It seems unlikely that the party can rebuild its old electoral coalition
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald celebrates winning a seat with party colleague Cllr Janice Boylan at the RDS Count Centre in Dublin. Photograph: Eamonn Farrell/ © RollingNews.ieundertakes a postmortem on its performance in this general election, the party will be able to point to some undeniable strengths.
In fact, the scale of the party’s setback is striking. It has been noted how Ireland’s election bucked the international anti-incumbent trend. The corollary is that this was one of the rare contests where the leading Opposition party saw its support actually fall. While other Opposition parties in the State received more votes this time than in 2020, Sinn Féin lost one in five of those who had supported it at the last general election.
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