Party is ‘really stretching’ itself in running so many candidates, Sinn Féin leader says
Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald was speaking at the launch of the party’s manifesto in Monaghan on Friday. Photograph: Cate McCurry/PAhas said she believes her party’s 335 local election candidates can each claim a seat in next month’s
“People need new leadership, leadership with the right priorities and ideas to meet the big challenges head on and to grasp the big opportunities “We’re contesting in every LEA across the State. Our youngest candidate is 18 and our most mature candidate, I have to be careful of my language here, is 78 and we have every age in between.“I think the size of the team that we’re running reflects the ambition that we have, not just for these elections, but for our country.”
“I do not possess a crystal ball so I cannot give you a definitive figure but I can tell you the candidates we have selected, we have selected to win. It’s a been a big challenge, it is a big challenge for the party because we’re really stretching ourselves here.”“Some 46 per cent of our candidates are women, I’m happy to say. We’re not quite at 50 per cent yet but we’re getting there,” Ms McDonald said.
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