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Politics Support for Mary-Lou solid among Sinn Féin voters despite bruising local electionsThe results come after a difficult few weeks for the Dublin Central TD
Politics Fine Gael now largest party as Fianna Fáil jumps four points Sinn Féin surrenders top place with public demanding autumn election and USC cuts
Opinion Shane Coleman: Put this government out of its misery and let’s have a September electionSimon Harris and his administration should go to the country in September as dragging it out any longer, especially until March, would be bonkers
The Last Post Matt Cooper: Sinn Féin’s run to the centre has left it with a major identity crisisParty leader Mary Lou McDonald has had a woeful year and there is no guarantee the party can recover in time for a general election
Business Post's View Editorial: Fractured EU Parliament will struggle to meet challenges of war and migration2024 elections saw a major setback for the Green agenda across Europe
Politics Sinn Féin hopes review can provide answers as focus lands on Mary Lou McDonald’s leadershipThe party’s performance in the local elections has led some members to sound alarm bells as the general election nears
Local and European Elections Shane Coleman: Ten major lessons we learned from last weekend’s electionsWith the counting now done and all seats filled, a number of issues have become clear, with all eyes now turning to when Taoiseach Simon Harris will call the general election
Politics Dominic McGrath: Battered and bruised Sinn Féin struggles to do it all againMary Lou McDonald’s party is battling to rebound in the UK general election, but its campaigners have little time to regroup after bruising results last week
Politics Election Post Script: Sinn Féin will ‘learn and grow’ from poor election, insists McDonald Taoiseach Simon Harris says he does not fear by-elections amid talk of an early General Election
Local and European Elections Analysis: Where to for Mary Lou after bruising election?Any other parliamentary party would be asking serious questions of their leader after such a disappointing election, but Sinn Féin is different
Politics Harris says ‘penny has dropped’ with Sinn Féin after Fine Gael election success Taoiseach says position on timing of general election ‘has not changed’
Local and European Elections ‘It hasn’t been our day’: McDonald to lead Sinn Féin ‘reflection’ after poor local electionsMary Lou McDonald said she was committed to remaining party leader but that “we didn’t get it right” on strategy
Politics Sinn Féin stumbles as coalition parties escape poll punishmentSurge in support for independents signals arrival as potential coalition kingmakers
Energy Sinn Féin: Investment in energy storage ‘no brainer’ in reducing prices Increased investment in energy storage would deliver savings of up to €85 million a year, according to Mary Lou McDonald
EU ‘Euro critical’ Sinn Féin ready to ‘face down’ restrictive EU policiesMary Lou McDonald said the party was not Eurosceptic, but said it would ‘challenge’ measures that ‘intrude negatively on Irish public life’
Business Post's View Poll shows Sinn Féin still first, but at lowest support in four years Two-point increase for Fine Gael since last month means the party is now four points higher than when Leo Varadkar decided to resign from office in March
Politics Sinn Féin is in crisis and has been for a year as it loses the ‘big mo’Either Simon Harris or Micheál Martin is now more likely to be the next Taoiseach than Mary Lou McDonald
Politics Red C poll: Crisis for Martin as Fianna Fáil suffers fresh slump in supportParty is feeling squeezed from Fine Gael under fresh leadership of Simon Harris
The Last Post Matt Cooper: Sinn Féin’s ‘angry/happy’ routine last week exposes fear of being outflanked by populists Mary Lou McDonald’s shortcomings as leader are in contrast to the sure-footed performance of Michelle O’Neill so far as the North’s first minister