Eoin O’Malley: Sinn Féin plumped for the safe option, but it is not risk-free

Mary Lou McDonald is dependent on a campaign she has limited control over

Unless Mary Lou McDonald had unveiled the world silver medallist heptathlete Kate O’Connor as Sinn Féin’s presidential election candidate on Saturday afternoon, I’m not sure anything McDonald did would have satisfied the level of expectation her “game-changer” comment at the Ploughing Championships had provoked.

After months of dithering, yesterday Sinn Féin looked set to run a candidate, or not.

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