Analysis

Sinn Féin’s race to the centre leaves it caught between a rock and a hard place

The party’s drop in support, as shown by last week’s Red C poll, is no longer a blip – it is a trend

Support for Sinn Féin, led by president Mary Lou McDonald, has fallen from a peak of 36 per cent to 25 per cent in Red C polls. Picture: Corbis

There must have been of the order of 50 opinion polls since the last general election, but none have felt remotely as significant as the ...