The left-wing nationalist party Sinn Féin, associated with the Irish Republican Army, showed the best result in history at the February 8 parliamentary elections in Ireland. According to the exit polls, the ruling Fine Gael party received 22.4% of the votes, Sinn Féin 24.5% and Fianna Fáil – 22.2%. Sinn Féin was closely associated with the Provisional Irish Republican Army ...