Irish election: A United Ireland, a Disunited Kingdom?
By DW
16 February 2020 |
7:12 am
The rise of the nationalist Sinn Féin party has taken even itself by surprise. The onetime castaway of Irish politics is now the country's most popular party — notwithstanding continued questions about its dark past.
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