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