Sinn Féin byelection candidate Cllr Janice Boylan with party leader Mary Lou McDonald at the Dublin Central count. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times Tue May 26 2026 - 06:00 • 3 MIN READMary Lou McDonald did not arrive at the RDS count centre as the victor in the byelection, but the Sinn Féin leader still claimed the spoils. Under strobing camera flashes, McDonald directed the attention of the assembled media away from what should have been the shock loss in her own political backyard, and towards the entirely predictable failure of the Government to retain its seat in Dublin
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