[Leica] IMG: Mary Lou McD

[Douglas Barry]

This is a photograph I took at the Dublin count for the Irish 
Presidential election last weekend. Mary Lou McDonald was waiting to 
explain her party's performance at an interview with RTE, the Irish 
national TV broadcaster. I was positioned just beside the TV camera.

She took over earlier this year from Gerry Adams as President of the 
Sinn Féin party which is trying to shake off its old paramilitary IRA 
associations by emphasizing its left wing and youth credentials. 
Unfortunately, its choice as Presidential candidate Liadh Ni Riada made 
some errors, as well as going up against Michael D. Higgins - the 
popular poet and current President who was seeking re-election.

As a result, Ni Riada garnered only a miserable fourth place with 6.8% 
of the vote while the re-elected President Higgins got 55.8% and romped 
home. We have him for another seven years for better or verse... Anyway, 
Mary Lou knew she was going to get roasted in the interview and her face 
reflects this anticipation.

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Douglas