Opinion
Elaine Byrne: Sinn Féin’s instinct to avoid ‘politics of condemnation’ is a moral embarrassment
Why has it taken the deaths of more than 1,300 Israelis and the capture of more than 120 hostages for Sinn Féin to shift its soft stance on the terrorist group Hamas?
Mary Lou McDonald has used the word ‘condemn’ to describe the deliberate policy by Hamas to target Israeli civilians on only one occasion on the Oireachtas record.
That happened last Wednesday. This contribution by the Sinn Féin leader during Dáil leader’s questions was a new departure for her party. It was a landmark moment for a party which has realistic hopes of being in government next year. Sinn Féin is now more closely aligned with ...
