Sinn Fein leader will demand vote on Irish unity if she wins general election

[@FRM101]

give her this - rare for a politician to admit a foul up, let alone apologize

[@garrydullaghan3207]

Traitor grovelling to the people where were they when we needed support

[@arktos298]

So is Northern Ireland leaving the Brits? left-wing not good...

[@jasalexander-hain2601]

ireland should be united, its just daft that this island isnt a single country

[@thecosmicxx]

That’s not really our fault to be fair…

[@T5Zplayer]

But would the 2 million living here go back?

[@gregoryrainsborough1715]

Agreed, I support a united Ireland under the British flag.

[@thecosmicxx]

@ UK will be a single country once Wales and Scotland come to their senses

[@michaelfoley9904]

​@gregoryrainsborough1715 the Butchers Apron, ( British Flag ) .😂😂😂. I always wondered what the Butchers Apron ( British flag ) will look like when there is a United Ireland and an Independent Scotland. Ireland the island has always been one country.

[@wiseget-f7e]

Give Ireland back to the Irish

[@PurpleMonkeyDishwasher-69]

Which Irish, exactly?

[@maskellmaolseachlainn6347]

@@PurpleMonkeyDishwasher-69 The ones not shipped in from Britain

[@Bd-ng1zv]

And also give England back to the English!

[@chrisw8284]

No Irish left living in the 26 Roman Catholic counties of the REPUBLIC of Ireland 😂😂😂😂

[@davidwalters4906]

What's about give the lrish back there Country 800 years

[@johnhughes4170]

He might ask Martin and Harris regarding the freestate, murdering anti treaty Republican's and the proposal to commemorate the Ric/black and Tans,who together enforce British rule in Ireland's. Once again, selective media when it comes to history.

[@KimPhilby203]

Make a cup of tea and calm down..

[@gottmituns813]

Ireland deserve reunification!

[@TauCeti973]

Tell me a time when it was unified under one entity and independently governing itself. It never was.

[@gottmituns813]

@TauCeti973 During Gaelic Ireland, get to know the history well.

[@TauCeti973]

@@gottmituns813 Although it may seem so, not even during that era unfortunately.

[@gottmituns813]

@@TauCeti973 The island of Ireland was united in Gaelic times, no matter what.

[@TauCeti973]

@@gottmituns813 let it go and slide back into your ignorance.

[@devanman7920]

Sort out the immigration before anything else

[@Deranged316]

Title is very deceiving, she never actually used the word demand in this interview, not good journalism by sky news

[@joanesp100]

They are, sorting out the illegal migrants in the north east corner of Ireland. They call them selves unionists

[@uinsionnoriain8607]

SF grew its popularity and acceptability in both the North and the Republic by campaigning on bread and butter issues rather than history. That and her denial that immigration is not too great should mean a poor result tomorrow. It'll be interesting.

[@FRM101]

surely it's not a surprise that a Sinn Fein Taoiseach would call for Irish reunification

[@whatplanetdowelivein]

Maybe the North and South actually needed each other.. Before the EU got in the middle..

[@KieranHamilton-y7s]

The EU was the best thing that ever happened to Ireland.

[@shanecoyle3676]

Not a Eurosceptic...... Dont tell him without the EU we would still be poor.

[@MichaelBrown-fl7zj]

Maybe it should be a vote on chucking out illegal immigrants.

[@juliefaulkner5497]

Have never met a Southern Irish person yet who wants to be joined back up with Northern Ireland, they just don't see the point!

[@6Tghma]

Funny, everybody I know and who have met definitely want unification. It's time to right a wrong and end partition

[@孫悟空-r7w]

I had met many of them.

[@chrisw8284]

Exactly and we in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and NORTHERN Ireland want nothing to do with the 26 Roman Catholic counties of the REPUBLIC of Ireland.

[@OriginalMaxPowerII]

Weird majority of people I have met from the Irish Republic disagree with partition and don’t understand why the Northern counties were broken away in first place.

[@cillian.murphy]

People are uneducated on the matter

[@carolpaula2204]

She owns up for her mistakes in fairness.

[@robblack7560]

Really, where are the missing buried?

[@paulcolin9926]

So many comments disappear nowadays

[@kspls1]

If I comment theyd remove it. I Support the Irish. I will leave it at that my friend

[@pixelqb1801]

She was more concerned about supporting Hamas than passing the budget.

[@freko106]

Demanding Israel must stop murdering innocent Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank is not support for Hamas, it is human decentcy, the Irish used to be world leaders when it came to human decentcy we need to stop blaming immagrants for decades of government failures.

[@eirenuaireland]

She's incompetent particularly on economic issues. The fine Gael leader ( being socially incompetent) has gifted the sinn Fein internationalists an early Christmas gift.

[@SashaMoneypenny]

Constant faltering Economic growth in Northern Ireland is a nightmare due to terrorism for decades . insurance and corporate company's still see this as a threat. The paper sinn feinn put together on the economy of Ireland left this big part out and the rest of it was primary school paperwork.

[@LuNiRag]

Get Rid!!

[@ihavenomouthandimusttype9729]

Between Brexit and Sinn Feinn getting back in the Dail, a few refugees will be the least of their Troubles.

[@dazza9859]

People in the Republic Ireland are more concerned with the cost of living and 2 billion euros being spent each year on asylum seekers.In case Mary Lou hasn’t costed reunion with the North.The cost would be astronomical.

[@yermanoffthetelly]

They actually have independently costed it and it's nothing of the sort.

[@paulcolin9926]

Politicians so out of touch in Ireland. Nobody under 70 be voting for them, the Blueshirts or Finished Fail with Meehole the 🤡

[@bw.1]

I’m 26 and have been considering about moving to New York for a few months now, I’ve honestly given up hope no matter who’s in or out of this government, nothing will ever change and I’m tired of it

[@markstar6056]

It’s crazy to think Ireland has never had a female Taoiseach /PM. Sadly I think we will be stuck with 5 more years of FF/FG 😢

[@2msvalkyrie529]

We've listened to our core voters . Our position hasn't changed...!?!😳

[@wildandbarefoot]

Votes on Unity tend to be most divisive.

[@paulcolin9926]

Might have worked ten years ago

[@liammcmahon3974]

Please Ireland. Make history. Be a part of what really matters. We can achieve a united Ireland, but only if we are dedicated to this right!

[@michaelbarry8277]

Five more years Mary, five more years😂😂😂

[@dudleyspikeclarke1355]

Should she not know that FF is an off-shoot of SF. That separation occurred as a result of differing opinions around the end of the Irish Civil War???

[@KieranHamilton-y7s]

She knows, it just has no relevance to now.

[@sabhat]

Stop using change in the slogans for a change

[@JN-om6rw]

She's not going to win - andcevennivvshd did would make no differenc3

[@jd0604]

Sellout

[@Uiscebeatha565]

A United Ireland is a more protected Ireland.

[@jono3447]

Not even prepared to protect Irish culture while there still is one, just like England it will become offensive to be Irish in Ireland.

[@polreamonn]

Nonsense comment.

[@markpower9081]

I'm Irish in Ireland, not once has anyone anywhere taken offense about this. Not once in my entire life.

[@solsunman383]

I'm British, and I may disagree on the idea the Ireland MUST be politically united, but I will say that Mary Lou McDonald does seem come across as a very reasonable, if quietly formidable leader from this interview. I think we could all benefit from more such candid politicians. I can only wish her and Ireland all the best for her premiership.

[@kevinloftus9066]

United Ireland, outside the EU.

[@hipshakeirl]

Not every Irish person wants unity. many would rather leave things are they are

[@michaelbarry8277]

Any idea where the remains of Jean McConville are Mary?

[@vincentmahon6423]

They were returned to Jean's family. Still more bodies to be returned.

[@tc2664]

They we're found in 2004. Mary Lou McDonald joined Sinn Fein in 2001 which was 3 years after the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.

[@brianodriscoll2725]

She was a tout her own fault. The real issue is the Paul Quinn murder cover up which happened 9 years after the gfa

[@aleph8888]

What about justice for the Birmingham pub bombings?

[@garrydullaghan3207]

Loopy Lou had lost her cred ,she betrayed us and there is no back for a traitor

[@ghostofgralton6859]

How did she do that?

[@hipshakeirl]

love that nickname...a perfect fit

[@OriginalMaxPowerII]

Far riot bots calling actual real Irish nationalists traitors is funny. What role did the National Party play in the Easter Rising or the Irish War of Independence exactly?

[@MrJoecool9999]

Sinn Fein have a poster up for the election which reads - "For a United Ireland - Vote Sinn Fein....! - it should read - "For an Islamic Ireland - Vote Sinn Fein...!"

[@Jen-lg4hp]

Where's her burka to appease the future islamic majority of her voters? TRAITOR!

[@Paws4Thought669]

Sell out

[@mark3182]

Mary Lou needs to win this or I can see a change of leadership at sinn fein

[@bjohnson1489]

The shiners have lost their original message. Today it's more taxes and more immigration

[@T5Zplayer]

Yeah, right. The unionists will accept that.

[@Irishman0855]

6 millions nationalist vs 500k unionists😂 good luck

[@awsysumer3814]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@Irishman0855misconception here. Unionists are far more than 500k and nationalists are not 6 mils cuz if we think this way, then unionists are 65 mils more, so deciding the North’s future will only those who live in NI.

[@ruairiose7335]

This has historically been the source of the trouble, this Unionist veto. Any time their position looks under threat violence and/or instability ensue. It will happen again. Democracy cannot ever triumph as long as this farce continues.

[@icebearcriminal1265]

The UK will accept it so it's not as if they'll have their backing

[@Irishman0855]

@@awsysumer3814 no there not bro no one in Britain cares about yous😂 there is 6 million nationalists on this island that will defend the GFA, and remember no ruc or British army for the remix🤫

[@marcinfromireland]

As an immigrant I had to look up the SF on wikipedia and I found that oxymoron about SF: " an Irish republican and democratic socialist political party". This exactly explains what's fucked up with Irish politics (actually not only in IE). The same with SG ..another oxymoron. These two parties are literally the same !! a mixbag of everything with the dominance of the left-wing & big corporate influences above all. What a mess ....in my country at least we've got pure conservative / right-wing parties ...not like these fake hybrids like the main political parties in IE or UK. I wish Irish people voted out these scammers and exploiters of tax payers.

[@scottwarren9867]

She is delusional 🙄

[@gerrardlawless6331]

What a load of crap we have had women as president's of Ireland 30 years ago

[@RaeKearns]

Yes, I'm so tired of hearing about gender and smooth female politicians.........too much modernity

[@Jen-lg4hp]

And she was another globalist traitor who swanned off to a cushy job in Geneva. Does anyone seriously believe that female politicians are any less corrupt than the male ones?

[@DARRENCAIRNS87]

She's not running for president

[@fuzzylogiceire]

She was referring specifically to the role of Taoiseach. The Irish President has little political power.

[@RaeKearns]

@fuzzylogiceire no but she was inferring that we are behind the Times regarding electing women in general....

[@seanoboyle2234]

Not one vote people!!!🇮🇪

[@nfbk123]

Fake British spy

[@davidwalters4906]

What with a lrish Flag and your not lrish I ok lad

[@iancoleman5555]

Was thinking of giving them a vote but they've gotten so weak on climate, including proposing a new billion euro fossil fuel subsidy

[@DavidTimlin-c8e]

It’s time for Sinn Fein, to get into power and hopefully they will get more homes built and lower the cost of living in Ireland.

[@macrolly23]

Hipster camp diversity, I identify as chump 😅 Sinn fein are lost now

[@PythagorasHyperborea]

Tiny little island doesn’t have enough resources for the people who are already there and now they want to bring more. Sure that’ll work.

[@christodd5122]

Must be the Islamic unity she talking about

[@polreamonn]

What?

[@jazzawelsh]

Get them.out or more migrants will come

[@dublin123-e4n]

Yes your right ff and fg had to go

[@TheBigHouseRed97]

The interviewer was way harder on Mary Lou compared to Micheal Martin. She passed with flying colours imo

[@foxoclock-snooze8176]

Regardless of which 2 big parties form the next Irish government there will need to be a BP by at the latest 4th July 2028. Within 12 months of taking office the next Taoiseach will need to agree a BP date with the British PM or publish a report explaining why not.

[@openureyes]

Traitors

[@ghostofgralton6859]

How so?

[@openureyes]

@ghostofgralton6859 SF voted with the government for the EU migrant bill opening the flood gates

[@OriginalMaxPowerII]

@@openureyesfar-right bots don’t speak for Ireland fool.

[@ThomasMullan-r5s]

Your taking about southern s trators 1969

[@101-q6t]

We want Ireland for the Irish.

[@brianbeag]

I saw an election campaign speech by Mary Lou on 24 November. 15 minutes long. Only the first 3 minutes were given to policy issues although she managed to avoid any reference to immigration and the remaining 12 minutes were dedicated to reunification. I am certain that outside of her party’s core vote which latest polling shows is around 20-25% at best, unification is nowhere on the list of priorities of the vast majority of Irish voters that need to be addressed. Whilst not wishing to diminish the legitimate aspiration of unification this seems to me to be a major problem in the SF campaign.

[@2msvalkyrie529]

Oh look ! A squirrel..!! ( it won't work this time..! )

[@bw.1]

The priorities that should be first on the list to get it over and done with is the housing crisis and the rise in immigration

[@robblack7560]

Irish unity? No-one North or South is even mentioning unity apart from this SinnFein/IRA representative.

[@vincentmahon6423]

To do list for the referendum 1. Unite the two soccer leagues 2. New national anthem. 3. New national flag. 4. Rejoin the Commonwealth of Nations. 5. Invest in a navy as the realm of a United Ireland will encompass a large part of the North Atlantic and security is woefully neglected as of now.

[@ATGC597]

United Ireland!! 🇮🇪

[@harrywaters7718]

😂😂😂 What’s she talking about? What does it matter if the south vote for a United Ireland or not? She has no say over Northern Ireland having a vote.

[@faton2966]

yeah she does, sinn fein is the biggest party in northern ireland

[@vincentmahon6423]

​@@faton2966Only the UK Secretary of State gets to decide when / if a border poll takes place.

[@toshe.6690]

i thought the people of the republic had a referendum and voted to drop their claim over the north of Ireland. is she trying to undo the agreement that was made?

[@tc2664]

@@vincentmahon6423 with NI costing the UK 11 billion a year of English tax money I think that the UK secretary would be quick to give the go ahead within the next 4-6 years.

[@tc2664]

@@toshe.6690 No one voted to drop their claim over the north of Ireland. The Irish government dropped the claim so that the Good Friday Agreement peace process would work that gives only the peace of the North of Ireland to vote for their future. The only thing keeping NI within the Union isn't loyalism it's simply down to financial benefit so if the people in NI ever feel financially better being part of the Republic they will vote for it. It's also in the GFA that once the first vote on a united Ireland happens then there will be an affect of a new vote every 8 years so even if the first vote doesn't gain a United Ireland it will only be a matter of 8 years for the next vote to start.

[@arktos298]

So is Northern Ireland leaving the Brits?

[@CCrux-yt]

Gonna look at the petition for a general election or not?

[@Zer0JusTice-qh8bc]

SF abstained from the referendum vote a very insulting act, but expects people to vote for them, hid behind housing in the campaign avoided illegal entry to Ireland issues and the unsafe practices .They might as well sit on the same side of the Dial with FF/FG and the greens and leave the real opposition representatives to fight for the Irish citizens.

[@ciaraneire1]

Go mary lou!!!!!

[@socialminds9894]

Very good!

[@John-pl3lf]

Bring it on aye say....anyone with a brain would stay in the uk we in northern ireland have free health care no water charges and half of northern ireland is on the DLA ....the cost of living in the south is through the roof .....we will see how your referendum goes Mary.....bring it on ....

[@shaneryan5703]

I would like to see how they would do. The other options are blatantly lying on tv. Or independents all the way. Lastly, why fix something that isn’t broken.

[@uinsionnoriain8607]

In retrospect, Ireland would probably have achieved more than it has today , without a war of independence and civil war, the way the rest of the British Empire did after WWII. But for WWI, Ireland would probably have achieved Home Rule by Act of Parliament at around the same time as the Uprising and it would have included what we now call Northern Ireland. Had WWI not occurred or at least not when it did commence, there would probably have been no partition, Sinn Fein, FF, FG, the Troubles etc.

[@Irishman0855]

United ireland is coming💪 get up the shinners🇮🇪

[@believeroflight9888]

with the new borders , I think it will be just better if they reunite ireland.

[@mrmmorrow7193]

"Irish unity" in quotations because it is a term used by Irish republicans to make it all seem fuzzy and warmn😂

[@MarkSmith-og8xn]

Lies , Lies and more Lies , Sinn Fein are finished 🇮🇪

[@KieranHamilton-y7s]

And she didn’t tell a single lie 😂😂😂

[@BrandonChess-n6h]

In principle great but Ireland has so many social problems how will it administratively tackle receiving the almost 2 million people from Northern Ireland? Welfare, housing, health care - it could end up being a disaster for both countries

[@bobo8638]

The Irish government can't run 26 counties, how are they going to run 32

[@davidwalters4906]

We will see not be Long

[@yermanoffthetelly]

They seem to be doing a better job than Britain. When was the last time Westminster ran a budget surplus?

[@alwayslearning7672]

Doesn't matter. There is no place for British Rule on the island. Full stop!

[@davidtaylor4975]

@@yermanoffthetelly Ireland is a FAR smaller country.,

[@shaunamarie1053]

Unite Ireland!

[@Jen-lg4hp]

"An United Islamic African State with NO Irish left in it", is what this traitor really means.

[@PeeTree-bx6lp]

whats going on in ireland that makes this election so big?

[@tictacmantips1]

FIANNA FAIL will get most seats banker

[@ghostofgralton6859]

It'll be a close one

[@TheBigGoonerAJ]

basically says vote for me because im a woman ffs

[@kenziboy2339]

Forget being the leader in Ireland and also Forget about a united Ireland because both are a falsehood.

[@philipferguson8570]

And SF totally commited to capitalism. Selling out. Awful too. Hopefully Eirigi and 1916 Societies merger is going ahead well.

[@KingMob.]

Too perimature for a United Ireland...

[@DonalOLochlainn]

Sinn féin haven't a hope of winning with Mary luo Muhammad and her Islamic party.

[@polreamonn]

Come again?

[@PaulMooney-y3l]

Brits Out

[@Pokemontj212]

Free Ireland free the irish United 32 counties

[@JohnODoe-w5c]

VOTE INDEPENDENT

[@matthewdiment2325]

Yea shev will.prob ruin irlamd

[@MrAidzor]

Best keep shev away from irlamd in that case

[@thecosmicxx]

@@MrAidzorwhy can no one spell Ireland in this thread

[@ghostofgralton6859]

@matthewdiment2325 Palpatine?

[@PaulwLucassmith]

Also independent Australia sirs

[@johnnymookergee4935]

Traitor

[@NoWindNoSunNoPower]

There’s a general election in Northern Ireland?

[@NiallMcEvoy05]

no southern ireland (the republic) but sinn fein opperates in both juristictions.

[@murpho999]

@@NiallMcEvoy05Sorry. It’s Ireland. No such country as Southern Ireland.

[@JohnMccabe-kr7du]

They already are the biggest party in NI

[@garyboulton2302]

I agree Ireland should be united to Northern Ireland, and therefore United to the United Kingdom.

[@crossfire34]

Never going to happen.

[@manuscarlisle463]

*An historic

[@naradaian]

Gordon Bennett - twaddle twaddle twaddle unity twaddle waddle managing international twaddle oooomodern ireland with a woman politician - inspirational…msybe FF and FG will sober up

[@2msvalkyrie529]

She's not wearing her hijab today....??

[@Ciar-i3x]

She wore that once, in solidarity with Palestinian women. Let it go.

[@user-ve9qk1sq9q]

Marylou for taoiseach

[@joecater894]

I do believe more and more Northern Irish see themselves as Northern Irish (according to polls atleast).. ; not ROI. Also, for ROI to absorb NI and keep it same as UK, then they'd have to fund it to tune of 3% GDP. From UK point of view.. I guess losing connection with NI would be sad from a point of British Identity. but, from the position of independence from ECHR .. which we might need to have.. there is an opportunity to leave it.. I suspect EU wouldnt necessarily want NI to be inside the EU.. as the situation with NI being part of the UK, yet under EU rules gives the EU massive leverage over the UK which is a very large market on their doorstep.. as long as NI is within the UK then they can have the UK following EU rules , then not at the table.

[@murpho999]

EU has already said Northern Ireland would automatically become part of EU if unified. So no issue there. Economic cost of unification will be worked out and economy will also improve. Ireland would modernise the North’s economy which has been neglected by Britain. As for British identity, half the people don’t identify as British so don’t see why you’d be sad. ECHR point is relevant but only crazy regimes would want to leave it.

[@JohnMccabe-kr7du]

So Irish unification would cost ireland much less than brexit has cost uk

[@joecater894]

@@murpho999 yes, they will say that... but it doesnt mean they want it. ultimately it is up to ROI and the Northern Irish people.

[@cillian.murphy]

FFFG OUT

[@merseydave1]

I am a Socialist in Liverpool, so I am looking from the other side of The Irish sea. Mary Lou McDonald does not know her own history, she said "The other two old parties" meaning the two Finna parties ... those parties were formed after The Irish Civil War, Sinn Fein was formed Well Before The Irish Civil War! Now I would LOVE to see Sinn Fein (along with other left parties) form a Government in the 26 Counties BUT those two Finna parties ALWAYS win through, as the Irish voting electorate support those two Conservative Finna parties ... (regrettably) Fact!.

[@garracloyne]

🤔🤔

[@brianodriscoll2725]

It’s just a broad black brimmer

[@anthonykenaley]

Sf sell outs