Mary Lou McDonald

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Mary Lou McDonald

Irish politician

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Gerry Adams
…successor became clear when only Mary Lou McDonald, Sinn Féin’s deputy leader, stood to replace him, and her candidacy was formally ratified by the party’s high council. “The truth is that no one will ever fill Gerry Adams’s shoes…but the news is that I brought my own,” McDonald said after…
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…successor became clear when only Mary Lou McDonald, Sinn Féin’s deputy leader, stood to replace him, and her candidacy was formally ratified by the party’s high council. “The truth is that no one will ever fill Gerry Adams’s shoes…but the news is that I brought my own,” McDonald said after…
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Sinn Féin
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…replaced in February 2018 by Mary Lou McDonald. She led the party to a historic victory in Ireland’s 2020 national election, in which it upset Fine Gael’s and Fianna Fáil’s traditional dominance of Irish politics by finishing with the highest total of first preference votes and secured 37 seats in…
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…replaced in February 2018 by Mary Lou McDonald. She led the party to a historic victory in Ireland’s 2020 national election, in which it upset Fine Gael’s and Fianna Fáil’s traditional dominance of Irish politics by finishing with the highest total of first preference votes and secured 37 seats in…
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