Political Sketch

Inside the Gerry Adams and Mary Lou show in a Cabra GAA club

Business Post political correspondent Daniel Murray was asked to leave a fundraising event by the Sinn Féin leader but here is what he heard

‘An evening with Gerry Adams and Mary Lou’ drew Sinn Féin supporters in their droves to the Naomh Fionnbarra club in Cabra. Picture: Facebook

There are not many political parties or former politicians who could pack out a GAA club on a Friday night at €10 a head.

But Sinn Féin is no ordinary party. And Gerry Adams was never an ordinary politician.

‘An evening with Gerry Adams and Mary Lou’ drew supporters in their droves to the Naomh Fionnbarra club in Cabra, many of whom sought selfies with Adams before the event got under way.