Her speech focused on the issues of housing, poverty, climate and healthcare, while Cairns took aim at the government parties of Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil
The Social Democrats will not rule out going into coalition with any other party, but it won’t go into government for the sake of it, Holly Cairns has said in her maiden speech as new leader of the party.
Cairns was speaking at the Tara building in Dublin after she was appointed leader of the Social Democrats with no other contender putting their name forward. Now the youngest party leader in the Dáil at 33, ...
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