#eoin mcdonald

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tagged by @davidstirlings thank you so much :3

rules: list ten books that have stayed with you in some way, don’t take but a few minutes, and don’t think too hard - they don’t have to be the “right” or “great” works, just the ones that have touched you.

I'm not really an avid book reader so these books are all I can remember:

Operation Salam - Kuno Gross, Michael Rolke, András Zboray Basically a Hungarian desert explorer who was chosen chosen by the nazis to go to North Africa during the Second World War because of his previous experiences in the Sahara, the book tells in GREAT detail his and his team's preparation and execution a daring mission to drive across where no one has driven before in the Great Sand Sea to get two spies into Aswan, and then Allied occupied Cairo. The book is filled with archived reports from MI5, telegrams, photos from private collections, as well as the authors own photos following Almásy László's trail in 2011. Oh, and the English Patient was based off of Almásy László. Also also I got an email from Mr. Zboray when I ordered the book wishing me to enjoy the book lol

Special Forces Brothers in Arms: Eoin & Ambrose McGonigal - Patric McGonigal This is one of those books I never thought I would read before, but the TV series SAS Rogue Heroes made me so so so interested in Eoin McGonigal that I wanted to know more about him. Just... to see glimpses into humans like us, before and during WW2.... puts things into perspective.

Az Ismeretlen Szahara (The Unknown Sahara) - Almásy László Written in the 30s, detailing one of his expeditions into the western part of Sahara. The adoration with which he writes about the desert and its cultures really captivated me. If i could talk with one historical figure, Almásy László would be it. I think every Hungarian should know about him. I could go on for days about him. This is one of his best books.

A Pál Utcai Fiúk (The Paul Street Boys) - Molnár Ferenc Properly traumatised at the ripe age of... idek 13? By having to read this book for school, I couldn't appreciate it until I was an adult.

Rupert Brooke: The completed poems Okay, this is the odd one out, because it's not a proper book per se. But. I love these poems.

Blackwing - Ed Mcdonald I've yet to finish the second book, but the world building, the setting and the atmosphere really captivated me, and though I've read the book years ago, sometimes I still get flashes of images from scenes. There are magically created wasteland, abominations, corruption, hopelessness, asshole gods, and Light being a thread-like material woven in looms to create magic! Fucking love it.

The Raven Boys - Maggie Stiefvater One of the only YA books that I love. It's been ages since I read it, and I may not enjoy it by now, but it will stay with me forever.

Kings of the Wyld - Nicholas Eames Really good fantasy book about a group of retired rockstar-like adventurers who get together for one last ride to save one of the members' daughter stuck in a distant city under invasion.

Six of Crows - Leigh Bardugo I just. The pinnacle of found family. Mwah.

And, that's it lol. There are some other books I've read, but I can't remember them to save my life. And I don't want to list off all of Almásy's books lol.

imma tag... uh @katinkulta @jerichoes @jerevision @lintubintu no pressure though!

#thank you so much for the tag i enjoyed looking back to these books!! #i really gotta finish ed mcdonalds book #like literally i will take any and all chances to talk about almásy lászló #to think that I found about the existence of this individual on wikipedia when i was doing research for a fic set in the sahara lmao

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Thursday 26.01.23

Today I had a tutorial with Eoin in the church gallery. I spoke about my project with him and what I had done the previous week. After seeing my bus stop, he recommended come artists I should research. He recommended Chapman Brothers and Richard Long.

Chapman Brothers

The Chapman brothers, Jake and Dino, were recommended by Eoin as they made a diorama called the ‘The Sum of all Evil’. I like this piece as it explores themes such as holocaust violence through cutting humour. They create scenes that fuses sensitive events with the world famous fast food chain, McDonalds. It’s interesting and I like the detail in their work, despite the size of it.

I like making dioramas and have definitely inspired me.

Richard Long

Richard Long is a British sculptor. He creates his sculptures by walking in landscapes and photographs them along the way. He has broadened the idea of sculpture to be a part of performance and conceptual art. Eoin recommended him to me as it connects to my exploration of journeys. He creates works that trace his physical movement. I like his ideas and his inspirations but I’m not too keen on the outcomes of his work. I find it very simple and bland. His most famous piece is ‘A Line made from Walking’.

This work is quite simple but effective. He wanted to make new art which was also a new way of walking: walking as art.

I think I prefer the Chapman brothers work more than Richard’s as I love attention to detail within artwork. I think Richard’s work is just too conceptual for me.

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I was tagged by the lovely @yuiaka. Thank you 💞 💞

Nickname: I go by a lot of nicknames by a lot of different people lol But my fave is when my mom calls me Sarastus. It means dawn.

Zodiac: virgo

Height: 166 cm

Hogwarts House: I've always identified as a hufflepuff and all the other quizzes assigned me as such but the official Pottermore quiz told me I'm a ravenclaw so.. Something between those two lol

Last thing I googled: "McDonald's menu" 😂😂 I needed to know what desserts they have

Song stuck in my head: Señorita by Shawn Mendes; Camila Cabello

Amount of sleep: It really really depends but usually between 8-10 hours

Lucky Number(s): 36. It's... an interesting story.

Dream Job: Actress or a playwright of some sort. I love performing and telling stories. Also singing.

Wearing: A long sleeved pyjama shirt with penguins on it and knee high wool socks 💞 comfyy

Favorite song: The forbidden question!! I like way too many kinds of music lol I sometimes just fixate on a genre or a song for weeks and then move onto a completely different one next month. People don't like me having the aux cord cause my taste varies SO much and I've crammed all my music into one playlist. Enjoy having to sit through heavy metal bangers and anime soundtracks all in one sitting.

Favorite Instrument: My voice lol I'd love to be able to play the violin or the guitar tho

Aesthetic: cutesy pastel animu uwu shit

Favorite Author: I don't know if I have like a... favorite per se? But I do love books made by Eoin Colfer, Debi Gliori and Karin Fossum.

Random: I have been singing my heart out for the past few days and it's probably annoying the shit out of my neighbors. A girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do to get the emotions out.

I tag: @stealthgrass @tobsioos @mbejus @beananium @temerstars @arsebandit-echopapa @etiainen @lepoerd731 @yukinyaminyato @rednite-dork

No pressure to do this if you don't want to ✨

#also if you'd like me to stop tagging you just tell me and i won't bother you with these anymore #tag #tagged #yuiaka #me

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Please, visit the website. An amazing author/actor from the wonderful country New Zealand. His books/writings are brilliant.

Have fun, get carried away.

Thank you. 🤓👨‍🏫 💡🖱️📚📕📘📖📙📓📔

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Thursday Trivia

What jingles get stuck in their head?

Devin: k-9 Advantix "hello mother, hello father. Fleas and ticks, really bother~" may hum it under her breath at home. Has never owned a dog.

Hestia: Farmers insurance "we are farmers-" every. Time.

Akhba: Meow mix.

Amelia: Trix "silly rabbit -" (just let the damn rabbit have the Trix!!)

Trey: YahooooOOOOooooo

Jacob: I'm stuck on band-aid brand-

Paelia: green giants "ho ho ho."

Christopher: the oscar mayer weiner song. Just .... constantly.

Juliet: "best part of waking up- is folgers in your cup"

R: poor undead dude is still haunted by the "five dollar footlong" jingle and hand motion

Stella: State Farm "like a good neighbor~"

Eoin: "I'm lovin it" McDonald's ftw

Derrick: kit kat bar "gimme a break"

Celt & berserker: have no effing idea what's going on. Is everyone under mass hypnosis?

#yimwn #youreinmyworldsnow #full cast #jingles #trivia thursday #hestia demokritou #Akhba #devin #Amelia #trey #Jacob #paelia #Christopher #Juliet #r #Stella #eoin #Derrick #Celt #berserker

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Ireland Target NZ Wings, Joe Canning On Galway Controversy, Ken V Clean Glass by The Second Captains Podcast .... Its been another wet n wild week on the good ship Second Captains. But amidst all the on- and off-field drama of our national teams competing on two fronts, one constant remains. When we send Ken Early out on assignment, something daft **will** happen. And so it was this week that he walked at a brisk speed into a plate-glass door in a McDonalds in Geneva, and this incident makes up but a fraction of this week's preview of current attractions on the Second Captains World Service. There's also Eoin Reddan and Shane Horgan expertly breaking down Ireland's chances against New Zealand on Saturday morning, and Joe Canning gives us a pretty bleak look into the controversy currently enveloping Galway hurling, as they lurch into winter still without a senior hurling manager, as the county board fights off criticism from its main sponsor, concerned fans and auditors.

#ire v NZ #eoin reddan #shane horgan #ken early #Podcasts #Audio #switzerland #rwc2019 #"joe

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Day 41 July 12 Dunmore East - Killeagh 102kms

Day 41 July 12 Dunmore East - Killeagh 102kms

Today was all about the scenery. No one else was awake when I left the house this morning. There were a few clouds about but as soon as I left there was something to look at.

Google maps had not suggested the coast road for either cycling or car. I don’t know why. It’s part of the eurovelo 1 cycling route. Eoin had told me the coast road was flat. Haha, I’m not silly enough to believe a coast road is going to be flat and it certainly wasn’t. There were lots of short steep climbs, descents and some undulating in between.

The short steep climbs are nowhere near as bad as what I was doing in England. Those climbs went on for one to three kilometres. You would spend half an hour climbing, descend in 3 minutes, then have to start all over again.

The hills didn’t slow me down as much at the fact that I kept stopping to take photos. It really was a pretty road and I’m glad I went that way. It’s called the copper coast.

After working hard for 30kms I thought I’d stop for a break at Annestown. Nope, nothing there, I kept going another 6kms to Bunmahon. On the approach I could see signs for a cafe at the visitors centre. Perfect! Not so perfect. When I arrived in the village the sign pointed up a steep hill going up to a castle. There was no way I was going to do an extra unnecessary hill and then find the place was probably shut anyway.

Bunmahon turned out the be another nothing place. There were a couple of workmen renovating a building ( it’s going to be a pub and a cafe but it’s not quite there yet ). I asked if there was anywhere I could get a coffee and they told me there wasn’t. I did what they were doing and sat on the rocks behind the beach. All I had was water to drink and my last toffee twist.

Only 23kms from there to Dungarvan. I knew there was something there, I’d checked. Yes, a Lidl and a McDonald’s right next to each other. Food here is very expensive so I just had the ‘wrap of the day ‘ and that much needed coffee. I took my time using the wifi then wandered over to Lidl to get some breakfast supplies, bread, and of course, 4 more toffee twists. They even had a 1 litre bottle of sparkling water so I could carry some without incident today. It took a bit of rearranging to fit everything on Shirley then I finally cycled off for my last 40kms.

Now Eoin had told me the hill from there was a tough one. Considering he thought the coast road was flat I was very afraid. It wasn’t bad at all. I had stripped down to a singlet in anticipation of lots of sweating but it was just a nice moderate incline which was quite easy to work my way up. There were some nice views along the way,

Some down hill, flat, a bit more climbing then I was running down towards another bridge. 

The road was only one lane each way with a very wide shoulder. There was a tall tractor thing with several rake type apparatus attached to the back. I had fun overtaking and racing it then  later the driver got me back when I was slowed by a headwind.

One more moderate climb and I was almost at my destination. My host had sent me instructions on how to find the place but since he didn’t know which direction I was coming from it meant I had to try each way before finding the place. Eventually I found it on the 3rd try. There is no one here. I have a whole house to myself. I would be enjoying it more if I could get some volume on the TV but it’s got me stumped. I’ve tried everything. There is also no microwave in the kitchen but luckily I found one in the laundry when I went outside to hang up my clothes. I guess I’ll have to eat that lamb dinner tonight which has spent all day in my front bag.

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Der berühmteste Strand Sydney's

Bist Du in Sydney, dann ist Bondi Beach ein Muss, zumindest haben wir das gelesen. Der Zufall will es, dass wir über unsere guten Freunde, Gabriele und Fred, die wir vor Jahren mal im Urlaub auf Teneriffa kennenlernten, aber auch in Hamburg leben, eine flüchtige Bekannte in Sydney zu haben. Die beiden hörten, dass wir nach Sydney fliegen und stellten sofort den Kontakt her, einfach wunderbar. So kamen wir in den Genuss von Anke und ihrem Sohn Eoin in Darlington mit dem Wagen abgeholt zu werden und einen Ausflug mit echten Locals geschenkt bekamen. Das erste, was wir lernten war, dass man nicht Bondi Beach mit einem “i” am Ende sagt, sondern natürlich Bondi Beach mit einem “ei” am Ende. Hätte ich auch vorher drauf kommen können. Pfff. Carsten macht es nach wie vor nervös, dass der Autofahrer für ihn auf der falschen Seite fährt und hat immer noch den Reflex auf der falschen Seite einzusteigen. Leider beschert uns Sydney heute keinen Sonnentag, sondern eher Nieselregen mit ein paar Sonnenstrahlen, aber ich bin immer noch Hitze-geschädigt von Thailand und Bali, dass ich mich fast freue meine Fleece-Jacke und Regenjacke anzuziehen. Die erste Herausforderung am Bondi Beach ist das Finden eines bezahlbaren Parkplatzes. Alle auch nur annähernd in Betracht kommenden Parkplätzen sind mit Schildern gekennzeichnet, die sich in kleinen Details unterscheiden. Zuerst checken wir die Beschriftung überhaupt nicht: 1P 7am-8pm oder 2P 6am-7pm. Freudig schnell einen freien Parkplatz gefunden zu haben, gehen wir zur Parkuhr, wollen uns den Parkplatz leisten. Da wussten wir noch nicht, welche Preise hier genommen werden. Zunächst stehen wir zu dritt vor dem Parkautomaten und versuchen verzweifelt die Zeit einzugeben, die wir hier stehen wollen. Aber das Scheiß-Ding lässt nur 30 Minuten zu, why?! Wir schauen erneut auf das Schild, langsam fällt der Groschen: 0,5P 7am-10pm bedeutet, dass man nur eine halbe Stunde in dem Zeitraum hier parken darf und das soll 5 AUD kosten. Also gut, das ist dann doch etwas heftig. Nach einigem Rumgekurve finden wir schließlich eine Seitenstraße, die uns erlaubt 2P dort zu parken. Voller Euphorie gehen Carsten und ich zum Automaten, möchten gern mit Karte bezahlen: “Internal Error”, super! Nächster Automat:“Internal Error”, nicht zu fassen. Nun stehen wir zu viert vor dem Automaten und klauben aus allen Taschen 10 AUD an Kleingeld zusammen. Man ey, immer noch ganz schön teuer, aber wenigstens kann man hier die Parkgebühren von der Steuer absetzen. Da der Mann von Anke, Philip, freiberuflicher Landschaftsarchitekt ist, kann er es einreichen. Bondi Beach selbst ist ein langgestreckter, weißer Sandstrand in einer für Australien typischen Bucht und normalerweise über und über mit Badevolk und Surfern bedeckt. Nicht heute, kaum ein Mensch am Strand. Nach einem gesunden Snack in einem zufällig gefundenen veganem Café fahren wir weiter zum Tamarama Beach. Eoin war nach dem Café noch hungrig, er brauche Fleisch und Zucker, der Zucker, den er sich in seine heiße Schokolade gerührt hat, hatte nichts für die Süße des Getränks gebracht, so machten wir einen Kurzstopp bei McDonalds. Er hatte dann die tolle Idee bei dem Nachbarbeach vorbeizufahren, wie ein Touristenführer, herrlich. Der Tamarama-Beach ist etwas kleiner, die Bucht aber tiefer ins Landesinnere geschnitten, umgeben von Steilküste, wunderschön. Im Anschluss fuhren wir mit dem Wagen durch den Centennial Park. Mitten in der Stadt ein riesiger Park mit kleinen Seen, uralten Bäumen, in dem man mit dem Wagen einmal rundherum fahren kann und dazu bei 30 km/h ca. 45 Minuten braucht. Fahrräder können ausgeliehen oder auch eine Reitstunde genommen werden, eine Idylle, die kaum auszuhalten ist. Back home, verabreden wir noch, wann wir bei ihnen eintrudeln, wir dürfen nämlich vier Nächte bei ihnen schlafen…und nun haltet euch fest: ihr Haus liegt am Hang bei Palm Beach, wow.

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Identity ask: 2, 8, 17

2. have you ever found a writer who thinks just like you? if so, who?

no i don’t think so? closest i can think of are probably kurt vonnegut and douglas adams - and maybe eoin colfer! - but just like me? nah. still waiting for that

8. what musical artists have you most felt connected to over your lifetime?

when i was a very small kid finnish band PMMP was everything to me even tho the lyrics are pretty mature so i didn’t understand everything until later. when i first started really listen to foreign music, amy mcdonald was my artistic soulmate for a while. oh! and kate bush, definitely. now tho... now i would probably say the front bottoms which is my #aesthetic and the lyrics just fit my sense of humor and worldview so well?? and troye sivan bc heaven was the anthem of my 2016 summer honestly

17. would you say your tumblr is a fair representation of the “real you”?

...to a point? like, i don’t purposefully act like somebody else on here, i’m honest about my interest and myself in a way that i’m not in all places of my ‘real life’ - but at the same time everything i am is not present here. my tumblr doesn’t show the awkward rambling when my anxiety is at its peak, it doesn’t show how i act when i’m with friends vs when i’m with family. it doesn’t show my laugh or the weird voices i often speak in to make ppl laugh.  and those are all pretty big parts of the “real me”. not to even mention the fact that i’m mostly running this blog in english and not in my own language! so. like. i’d say my tumblr gives a fair idea what i’m like “really” & the “real me” is a bit more, hopefully, than just who i am online

identity asks | my askbox

#thank u for the ask !!!!💕 #answers #ask game #mf-luder-xf

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NEW MUSIC: Artist: Fontaines D.C.​ Track: A Hero's Death (May 2020).

CREDITS: Director: Hugh Mulhern Producer: Aaron McEnaney Production Company: Motherland Comissioner: Theresa Adebiyi Georgie Barnes: Aidan Gillen The Cleaner: Mark Loughlin Puppeteer: Bryan Quinn Studio Assistant: Catriona Laughlin Mother: Eithne Cullen Father: Sean Gearoid McGabhann 1st AD: Anna Harrison DOP: Eoin McLoughlin Focus Puller: Cris Ayoub Camera Assistant: Neil Gahan Editor: John Cutler Grade: MPC Sound Operator: Simon Murphy Gaffer: Stephen McCarthy Genny Op: Sean Creagh Art Director: Lauran Kelly Set Dresser: Michael Fitzpatrick Stylist: Kieran Kilgannon Make Up Artist: Madonna McNamee Make Up Artist Assistant: Debbie McDonald Production PA: Laura Murphy Production PA: Angela Mulhearn Work Experience: Adam Dolan

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Irish Voters Cast Off Relic of Entrenched 2-Party System

DUBLIN — In a century-old political system controlled by two seemingly indistinguishable center-right parties in Ireland, Jamie Clarke did what seemed sensible to him: He never voted in a general election.

Until Saturday.

“Fianna Fail and Fine Gael were the people that made the decisions, and someone like me could never change it — that’s the way it felt,” Mr. Clarke, a 33-year-old bartender, said on Monday, referring to the Irish political duopoly that has traded power since 1932. “I was so disaffected by how far they were from me.”

But in recent years, successive public votes in Ireland to legalize same-sex marriage and repeal an abortion ban have pulled many young and dissatisfied people into politics, giving voters a chance to shake up traditions that were once rigidly enforced by the Roman Catholic Church. Their next target was Ireland’s ossified political hierarchy.

On Saturday, voters cast off that relic, too, ending the two-party stasis in Irish politics with a breakout vote for Sinn Fein, a party long shunned by the mainstream for its ties to the Irish Republican Army, a paramilitary group that sought the reunification of Ireland. Despite what he called the party’s “shady history,” Mr. Clarke said, he voted for Sinn Fein because he felt it was the tonic that Irish politics needed.

“Before the abortion referendum, I was like, ‘Ah, everyone’s going to know we’re bigots and narrow-minded,’ and then we showed we weren’t,” he said, sitting at a central Dublin pub on a night off. “Now we’re showing again that we’re not afraid to have our voices heard.”

The vote sent a tremor through a political system that had long defied the usual left-right divisions across Europe. But for all the disruption, what emerged from the wreckage was, by European standards, a much more normal-looking system, anchored by rival parties on the left and the right.

“For the first time in 100 years, it’s possible you’ll have a party that calls itself left-wing leading a government,” said Eoin O’Malley, an associate professor of political science at Dublin City University, referring to Sinn Fein.

By the time the votes were counted this week, Sinn Fein held one fewer parliamentary seats than Ireland’s main center-right opposition party, Fianna Fail, which had been expected to romp to victory. And it captured two more seats than the current center-right governing party, Fine Gael, led by Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, Ireland’s frontman in negotiations with London over Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union.

Torturous coalition negotiations in the coming weeks will determine who, if anyone, can command enough support to lead the next government. But lawmakers from across the political spectrum conceded that the vote for Sinn Fein reflected the desire of a huge cohort of voters — young and old, urban and rural, working-class and middle-class — for new alternatives in a system that had long stamped them out.

“Every other politician, they say they’re going to do this and that,” said Tony Hayes, 64, who lives in central Dublin. “But at the end of the day, they’re feeding you loads of lies. So why not go to somebody you feel like you can trust them? Sinn Fein, you feel like you can trust them.”

There was one issue above all that drove Mr. Hayes’s anger at Ireland’s two old political heavyweights and endeared him, like many voters, to Sinn Fein: housing. The number of homeless people has been rising for years, eclipsing 10,000 in 2019. And average rents have increased by as much as 40 percent in some counties over the past three years.

Young people, especially, are suffering, with some leaving bigger cities like Dublin or moving out of Ireland altogether. Mr. Clarke said that many of his friends had been forced to move back in with their parents. He had lived in a central Dublin neighborhood for five years before high rents drove him out to a suburb.

“It’s not any good for your psyche,” he said, “but it’s cheaper.”

Sinn Fein’s success extended well beyond its core group of young and urban voters, though. Rural seats that had not been represented in a century by a Sinn Fein lawmaker joined inner-city Dublin districts in electing representatives from the party. And Sinn Fein became the most popular party among every age group up to 65, according to exit polls.

Ailbhe Smyth, 73, a political activist and feminist scholar who played a leading role in the campaign to repeal Ireland’s abortion ban, said that many were feeling the anguish of a crisis that had forced people to wait weeks or years for some medical appointments, despite the government’s lavish spending on health care. She said older people, too, had woken up to the pain that Ireland’s cultural and political norms had inflicted on the younger generations.

While power was passed back and forth between the two center-right parties, parts of Irish identity, such as the expectation that people could grow up to own their own homes, began to vanish. And just as Ms. Smyth said the vote for abortion rights had been driven in part by “a very deep sense of national shame at the way women had been treated historically in this country,” she said that the turnout this weekend reflected the regret of some voters for not vanquishing an outdated political system sooner.

“Older people voting for Sinn Fein are saying, ‘Well, actually, my son, my daughter, my grandchildren, they haven’t got a house,’” Ms. Smyth said. “So there is that feeling of guilt that we’re not leaving them a very good world — and we’ve wrecked the planet, too.”

Facing up to rivals like Mr. Varadkar, who focused during the campaign on Brexit achievements that few voters cared about, Sinn Fein stuck to a few clear, tangible promises. And rather than harping on the government’s failures, as it recently had during unsuccessful campaigns, the party tried to home in on what it would get done. It vowed, for instance, to spend 6.5 billion euros, about $7 billion, building 100,000 homes.

It also drew in supporters with a new leader, Mary Lou McDonald, a 50-year-old Dubliner who helped shed the party’s reputation for having predominantly male supporters and who pushed it to liberalize its position on abortion rights. In 2018, she succeeded Gerry Adams, who is from Northern Ireland and who is widely reported to have once served as chief of staff to the I.R.A., though he has always denied that.

Still, Sinn Fein may find it difficult to maintain its momentum. Analysts expressed doubt that it could quickly build its way out of Ireland’s housing crisis, given the challenges facing a construction industry that is already near capacity. The country would need an influx of foreign workers to keep pace with demand, analysts have said, a development that would itself stress the housing market as new workers looked for their own places to live.

The party also has to balance the desires of a traditional base that is hungry for Irish unity with newer voters who flocked to it because of issues like housing and homelessness. That tension became evident in recent days as some candidates faced criticism for singing songs or using slogans associated with the fight for a united Ireland, reminders to some voters of the party’s ties to anti-British violence.

But some of the party’s younger activists have been trying to build a bridge between the party’s past and its future.

Fintan Warfield, 27, credits Irish music with politicizing him as a teenager. He said he came to see Sinn Fein not only as the best hope for a united Ireland, but also as a party with “empathy on other issues and compassion for other marginalized groups.”

Mr. Warfield joined the party at 16, a time when Sinn Fein was largely ignored by mainstream Irish politicians. At that time, he kept his work for the party more private, slipping out of the house to canvas for a Sinn Fein city councilor. Now, Mr. Warfield, who is gay, is a Sinn Fein senator and prominent campaigner on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights.

He said that Sinn Fein’s years of work on the margins of Irish politics — resolving local housing disputes, campaigning in cattle markets far from Dublin for same-sex marriage — had laid the seeds for its surge this week.

“Now that people have said, ‘OK, Fine Gael and Fianna Fail have had their chance,’” he said, “all those years of work have amounted to this.”

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Irish reunification seen as risk after election surge for Sinn Fein

Irish reunification seen as risk after election surge for Sinn Fein

Mary Lou McDonald (C), President of Sinn Fein and Eoin O’Broin (L) of Sinn Fein greet supporters in Dublin City Centre on February 10, 2020 in Dublin, Ireland.

Charles McQuillan

Nationalist Irish party Sinn Fein’s likely ambition to reunify Ireland, and the possible societal, political and economic ramifications of that could be a risk to the country’s economy, according to an economist.

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Irish reunification seen as risk after election surge for Sinn Fein

Irish reunification seen as risk after election surge for Sinn Fein

Mary Lou McDonald (C), President of Sinn Fein and Eoin O’Broin (L) of Sinn Fein greet supporters in Dublin City Centre on February 10, 2020 in Dublin, Ireland.

Charles McQuillan

Nationalist Irish party Sinn Fein’s likely ambition to reunify Ireland, and the possible societal, political and economic ramifications of that could be a risk to the country’s economy, according to an economist.

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Sinn Fein becomes Ireland’s second-largest parliamentary party

Sinn Fein on Tuesday became Ireland’s second-largest parliamentary party after winning the popular vote in the election at the weekend – shattering the political landscape and thrusting the one-time fringe party with historic links to paramilitaries into a probable role in the next government.

With counting completed in the early hours of Tuesday Sinn Fein had taken 37 of the 160 seats in the next Dail – Ireland’s lower house of Parliament – after a turnout of 62.9 percent in Saturday’s election.

Centre-right party Fianna Fail was only one ahead on 38, while Prime Minister Leo Varadkar’s Fine Gael party took 35, a result likely to mean his departure from office.

More:

Three-way tie in Ireland’s general election: Exit poll

What to watch for in Ireland’s election

Counting begins in Ireland election after exit poll predicts tie

If a new government is to be formed when the Dail sits on 20 February it will have to include multiple parties.

Negotiations have already begun, with Sinn Fein arguing for a central role in power after winning 24.5 percent of first preferences in Ireland’s single transferable vote system – the largest of any party.

End of duopoly

The breakthrough for the nationalist Sinn Fein party that was once shunned because of its links to Irish Republican Army (IRA) paramilitaries, has broken the stranglehold of two-party politics in Ireland.

Former leader Gerry Adams and other party representatives were even banned from television and radio in the United Kingdom as violence raged over British rule in Northern Ireland over 30 years to 1998.

But with two decades of peace and a new leader under Mary Lou McDonald, Sinn Fein’s left-wing policies on tackling crises in housing and health found favour with voters.

Proud to lead. On this day two years ago I was Elected President of @sinnfeinireland This weekend we made history – all of us, together. pic.twitter.com/CWVxZkhLBG

— Mary Lou McDonald (@MaryLouMcDonald) February 10, 2020

McDonald said the two main parties – Fine Gael and Fianna Fail – were “in a state of denial” and had not listened to the voice of the people.

On a walkabout in Dublin on Monday she said she had begun talks with smaller left-wing parties to try to “test” whether it was possible to form a government without the two centre-right parties.

“I may well be the next taoiseach (prime minister),” she said before chatting to supporters and market traders.

“Sinn Fein won the election, we won the popular vote … I’m very clear that people who came out and voted for Sinn Fein have voted for Sinn Fein to be in government,” she added.

Varadkar acknowledged the shift to “a three-party system” on Sunday and said talks between the parties could be protracted and difficult.

His Fine Gael party took 20.9 percent, while rivals Fianna Fail took 22.2 percent. 

“The Irish political system has to react to it and probably accept that Sinn Fein will be part of the next government,” Eoin O’Malley, associate professor at Dublin City University, told AFP news agency.

Appeal to young

Tuesday’s result was all the more striking because Sinn Fein ran with just 42 candidates.

Analysts suggest the party may have been taken by surprise by its surge in popularity, and would probably have emerged as the largest party if it had put forward a larger slate.

Fine Gael and Fianna Fail have ruled out any deal with Sinn Fein because of its past associations under Adams, who has long denied allegations he had a leadership role in the IRA.

The armed group fought a decades-long campaign against unionist counterparts and British security forces  in Northern Ireland that saw more than 3,000 killed on all sides. 

McDonald’s policies on tackling wealth inequality and housing shortages appear to have appealed to younger voters among the European Union member state’s 3.3 million-strong electorate.

Some 32 percent of voters aged 18-24 and 25-34 backed the party, according to an exit poll on Saturday.

In a sign of the sea change in Irish politics, Varadkar himself was beaten to the first seat in his constituency by a Sinn Fein candidate on Sunday.

He took the second of four seats but it was a sharp blow on a long night for a man facing the electorate for the first time as prime minister.

Varadkar – young, openly gay and mixed-race – has been seen as the face of a new, more progressive Ireland after referendums overturning strict abortion laws and same-sex marriage.

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(Bloomberg) -- Ireland underwent a revolution at the ballot box, according to Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald, and she’s one of the biggest winners.Long an outsider because of its links to the IRA and left-wing policies, the nationalists could feature in coalition talks after they challenged the traditional Irish parties of government, Fine Gael and Fianna Fail, for first place in Saturday’s election. Counting continues and a final result is expected late Monday.“The election proved to be seismic, historic,” McDonald, a 50-year-old Dublin native, said in an RTE interview. “The two-party system is dispatched to the history books. It’s clear people want change.”Talks on government formation will likely begin in the middle of the week, with attention focusing on the role Sinn Fein might play. Fianna Fail and Fine Gael have long excluded the party from government, arguing Sinn Fein’s mix of nationalism and populism made them unsuitable for office. The grounds may be shifting, though, with Fianna Fail’s Micheal Martin accepting his “obligation” to find a functioning government.“Investors will be wary because a role for Sinn Fein in government can’t be ruled out,” said Dermot O’Leary, chief economist at Goodbody Stockbrokers in Dublin. “With the rise of Sinn Fein, we are looking at a period of uncertainty around policy direction. It seems clear two of the three biggest parties will be needed to form a government.”Flags and SongsState broadcaster RTE projected late Sunday that Fianna Fail would win 45 seats, Sinn Fein 37 seats, and Prime Minister Leo Varadkar’s Fine Gael 36 seats — all short of the 80 needed for a majority.Sinn Fein, which won 23 seats in 2016, only fielded 42 candidates in the election.At count centers across the country, the party’s supporters waved Irish flags, wore green jerseys and occasionally broke into song, celebrating the Irish Republican Army’s fight against British rule, as it took seat after seat.Basking in her party’s surge, McDonald said it’s time to ramp up preparations for a referendum on Irish unity, though ultimately only London can call a border poll.Sinn Fein won 25% of the first preference vote, as it capitalized on voter discontent with a housing shortage and an ailing health service.In the 2016 election, the party won 14%, doubling its 2007 vote. It won its first seat a decade earlier. Rooted in the cause of Irish unity, the party began to seriously contest elections in the 1980s as part of a strategy known as the “Armalite and the Ballot Box.”Wealth TaxThe electoral math of a fragmented system means Sinn Fein is unlikely to lead the next government, but its rise speaks to the shifting tectonic plates that are upending traditional power structures across Europe.“Certainly, red lines on coalitions will have to be crossed,” according to Eoin O’Malley, a politics professor at Dublin City University. “Fianna Fail and Sinn Fein are the only really viable and likely government. It’ll be a long negotiation, with a lot of people having to look into their hearts.”Before the election, Fine Gael and Fianna Fail both ruled out governing with Sinn Fein. By Sunday, Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin was less categorical, though he pointed to “significant incompatibility” with Sinn Fein. Varakdar continued to rule out a “forced marriage” with Sinn Fein.In an election shaped by a demand for change, Sinn Fein offered the most radical options, including:a 1% tax on net wealth of more than 1 million euros ($1.1 million)freezing residential rentsthe biggest public housing program in decadeslowering the retirement ageBrexit BackdropThe Brexit saga may also have played into Sinn Fein’s hands, by stoking anti-British sentiment amid fears that the U.K. departure from the European Union could see the return of checkpoints along the border with Northern Ireland.As of 11:15 p.m. in Dublin on Sunday, Sinn Fein had tallied 29 lawmakers, compared to a combined 18 for Fine Gael and Fianna Fail, though that picture will change considerably through Monday.Sinn Fein may be tapping into “a latent republican sentiment, also fueled by the long Brexit saga,” said Diarmaid Ferriter, professor of history at University College Dublin. But mainly, the party is “a lightning rod for the discontent out there, for the things that people feel are wrong about their lives.”But he cautioned against assuming Ireland is set to move toward a European-style left-versus-right divide, pointing to the Labour Party’s decline from 20% in the 2011 election to about 5% in 2020.“We have seen parties like Labour rise before, and then fade away fairly quickly,” he said. “So we need to wait and see.”To contact the reporters on this story: Dara Doyle in Dublin at [email protected];Peter Flanagan in Dublin at [email protected] contact the editors responsible for this story: Chad Thomas at [email protected], Andrew Davis, Tony CzuczkaFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.comSubscribe now to stay ahead with the most trusted business news source.©2020 Bloomberg L.P.

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Joe Root must lift England’s fortunes with new hands-on coach or face captaincy axe

England captains handed the chance to win a third Ashes series after losing his first two in the lead , but Joe Root could be the exception.

Even a thumping end to the Oval test seems to be enough for England to change their belief that he remains the best man for the job despite seeing the urn disappear. to Australia on Old Trafford on Sunday for at least another two years.

Instead, England wants to give red-ball cricket priority again and give Root more support by designating a much more hands-on coach who will take the lead in strategy when Trevor Bayliss leaves after the final test of this week.

England Captain Joe Root has failed in his second attempt to win back the Ashes

Root looks forward to staying while coach Trevor Bayliss will leave after the final test of this week

When the dust crashed on Sunday to the crushing disappointment of Australia on completing the fourth test victory that guarantees them for the first time since 2001 in this country, England got big questions to answer.

Not in the least or a captain in Root who was so desperate to match his fellow man from Sheffield Michael Vaughan in winning a home Ashes is really the best man to overhaul the under-performing Test side lead.

The harsh reality is that England is looking further than ever by pursuing Andrew Strauss to become the world's number 1 test team and has fallen back under a captain who does not seem to be getting better at it. work.

The signs in Old Trafford were disturbing. England looked flat and uninspired in the field, despite Root's best efforts to cajole them while having to be inspired by Headingley's miracle by Headingley's miracle to go to the throat of Australia.

Then it was left to Ben Stokes, the emotional leader of this team, to deliver an address in a huddle before Australia's second innings, when Root & # 39; s reported that two of his team in Manchester had apparently fallen on deaf ears.

There are questions about whether Root is the best man to lead a revision of the test side

And Roots lack of tactical accumulation was summarized after tea on the fourth day when he allowed the test to drift by Craig Overton and Jack Leach bowling together after Jofra had Archer and Stuart Broad

Perhaps the biggest concern is Root's battle, who sees him on average 40.87 as captain compared to 52.80 before succeeding Alastair Cook and at Old Trafford became the first captain of the Ashes in history to make three ducks in a series.

Root has a good win record as a captain – but the problem is that his loss rate is just as high. Yet there are no feasible captaincy alternatives for a man who remains the best batsman in England. Even his deputy Stokes, who should be in charge instead of being charged with a job that could destroy his all-round influence.

The lack of options is of course a negative reason not to make a change and team director Ashley Giles is not the type to predict if he believes action must be taken before a new test cycle who will climax in two years with the next Ashes.

England has deteriorated under a captain who does not seem to get better

Giles has shown that he is a decisive and even ruthless figure, as he succeeded in firing Strauss Test Batcoach Mark Ramprakash and telling Paul Farbrace to leave the World Cup when he joined Warwickshire.

Giles said before the first Ashes test in Edgbaston that the Strauss-inspired priority of white ball cricket that culminated in that pulsating world cup final victory in Lord & # 39; s in July would be altered to have the adverse effect on the Test team.

Now, in the aftermath of the defeat that destroyed the hope of a double world cup axis in the same summer, Giles is willing to support Root by arming him with the tools he needs to to get the test show back on the right track

To that end, he will look for the best coach to supplement Root when he embarks on the urgent process of finding a successor to Bayliss once England's attempt to at least sign this Ashes series this week when the Oval is over.

Bayliss completed the commission Strauss gave him by winning from the World Cup and developed an excellent relationship with Eoin Morgan, who was in charge of the white-ball team, but found his hands-off methods not tangible for Root.

Now Giles will look for the best man to guide his test captain when interviewing candidates including bowling coach Chris Silverwood, Ottis Gibson, Mickey Arthur, Mike Hesson, Graham Ford and possibly Andrew McDonald.

The 2005 Ashes hero should be a head coach with three assistants below him – Graham Thorpe and Paul Collingwood make sure they get the roles of assistant – instead of splitting the job, what are options can decrease with so many of & # 39; the world's best coaches who prefer to focus on franchises instead of international cricket.

Giles planned to ask Silverwood, who is still one of the favorites, to take over as an interim coach for the tour through New Zealand in October and November, but that is the urgency, a full-time appointment can be proposed. England also plans to take their first choice team for the two tests instead of letting key players rest.

Roots batting has gone downhill since he succeeded former Captain Alastair Cook

the issue of Giles must also resolve the apparent tension that has developed between Bayliss and national selector Ed Smith about team selections and batting orders.

The sight of Bayliss who admitted for the third test that he wanted Jason Roy to strike the middle order, a view that was believed to be privately reflected by Root, when Smith clearly wanted him to open it, was the first indication that everything was not right.

Now Giles must decide whether Smith & # 39; s influence should be limited to choosing a team and handing it over to the captain and coach to confirm the final XI, as tradition dictates, or whether he gets the extra power he seems to want.

There are clearly major decisions ahead when England plans their test recovery. But it is a mission that is certainly led by Root.

WHO CAN REPLACE HIM?

Ben Stokes: 4/5

Advantages: The absolute leader and heartbeat of the English team, the rest of the side would run through a brick wall for him, a world-class cricketer and tactically cunning in the final run pursuit of the World Cup and the miracle of Headingley. Trevor Bayliss would immediately give him the captain – but he leaves.

Cons: Far too much on his plate and as important as a player. Could throw himself into the ground by Andrew Flintoff. I would not enjoy the peripheral affairs of a captain, such as endless media tasks, and would be very uncomfortable in following up his great friend Root.

Jos Buttler 3/5

Advantages: Impressed as Eoin Morgan & deputy and stand-in captain with the white-ball team, with especially in Bangladesh. Gifted player with cunning and aggressive cricket brain who will almost certainly be the next 50-over and Twenty20 England captain.

Cons: Better in Old Trafford but still not cemented his test site and could be better off forgetting red ball cricket and focusing on what he is best at. Another English player with a lot on his plate.

Rory Burns 2/5

Advantages: Experienced district captain who brought Surrey to the championship, cloth cut off from the right and seems to have a lot of character and good posture. Has come up with an answer to every question that the formidable Australian attack has put him so far.

Cons: Yes, he has had a decent axis, but needs a much more consistent score and experience at Test Level before we have to burden him with leadership. And that quirky technique can still be exposed to the highest level.

Stuart Broad 2/5

Advantages: Experience the English captain Twenty20, a good cricket brain, one of the top players and has a fantastic temperament of a big game, such as we have seen again in this Axis. He could be a short-term solution while giving Burns more time to grow.

Cons: Could only be a stop gap. Traditionally, fast bowlers don't make the best captains. Bob Willis anyone? And maybe still not guaranteed his place in overseas circumstances – although he showed this summer, he can still learn some new tricks.

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