In an exclusive interview with the Irish Mirror ahead of the Sinn Féin think-in in Dublin this Monday morning, Mary Lou McDonald also vowed that she will lead Sinn Féin into the next Dáil, regardless of whether the party is sitting on the Government or opposition...
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has said she has “never felt more prepared” to face the “biggest political challenge of her career” following a year that saw her “life turned upside down”.
“Life throws curveballs at all of us,” she said. “Just in our case, it came at us in a succession. It’s been tough, but we've managed it. Not just me, but my family as a whole. I have never been more ready . Actually, I've never felt more prepared. For the election, for the contest, that it'll be. “They say women juggle and we multitask, I brought that to an extreme level. I think there was a sense that people needed to see the totality of what's going on in your whole life. But at every stage throughout all of this, my job has always been to lead and to lead from the front. I did that. I'll continue to do that.
Ms McDonald has been honest about her ambition to lead Sinn Féin into the next Government and become Taoiseach. However, she is steadfast that she will continue to lead the party even if this involves another stint on the opposition benches. She said: “I am the leader of Sinn Féin. That is it. Whatever happens, I lead. That is my job.”
“The failure to reflect where people are at is just a statement of reality that we have to accept,” she said. “We represent the best of communities and the best of people, but they became frustrated with us because they did not hear us loudly enough or consistently enough, reflecting the concerns, the worries that they have around a situation that was being grossly mishandled by government. Just to be absolutely clear, I have never, we have never, and we will never pander to racism.
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