Now on bbc news, hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. In ireland, all of the talk earlier this year was of a political earthquake. The radical nationalist Party Sinn Fein won the most votes in irelands general election. They promised to smash the status quo. Well, so much for that. In fact, irelands two Old Established parties formed a grand coalition, and they are guiding the country through the covid i9 pandemic and brexit. My guest today is Mary Lou Mcdonald, the leader of sinn fein. Has her party missed its moment . Mary lou mcdonald in dublin, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. After the february election, when you and your party did remarkably well you won the most first preference votes in irelands general election you talked about a revolution at the ballot box. Well, five months on, whats happened to that revolution . Well, five months on, we are into really uncharted and unprecedented times, no more than yourselves, with a global pandemic, with the Public Health eme
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