Sinn Féin Sets Sights on Power in Ireland at Annual Conference

With growing popularity in the Republic of Ireland, the party gears up for the country's next general election, aiming for government participation for the first time.

• Over 1,000 members of Sinn Féin gathered in Athlone for the party's annual conference, where leader Mary Lou McDonald outlined the party's plans for the upcoming year.
• Sinn Féin, currently the largest party in Northern Ireland, is aiming to participate in the Republic of Ireland's government for the first time, following a surge in popularity.
• The party is preparing for the country's next general election, expected to occur late next year or early in 2025, and is also targeting success in local and European elections due next summer.
• Sinn Féin is also seeking a return to government in Northern Ireland, which has been without political leaders since February 2022 due to a dispute over post-Brexit trade rules.
• Vice-president Michelle O'Neill, who could potentially become the first nationalist first minister of Northern Ireland, called for the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) to end its boycott of the Stormont assembly.

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