Could Sinn Féin's 'extremely constructive' talks with Fine Gael open coalition doors?
Since emerging as Ireland's largest party in the 2020 general election, Sinn Féin's fortunes have been on a downward trajectory.
Mary Lou McDonald's party couldn't come to any agreement with left-wing parties to even come close to a viable alternative government, and despite a united front in campaigning for President Catherine Connolly, this looks no closer six years on.
They slipped further back in the 2024 general election, with differences between the party and its potential coalition partners more evident that ever.
McDonald frequently engages in bitter Dáil confrontations with Taoiseach Micheál Martin. However, her relationship with Tánaiste and Fine Gael leader Simon Harris seems to have thawed somewhat.
They rarely have a good word to say about each other, which is why some eyebrows were raised after it was revealed McDonald and Harris had held "extremely constructive" talks on Irish unity.
It followed an earlier debate on Irish unification, after which Sinn Féin...
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