The surge of Sinn Féin.

Fianna Fáil has replaced Fine Gael as the party on course to win the most seats, but the intrigue is elsewhere. There are concerns over Sinn Féin's internal decision-making process: the party's finance minister in Stormont asked a senior ex-IRA man if he would "be content" with a crucial decision to cut heating subsidies. Denise slowly softened as O'Reilly ran through her party's proposals, denouncing Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil for having it "stitched up between them". [Extracted from the article]

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