Sinn Féin members are openly questioning the party’s leader and the strategy pursued in the local elections as support collapsed
Sinn Féin members are openly questioning the party’s leader and the strategy pursued in the local elections as support collapsedSinn Féin is struggling to contain the fallout from the elections and, for the first time, Mary Lou McDonald’s leadership is on the table as an item for discussion. Photograph Nick BradshawIf Sinn Féin strategists were hoping to conduct their 2024 election postmortem in private, they might be seriously disappointed.
“We don’t sharpen our knives in public. You have to have your ear to the ground if you want to know what’s happening here,” a source said, referring to the conversations around McDonald’s leadership. Sinn Fein president Mary Lou McDonald has said she is 'disappointed' with Sinn Fein's performance in the local elections. Video: Enda O'Dowd
“In some areas, people were being run within a stone’s throw of each other which was nuts,” Hearne said.In Clondalkin, Sinn Féin councillor William Carey felt that the party “clearly” fielded too many candidates and “that diluted our draw in the community”. Some canvassers reported practical problems; when new faces were parachuted on to the tickets, it did not come with an increase in resources. As a consequence, canvassing teams had to split up into smaller groups to cover more candidates.Sources say Sinn Féin will move quickly with its internal review, holding small meetings around the country and feeding the outcome of those frank conversations back to the party hierarchy.
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