Sinn Fein’s Mary Lou McDonald in confident polling numbers prediction amid ‘in it to win it’ general election pledge [Video]

McDonald serves as a TD for the Dublin Centre constituency and has previously worked as deputy leader of her party, Sinn Fein’s Spokesperson for Public Expenditure and Reform and the party’s All-Ireland Spokesperson for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention.

She was an MEP for Dublin from 2004 to 2009.

Prior to stepping into politics McDonald worked as consultant for the Irish Productivity Centre, a researcher for the Institute of European Affairs and a trainer in the trade union sponsored Partnership Unit of the Educational and Training Services Trust.

In 1996 the Dublin TD married her husband Martin Lanigan. The pair have two teenage children together, Iseult and Gerard.

The outspoken opposition party leader has been vocal in the media and in Dail Eireann on Government policy on everything from housing to health. 

In September, the politician opened up about recent personal challenges, …