Indo’s anti-republican type
2 June 2014
WE CAN ONLY IMAGINE the scene at the Irish Independent’s headquarters on Saturday 24 May as news broke of a seismic shift in the political landscape in the 26 Counties. Free article
Buaiteoirí agus caillteoirí – tábhacht na polaitíochta don phobal
2 June 2014
BHÍ IDIR gáire agus caoineadh le cloisteáil ar fud na tíre, agus ar fud na hEorpa is dócha le déanaí agus na vótaí dhá gcomhaireamh ó na toghcháin áitiúla, fo-thoghcháin agus toghcháin na hEorpa. Cuma cén toradh a bhíonn ar na ballóidí éagsúla, aithníonn an chuid is mó den phobal an mhisneach a thógann sé d’aon duine iad féin a chur os comhair an phobail i dtoghchán ar bith. Free article
Sinn Féin’s most historic elections since 1918
2 June 2014
SINN FÉIN has rocked the vote across the island. Almost half a million EU voters have made Sinn Féin the biggest party on the island of Ireland. Free article
Media reaction
2 June 2014
THE HEADLINES said “Sinn Féin surge ahead”; “Sinn Féin reign”; “Shinners sweep the capital”; “The arrival of Sinn Féin as a genuine heavyweight”; “Huge swing to Sinn Féin”. We could go on with the superlatives used in news headlines over the first three days of vote counting in the EU and local elections but . . . we would be missing an important point. Free article
Big post-election questions for political unionism
2 June 2014
THE European and local election campaigns in the North took place against the previous 22 months of impasse in the political process and instability on the ground. The agenda for political unionism has been set throughout by Orange and unionist extremists, and that has resulted in both the Democratic Unionist Party and the Ulster Unionist Party failing to unambiguously support power-sharing and partnership government. Free article
Social media – Sinn Féin and An Phoblacht – Number 1 online
2 June 2014
ON Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, Sinn Féin continued to out-perform every other party across the island of Ireland by multiples from March. At the height of the election counts, “Sinn Féin” and “An Phoblacht” were trending in Ireland. Free article
A seismic shift
2 June 2014
Gerry Adams talks to An Phoblacht about the election results and what now for Sinn Féin Free article
Election results comparable to 1918
2 June 2014
Behind the scenes, An Phoblacht talks to Sinn Féin National Director of Elections Brian Tumilty Free article
By-elections – Near-upset in Dublin West and surge in Longford/Westmeath
2 June 2014
The Sinn Féin vote more than doubled, Paul Donnelly topping the poll on first-preferences and Paul Hogan more than doubled first-preferences taking third place in a challenge to Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael Free article
A hard-fought-for win
2 June 2014
FOUR MEPs, 260+ councillors, almost half a million votes, and becoming the largest political party in first preference vote terms in Ireland for the first time in almost 100 years. Free article
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