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Gerry Adams

February 2020

Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald celebrates with her supporters.

Ireland's two-party convention shattered as Sinn Fein surges

The former political wing of the Irish Republican Army, which has recast itself as the main left-wing party, secured 24 per cent of first-preference votes, almost doubling its share from the last election in 2016.

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