Sinn Fein’s victory is Ireland’s ‘Brexit moment’

 Patrick Cockburn

Patrick Cockburn

Patrick Cockburn is an award-winning Independent columnist who specialises in analysis of Iraq, Syria and wars in the Middle East. He has been with The Independent since 1990.

Sinn Fein’s victory is Ireland’s ‘Brexit moment’
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Irish republican Sinn Fein party leader Mary Lou McDonald (centre) celebrates with her supporters in the RDS centre in Dublin, Ireland, on February 9. File/Agence France-Presse