'Nobody thinks it's a good idea' - Shortall on Social Democrats-Labour merger

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Social Democrats co-founders Róisín Shortall and Catherine Murphy have both said they will not contest the next general election

The Hard Shoulder"I don't think anybody within the Social Democrats would think that that was a good idea," she said.

"When we set up the party we did so to give people choice and we wanted to create a genuine social democratic party."In the early days when I got involved in politics we were very much dominated by the two and a half party system. "We wanted to move away from that and the country has done that largely - for the foreseeable future we'll certainly be having coalition governments and that's a good thing".'A very good local election'"I think we've got decades of experience behind us and there's a point where it's a good time to go," she said."I think we're leaving the party in very good shape and hopefully to improve into the future.

Main image: Róisín Shortall of the Social Democrats speaking in the portico outside Leinster House in February 2022. Image: Sasko Lazarov / RollingNews.ie

 

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