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The Long Game: How Sinn Fein went from Political Outsider to a Party of Government

Published: Oct. 3, 2023, 3:50 p.m.

b'Sinn F\\xe9in is the most popular political party in Ireland and Northern Ireland. The local government elections in Northern Ireland in May 2023 cemented Sinn F\\xe9in\\u2019s status as the largest party north of the border, while polling indicates that Mary Lou McDonald could lead the party into government in the Republic at the next General Election. Questions therefore arise as to what a Sinn F\\xe9in government would mean for Ireland\\u2019s role in the European Union, Irish unity, and military neutrality, amongst other issues. In her keynote address to the IIEA, award-winning journalist Aoife Moore discusses her new book, The Long Game: Inside Sinn F\\xe9in, including what can be expected from Sinn F\\xe9in as a party of government and how a Sinn F\\xe9in-led Northern Ireland Executive may impact post-Brexit politics. In the 25th anniversary year of the Good Friday Agreement, Ms Moore also\\xa0discusses the state of play in Northern Irish politics.\\xa0\\n\\nAbout the Speaker:\\xa0\\n\\nAoife Moore is an award-winning journalist and the author of The Long Game: Inside Sinn F\\xe9in. She is a former political correspondent for the Sunday Times and the Irish Examiner and spent two years working as a journalist for Press Association. In 2020, she broke the \\u201cGolfgate\\u201d story on the Oireachtas Golf Society scandal along with her colleague Paul Hosford, for which they were jointly awarded Journalist of the Year at the 2021 Newsbrands Irish Journalism Awards. A Derry native, Ms Moore has written and commented extensively on Northern Ireland, Irish and Northern Irish politics, the legacy of the Troubles, and the Good Friday Agreement, as well as the unique challenges faced by women in Irish journalism and more widely in Irish society.'