Politics

Smith says PBP willing to join SF in government under certain conditions

The People Before Profit TD said her party would only back a broad left coalition with no ties to Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael

Bríd Smith, TD for Dublin South Central: ‘We would really want to radically challenge the agenda of the bankers, the developers and the builders.’ Picture: Bryan Meade

Any broad left coalition with Sinn Féin as the lead party after the next general election would come with strict conditions, a People Before Profit/Solidarity TD has said.

Bríd Smith, TD for Dublin South Central, said the rise in support for Sinn Féin in the polls was a reflection of how people in Irish society felt about the way the country was being run.

She said Sinn Féin had to ensure that, having campaigned so ...