Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald concedes ‘it hasn’t been our day’, as she pledges to regroup and examine what went wrong
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald concedes ‘it hasn’t been our day’, as she pledges to regroup and examine what went wrongTaoiseach Simon Harris said the story of the local elections was the 'absolute collapse of support for Sinn Féin'.
Taoiseach and Fine Gael leader Simon Harris said the story of the election was the “absolute collapse of support for Sinn Féin”. “We have made some gains. They are modest, but they’re there. It hasn’t been our day. Clearly frustrations and indeed anger with Government policy, on this occasion, has translated into votes for Independents and others,” she said. “I am sorry we didn’t do better, I know that we can do better and I am determined that we will do better.”
The election result has led to heightened speculation around the timing of the next general election, with multiple Government sources saying that they now believe it will happen between September and November of this year. He thanked Fine Gael activists and supporters for their work around the country, and said it was his view that the public wants “more than soundbites or rhetoric or noise” in relation to housing. “I think the people knew exactly what Sinn Féin were selling, and they just didn’t want to buy it.”
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