On the floor of the Dáil, the very last day that it sat before Christmas, a strained debate caused an almost imperceptible hairline fracture in the bone-deep ideological certainty of Ireland's most left-wing TDs.
Coppinger explained that she would abstain on a vote to nominate Mary Lou McDonald as Taoiseach because of 'recent moves to the right' that Sinn Féin had made.
'They are turning their backs on vulnerable groups like trans young people and denying them healthcare, and on refugees. This makes it very difficult to give them a free pass,' Coppinger explained.
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