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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
By David Young

McDonald accuses parties of treating Sinn Fein voters as ‘second-class citizens’

Spokesman on housing Eoin O Broin and Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald launching their party’s proposals to make housing affordable, in Clondalkin, Dublin (Niall Carson/PA) - (PA Wire)

Sinn Fein president Mary Lou McDonald has accused Fine Gael and Fianna Fail of treating her party’s voters as second-class citizens.

Ms McDonald suggested her rivals’ outright dismissal of Sinn Fein as a potential coalition partner demonstrated a lack of respect for the party’s supporters.

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