Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Most people, while utterly frustrated by the Government's performance in healthcare, agree that a general election in the closing days of Brexit would be madness. Of course, that is not the case with Sinn Féin, but we should not be surprised. It has been and remains the best friend the Brexiteers have ever had. Due to it, the only political voice from Northern Ireland heard at Westminster is that of the DUP and we all know how it feels about a hard border and Brexit. Due to Sinn Féin, the people of Northern Ireland have no directly elected political voice in Belfast.

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