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
Now on bbc news, hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. I am stephen sackur. In ireland, all the talk earlier this year was ofa the talk earlier this year was of a political earthquake, a radical nationalist Party Sinn Fein won the most votes in the general election and promised to his smash the status quo. Well, so much for that, in fa ct, well, so much for that, in fact, islands two oldest parties formed a coalition and they are guiding their country through a pandemic and brexit. My through a pandemic and brexit. My guest today is mary lou mcdonald, the leader of sinn fein. Has her party missed their moments . Mary lou mcdonald, in dublin, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. After the february election when you and your party did remarkably well, your party did remarkably well, you won the most first preference votes in ireland the general elections, you talked about a revolution at the ballot box. Five months on, what has happened to the revolution . The five months on we are into uncharted an
Now on bbc news, its hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. I am stephen sackur. In ireland, all the talk earlier this year was of a political earthquake, a 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 a Global Pandemic and brexit. My guest today is Mary Lou Mcdonald, the leader of sinn fein. Has her party missed their moment . After the february election, when you and your party did remarkably well, you won the most first preference votes in irelands general elections, you talked about a revolution at the ballot box. Well, five months on, what has happened to the revolution . Five months on, we are into uncharted and unprecedented times, no more than yourselves with a Global Pandemic, with a Public Health emergency here, on our island and that has caused considerable disruption to
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