Politics

Sinn Féin takes its campaign to court business to New York

Mary Lou McDonald and Pearse Doherty travelled stateside last week to meet US firms

Pearse Doherty and Mary Lou McDonald are on an outreach programme to big business in the US. Picture: RollingNews.ie

Sinn Féin leaders met with companies based in the United States over the weekend as part of the party’s ongoing outreach mission to global businesses.

Mary Lou McDonald, the party leader, and Pearse Doherty, Sinn Féin’s finance spokesman travelled to New York on Friday to hold a series of meetings with financial institutions and firms.

Among the companies they met were Bank of Ireland representatives based in New York, Bank of America, and FanDuel, part ...