Mary Lou McDonald, president, Sinn Féin: when the votes were counted in the February 2020 general election, Sinn Féin had won more votes than either Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael, the first time that has happened in a century of elections. Picture: Getty
The current decade has been eventful in many ways. Along with pandemic and war, one of the biggest and most sudden changes in Irish politics in decades has taken place since the start of the 2020s. At the beginning of the last general election campaign, just weeks into the new decade, nobody was predicting an earthquake at the polls, least of all Sinn Féin. The party, whose constitution commits it to establishing a Democratic Socialist...
Does that gombeen O'Brien not see the elephant in the room because of the destructive policies of FF, FG, Grs with their endless corruption and cronyism which is why SFs support has rocketed not 'algorithms of social media platforms' 🙄🙄🙄
Lads the problem you buckos have is that the golden circle has gotten so small that you're really only dog whistling to the few. Nobody else is buying this nonsense. Algorithms is it now Father?
Rubbish like this.
Media constantly promotes far left culture and then ponders why the election results go that way, lol
FF FG FF FG FF FG FF FG FG FF FG FF FG FF FG FF Voting the same Over 100 years hasn’t worked
Inequality, homelessness, pathological dedication to neoliberalism…
Auld fella from dublin with a job at a newspaper talks from his hole 😂
Power, Greed and Corruption within FG.FF. Labour.
Lots of things, including constant government corruption, Cronyism, Incompetence, Greed, and never-ending scandals.
750,000 voters have been conned according to 1 voter. Go home Dan, you’re drunk.
Just look around Dan
You're living in a bubble Dan.
Or, now stick with me, it's because the traditional parties are completely failing to solve the problems of the day?
I’ll save you the read FFFG.
Ironically an article that was supposed to shed light on SF rise and steer us away from that eventuailty is going to lead to more votes for SF due to its contempt for the publics intelligence.
Inevitable when the government doesn’t care about anyone who doesn’t make 100K a year
Dan needs to learn the definition of “Explosive”
ciananbrennan While I’d welcome a change of government, I don’t think there would be a seismic change with sf in power. I’d say they would just tinker around the edges. A strong policy on property hoarders & dereliction could be a game changer.
Explosive ? FFS lads look at what has being leading us last ten years plus 🤔,
You and your ilk Dan, blatant msm bias against sf and your refusal to hold government to account for corruption and cronyism is what caused it 😉👍
ciananbrennan Promising free everything to everyone
Poor oul Dan.
FF and FG's serial incompetence, corruption and cruelty. The Irish electorate's lack of morality.
Complete and total disillusionment with the establishment caused by their blatant, malicious prioritization of capital interests over the public interest. Why don't they ask their banker pals and investment funds to vote for them?
ciananbrennan I suspect the reason is the depressingly long list of policy failures over many years, not least of which is the disastrous handling of the financial crisis and its aftermath! MichealMartinTD LeoVaradkar MaryLouMcDonald vonderleyen
I don't subscribe to the BP for this absolute shite
Is it.....really terrible governing from the incumbent parties?
What a piss poor article from BP. Surprised at the BP about this. Articles like this swill are better suited to obviously biased rags like the IT and Indo. SF are doing so well because FFG shoot themselves in the foot at every turn and are corrupt. Nothing more than this.
Note 'Explosive rise' deliberate or not? This person knows he won't be coming out the winning side of the rejection of the 100 year government of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael and various hangers on.
Liking at their policies and tuu see they don’t actually have anything of substance . After listening to Pearse Doherty on radio 1 last week I was literally horrified at what he was saying . They will bankrupt us
Yer ragin' aren't ye
Keep Dan doing what's he's doing he's Barking in the mirror at his own reflection Newspaper readers nowadays are are old FGFF Voters who won't vote for SF Those who are flocking to SF are those most affected by Cost of Living Housing Education Health Waffle by a government lackey
Don't see SF sustaining 33% to election too much anti-previous soon to be forgotten previous regime, weak on Economy and Defence. NI will undermine their offer. Which means they need a coalition but keep pissing off the Greens! New leader for FF might change things. So might UKR.
Who killed FFG?
The very obvious constant failings of the current government, and previous FF/FG governments continually fucking over the electorate for decades
Corruption & lies from FineGael fiannafailparty
Housing The wealth transfer from poor to rich by Gov policy (EV & retrofit just 2) Hospital waiting lists Children missing critical early intervention Overspending on basically everything Always reactive decisions & policies I could continue It’s a disgrace how country is run