Has Sinn Féin improved its standing with working class voters?

Sarah Burns and Harry McGee were on the canvass

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12/11/2024 - NEWS - Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald and spokesperson on Housing Eoin Ó Broin, along with Pearse Doherty launch the party's proposals to make housing affordable and to bring home ownership back into reach for working people at Quarryvale Community Centre, Greenfort Gardens, Clondalkin. Photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times
12/11/2024 - NEWS - Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald and spokesperson on Housing Eoin Ó Broin, along with Pearse Doherty launch the party's proposals to make housing affordable and to bring home ownership back into reach for working people at Quarryvale Community Centre, Greenfort Gardens, Clondalkin. Photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times

Harry McGee and Sarah Burns, who have accompanied politicians from several parties as they have canvassed for votes in the past week, join Hugh to talk about the issues that are coming up on doorsteps.

In Dublin South Central and Dublin West, Sarah has noticed a less negative sentiment towards Sinn Féin. That’s good news for the party as it seeks to add second seats in constituencies where it dominated in 2020 but lost support in local elections and opinion polls.

Sinn Féin will also be happy to hear that housing is the issue coming up most often, with immigration a less prominent concern than during the summer.

In Dun Laoghaire, Harry was on the canvas with Green Party TD Ossian Smyth, who faces a challenge to hold onto his seat in a constituency that could tell us a lot about which way the 2024 general election is going for the coalition parties.