From Bomb to Ballot: The History of Sinn Féin

In 1981, ten young men starved themselves to death in a prison on the outskirts of Belfast. They were all members of the Irish Republican Army, and had been protesting their right to be treated as political prisoners. Their deaths shocked the world. The Hunger Strikes made martyrs of the young republican men who died and were the apex of a thirty year conflict in Ireland that – by its conclusion – had claimed the lives of 3,500 people, and gained a euphemism: The Troubles. The strikes also marked the moment that a little-known nationalist fringe group named Sinn Féin was catapulted from obscurity into the mainstream. Four decades later, Sinn Féin made history when it won the popular vote in the Ireland’s 2020 General Election and came within touching distance of taking power on both sides of the Irish border. Now, with the country on the eve of another election, Sinn Féin should be riding high in the polls. Instead, they are bogged down in chaos and disorder. Criticised f

From Bomb to Ballot: The History of Sinn Féin is a history podcast hosted by Daily Mail, with 8 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Episode #7

  Changed Utterly?

  Nov 21, 202440 minS1

  <p>Gerry Adams stands down as the President of Sinn Fein and is replaced by Mary Lou McDonald, a middle-class Dubliner with no personal connection to the Troubles. </p><p><br></p><p>Sinn Fein achieves an historic result in the 2020 election and announces itself as Ireland’s main opposition party. </p><p><br></p><p>That’s until Dublin explodes into far-right riots and Sinn Fein’s uneasy coalition of voters unravels. And the party struggles to shake off other scandals – some historic, others more recent – that cast doubt on their fitness for government. </p><p><br></p><p>Host: John L...

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  Episode #7

  7: Changed Utterly?

  Nov 21, 202437 minS1

  <p>Gerry Adams stands down as the President of Sinn Fein and is replaced by Mary Lou McDonald, a middle-class Dubliner with no personal connection to the Troubles. </p><br><p>Sinn Fein achieves an historic result in the 2020 election and announces itself as Ireland’s main opposition party. </p><br><p>That’s until Dublin explodes into far-right riots and Sinn Fein’s uneasy coalition of voters unravels. And the party struggles to shake off other scandals – some historic, others more recent – that cast doubt on their fitness for government.</p><p>Follow us on Instagram @dmgnewmedia.</p><p>Follow us on...

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  Episode #6

  A Fragile Peace

  Nov 21, 202443 minS1

  <p>In Omagh, a car bomb kills 29 people, including two unborn children. It is the biggest single atrocity of the Troubles and comes just four months after the Good Friday Agreement is signed. </p><p><br></p><p>The peace holds… but the Omagh Bomb shows that Pandora’s Box of paramilitary violence opened decades earlier will not be straightforward to close. </p><p><br></p><p>Nonetheless, a new generation of Sinn Fein activists – untouched by the violence of the previous decades – are climbing the party's ranks. </p><p><br></p><p>But even after the arrival of peace, Republican...

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  Episode #6

  6: A Fragile Peace

  Nov 21, 202440 minS1

  <p>In Omagh, a car bomb kills 29 people, including two unborn children. It is the biggest single atrocity of the Troubles and comes just four months after the Good Friday Agreement is signed. </p><br><p>The peace holds… but the Omagh Bomb shows that Pandora’s Box of paramilitary violence opened decades earlier will not be straightforward to close. </p><br><p>Nonetheless, a new generation of Sinn Fein activists – untouched by the violence of the previous decades – are climbing the party's ranks. </p><br><p>But even after the arrival of peace, Republican communities across Northern Ireland continue to distrust...

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  Episode #5

  Call the Boys Off

  Nov 21, 202436 minS1

  <p>The Provisional IRA end their ceasefire in spectacular fashion, and the scale of the bomb detonated in the middle of Canary Wharf sparks renewed attempts to end the Troubles. </p><p><br></p><p>Britain and Ireland have new Prime Ministers, who share a personal connection and a desire to get an agreement over the line, fast. </p><p><br></p><p>And.. behind closed doors, Monica McWilliams is forging connections with Sinn Fein’s women, and Labour Minister Paul Murphy is having fish and chips with Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness. </p><p><br></p><p>The stage is se...

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