Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald is surrounded by members of the media as she campaigns, in Dublin, Ireland, February 6, 2020. REUTERS/Phil Noble
DUBLIN (Reuters) - For decades Sinn Fein activists insisted the star power of Gerry Adams, a former Irish Republican Army spokesman, could not be replicated among the party's Irish nationalist base.
Two years after Adams stepped down as longtime party head and in the run-up to next Saturday's national election, new leader Mary Lou McDonald is proving the power of a broader appeal.
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