Mary Lou McDonald interview: ‘I’m not one bit presumptuous about Sinn Féin’s automatic ascent to power’

The Sinn Féin leader’s prospects of becoming the first ever female taoiseach are looking increasingly good, but she is adamant that she won’t take the result of the next general election for granted

Mary Lou MacDonald: ‘Nobody should imagine that Sinn Féin is going to hand down, Messiah-like on tablets of stone, the new Ireland.’ Picture: Bryan Meade