The rise of Sinn Fein, an Irish party that once espoused violence
Young voters like its promises of free money
NOT SINCE the days of Eamon de Valera has Ireland had a leader as globally recognisable as Leo Varadkar. Both men owe their prominence to vexed Irish relations with Britain. De Valera emerged as the senior surviving leader of the Easter uprising against British rule in 1916. Mr Varadkar rallied EU support in a stand-off with Boris Johnson over the terms of Brexit last year.
This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “The worrying rise of Sinn Fein”
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