'It hasn't been our day,' says Mary Lou McDonald amid disappointing ...
‘It hasn’t been our day,’ says Mary Lou McDonald as Sinn Féin lose momentum
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has said "it hasn't been our day" and she is "sorry that we didn't do better" after a lacklustre performance for the party in the local elections.
Thanking Sinn Fein's candidates while speaking at the RDS centre in Dublin, she said "obviously, we are disappointed that we didn't manage to get more of them elected".
"We have made some gains, they are modest, but they're there. It hasn't been our day. Clearly frustrations - anger indeed - with government policy on this occasion has translated into votes for independence and others.
"We have to now prepare ourselves for the general election, whenever that will happen. We'll take time to reflect.
"We've literally been on thousands, probably tens of thousands of doorsteps over the last number of weeks. We've listened very carefully to people.
"We now need to go and reflect on that, we need to learn from it. We will regroup. I am sorry that we didn't do better.
"I know that we can do better and I am determined that we will do better."
