As 2022 winds to a close there is barely a pundit or political observer alive who does not think that Sinn Féin will be in power when the votes are counted after the next general election. Since the party’s extraordinary result in the February 2020 election it has strengthened its position as the state’s most popular party. Consistently polling in the mid 30 per cent range it holds what, even at this stage, looks like an unassailable lead over both Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael.  Neither of the parties who have dominated politics since the foundation of the state have…

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