating Fiannafáilvirus. Such is the panic and paranoia around the all-consuming infection, the phone with which McDonald used… Read more »
BURYING her head in her hands, Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald can’t believe Waterford TD David Cullinane was shouting ‘Up The Ra’ 0.02 seconds after being elected and has asked all TDs to refrain from such things for at the very least, a full week. “We can ‘Up the RA’ in private all we… Read more »
VOTING in Ireland’s general election on Saturday? Hungry for yet more information of the leaders of Ireland’s largest parties? Get to know Sinn Féin’s leader in detail below: Name: Mary Louise McDonald Age: 50 Party: Diet Sinn Féin Superpower: Has the lowest center of gravity of any living TD. Favourite inspirational quote: the entirety of… Read more »
LAST NIGHT’S leaders tonight proved the most illuminating of all the televised debates as the leaders of Sinn Féin, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael went head to head. Relive the tense exchanges as they happened below: In tonight’s debate the leaders will be tasked with insulting the public’s intelligence on matters of housing, health and… Read more »
IF there’s been a breakaway star of the current General Election campaign it’s Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald, who only yesterday fielded a difficult batch of questions from RTÉ’s Brian Dobson in a sit-down interview. “The IFA is an integral part of rural Ireland life and although people in urban areas may not realise… Read more »
WWN will be bringing expert analysis of every party manifesto as part of our 2020 general election. With the election campaign now in its 245th day, we look at Sinn Fein’s manifesto which was unveiled yesterday. Is it a case of free money for everyone? Turbo communism with a dash of Celtic jerseys? Something that… Read more »
STRATEGISTS at Sinn Féin headquarters have devised a foolproof plan to ensure their party receives the same amount of airplay on RTÉ over the course of the 2020 General Election by dropping snippets of extreme racism, misogyny, right-wing nonsense and outright lies into their rhetoric from now on. Party leader Mary Lou McDonald is not… Read more »
AFTER SHEDDING 78 seats in the recent local elections Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has taken stock of what went wrong and how the party can recover going forward. “I’ll take a long hard look at all the possible reasons that don’t lay the finger of blame directly on me,” said McDonald very clearly… Read more »