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Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald and party finance spokesman Pearse Doherty. Photo: PA
Sinn Féin is standing over comments by its finance spokesman, Pearse Doherty, linking the withdrawal of cost-of-living payments to Ireland’s support for Ukraine, which have drawn sharp criticism.
Mr Doherty’s comments during a Dáil motion on approving Ireland’s participation in the EU’s €90bn loan to the war-torn country has left his party open to charges of “blatant populism” and being “soft on Russia”.