while gerry adams a lwa ys lou mcdonald and while gerry adams always denied being in the ira himselfrvices would have said he was senior in the ira. mary lou mcdonald, no parliament —— no paramilitary background, very much seen as the new face of sinn fein. interesting when you look at the analysis of these opinion polls in the irish republic, sinn fein's la ke in the irish republic, sinn fein's lake particularly strong amongst younger voters, though not exclusively so, they also in a strong showing with voting groups up to the age of 65, so it could be that as the memory of the conflict in northern so it could be that as the memory of the conflict in northern ireland is receding further into history, sinn fein has associations with the ira is becoming less of an issue for voters. the other two parties, fianna fail and fine gael, has certainly tried to put the spotlight and sinn fein has back links to paramilitary violence in northern ireland, but sinn fein has organised —— emphasised its role in the northern ireland peace process, so could be it is moving further away from the viole

party for the past 2 years has had a new leader her predecessor mary lou mcdonald her predecessor gerry adams he had very clear links to the ira but mary donald is not tainted by those things and she's very popular she sent a very clear message of change and that's really seems to have resonated with young voters in particular a prime minister's successfully defended irish interests ahead of bricks and so why hasn't he emerged the clear winner here yet he is his party probably has been punished for being in power for so long it's been in power for 9 years so voters want to see change and also the economy's been performing strongly for many voters that really hasn't transferred across into their day to day lives has in crisis been a very big issue soaring rents soaring homelessness and a lot of voters have probably voted in this election against in a gale because they want to see change thank you for breaking down these results. as not to give it thank you. here in germany the elected we votes from the far right alternative for germany has resigned 3 days after taking office the election of th

role that very much lou mcdonald has been playing she took over as party leader 2 years ago from gerry adams and he of course had very clear links to the ira but she doesn't carry the political baggage of her predecessor of her predecessor and so the party has become much more acceptable to vote. in recent years we're talking about more current issues then i mean brags it being one of them and it strikes me that prime minister of iraq and he did successfully defend our interests when it comes to that so you know why isn't he being rewarded for that well they definitely went into this election come pain expecting of bragg's of violence and expecting to profit on the strong economy but it appears they misread the mood of the voters because for many the strength of the irish economy has no trunk transferred into their day to day lives rents have soared homelessness and the wards and it appears though there is think think that finagle who have been in power now for 9 years they should show that the burden for the the powerful talking about those established parties in that way i mean what would

the current leader of the party and she doesn't carry the political baggage of her predecessor gerry adams who had very clear links to the iraqi and she took over as party leader 2 years ago she's very very popular and she's been able to deliver a very clear message of change that seems to have resonated with voters during this campaign i'm talking about the current prime minister of india veronica one thing i will say is that he did manage to successfully defend irish interests in light of the braggs it to debate why isn't he being rewarded for that well for a career on his part of the fin a gale they may have gone into this this election hoping for braggs of they definitely tried to play up the strong economy but they were all was in a weak position they lead the country they've governed for the pasta 9 years and for many economic strength that hasn't really transferred into their day to day lives there's housing crisis. being on the lips of voters at the doors the rents have soared homelessness has stored and it seems a voters think that finnegan need to pay the price for the. box we're

that this is the 1st election that the party has been led by mary donald unlike her predecessor gerry adams she has no direct links to the ira she's very very popular and she also managed to resonate with. voters with a very care message for change always talk a little bit about prime minister any of rudd today and his party because he did have some success i suppose notably in his ability to strongly represent and during breaks that negotiation so why didn't his party capitalize on that success interesting lee brags that played virtually no room role in this election whatsoever we know from the exit poll yesterday that it was not on voters' minds a tool and that could be due to the fact the irish voters know that the next stage of the bags that negotiations are going to be handled in brussels and arlen tells the commissioner they're a trade commissioner in the form of phil hogan so that they know those negotiations are in good hands and they were really looking up other issues when they came to make their decision at the ballot boxes and quality of life issues played a very strong role hou

in the republic of ireland in what she's been leader of the republic before the party was led by gerry adams and he had very close ties to the ira but mary mcdonald she's not tainted by those ties and she's been able to reposition the party and it's a repositioning that's been going on for quite a while but effectively reposition the party as an ontario scarcely party she's delivered a very clear message of change she's very popular and it seems that the message has resonated very strongly with voters were looking for a left wing party to support it has to be said that that prime minister ever acted did have some success for example when it comes. craig see representing the interests of his country day why didn't his party seek to capitalize on his party did try to capitalize on braggs and also on the strong economy but wasn't really voters wanted to hear these weren't the issues that were important to voters we saw yesterday when the exit poll results came. it wasn't on voters' minds the told they were really really concerned about issues like housing quality of life issues so a lot of vote

it'll be very difficult i think part of the difficulty is one of the reasons why shin fein replaced gerry adams with mary lou mcdonald was to lose this tag and news this is o.c.a. sion of the past but this is that these objections are actually very much based on the present and what kind of a government should fame might be involved with so instant fame has some decision making or power around coal it's around policing given their ambivalent attitude towards this what's the what is the special criminal court and also in terms of other general legal matters you're still dealing very much with a party which has these associations and what that spirit too which is haunted this election is of a young man named paul quinn who was killed who is lowered to a farm he was from oma but he was known to fall in county monaghan on the 20th of october 2007 which by the way i was in had was a time when the executive and northern ireland and know that on december they had been back up and running and this young man was killed by people associated with the i am right which is the wing option fighting and so the

her princess are absolutely hot to get the authority of the ira behind him says gerry at this is gerry adamsso she is and i sense a break from not although she has struggled at times to end the kit that she herself is free of the control of not necessarily active fire a man but certainly the senior command that won't were once and in control of the of the provisionals the t.v. show that sleeve that i'd kill for the gale afternoon the opposition leader will fit the foil. for the actual so we're not dealing with shouldn't feed on that i would suck of to try to maintain that to dish look position that leaves a stoutly spot this wouldn't touch and feel of a bob's full for the electorate that will agree no i'm in a sense that was a fear of their own framing and the way both parties feel to come up with some kind of a convincing campaign there are 2 things that this one shouldn't be and have a huge amount of clarity around 2 issues one was hosing which is that was which is this time that was the senior policy issue there and they have a spokesman owner of bread we spend a lot of time on not subjec

inventing the for the loud rory and more of hooves taking the place of the party's former president gerry adams rory congratulations on winning predictable do you think that certainly mainstream media in britain cannot mention your party's victory without the ira and former b.b.c. journalist john simpson saying it's all about populism nothing to do with the 28 crash and austerity and it's not unexpected what people say but am not this was in political terms it's or at electoral revolution and you an internist to us we were getting there some doors long beach florida sap and the people were sand they were absolutely set up where the governments were sent you know he also said they were set up where it alternating between shooting out and seeing a falls and they wanted to see change of course if you were getting that on the doorstep within it a catastrophic miscalculation by your party not to feel more candidates when it's very easy in retrospect and obviously in relation to said you know that on the doorstep you know you had it on the doorstep but you need you know remain a period of time to a d

but the party has evolved i think in painted a couple of great clever things one was gerry adams party pretty good on mary lou mcdonald is in no way associated with troubles in the war on dots you know traditionally terms of marketing communication cuts were pretty well it's created an ideological headache for the establishment parties the current irish leader the t. shirt leo veronica of phoenix gail accept that the results mean talks with sinn fein are probably going to be necessary but agreeing a coalition not for us this machine is not an option but we are willing to talk to other parties and australia form a government one that can lead the country forward for the next 5 years feel fully to me how martin looks most likely to become the country's next leader his local counting corkey to describe chin fein as incompatible for a coalition to teach a cliché unfeigned may prefer to buy the time rather than be a minority partner in a coalition government but with the outcome as close as it seems now the wrangling could last for weeks and such is the nature of irish politics with the bal

i feel that the party has evolved i think confined to difficult very clever things one was gerry adams party pretty good on mary lou mcdonald is in no way associated with troubles in the war on dots you know strategically terms of marketing communication cuts were pretty well it's a major setback for the current irish leader over of his feet. the gale party focused on economic growth and its success in the go see to deal with the u.k. finn a foil as leader me how martin looks most likely to become the next leader but a minority government would be inherently unstable to teach a cliché unfeigned may prefer to buy the time rather than be a minority partner in a coalition government but with the outcome as close as it seems now the wrangling could last for weeks and such is the nature of irish politics with the ballot boxes being packed away now could be back out again in just a couple of months paul brennan al-jazeera. well we've backers also following the story joins us now from dublin as paul was saying in his report that nieve counting is still underway but it looks as though shane fe

but the party has evolved but to contain the typical break clever things one was gerry adams tare pretty good mary lou mcdonald is in no way associated with the troubles in the morgue. dot's you know strategically terms of marketing communication guts were really about it's a major setback for the current irish leader lay over a history in a gale party focused on economic growth and success in the go see to deal with the u.k. for a leader me how martin looks most likely to become the next leader but a minority government would be inherently unstable to teach a cliche unfeigned may prefer to buy the time rather than be a minority partner in a coalition government with the outcome as close as it seems now wrangling could last for weeks and such is the nature of irish politics with the ballot boxes being packed away now could be back out again in just a couple of months paul brennan al-jazeera. is live for us in dublin as well and so it looks like it is going to be very tight if this exit poll is to be believed but. will be very pleased. i'm sure they will soon feign is so far confounded th

but the party has evolved i think painted a couple of great never things one was gerry adams tarring pretty good on mary lou not donald is in no way associated with troubles in the north and dots traditionally terms of marketing communication guts were pretty well it's created an ideological headache for the establishment parties the current irish leader the t. shirt leo veronica of phoenix gail accept that the results mean talks with sinn fein are probably going to be necessary but agreeing a coalition not for us this machine is not an option but we are willing to talk to other parties but australia for me government one that can lead the country forward for the next 5 years feel fully to me how martin looks most likely to become the country's next leader his local counting corkey to describe chin fein as incompatible for a coalition to teach a cliché in spain may prefer to buy the time rather than be a minority partner in a coalition government but with the outcome as close as it seems now the wrangling could last for weeks and such is the nature of irish politics with the ballot b