Politics
Pat Rabbitte: Ahern saying Fianna Fáil should be the junior party to Sinn Féin is pure mischief
Today’s Fianna Fáil voters are the oldest and arguably the country’s most conservative and will not easily desert Micheál Martin’s ‘shared island’ vision for Mary Lou McDonald’s demand for an early border poll
Fianna Fáil is about to confront its most important challenge since the party decided in 1927 to enter Dáil Éireann. The party’s decision-makers may have up to 18 months – but it may be less – to make a decision its Oireachtas members would prefer to avoid.
Will Fianna Fáil join Sinn Féin in government as junior partner, or will it continue to coalesce with Fine Gael in the not entirely unreasonable hope that a ...
