Sinn Fein and how do they form a government dilemma

That was my understanding as well. There's an awful lot of spoofers on here.

Such a load of rubbish and deflection!

I asked how Michelle O'Neill was selected not some local county council candidate!

So, either show us the details of her selection and appointment or admit that, unlike the other parties the selection isn't open and transparent!

I'd agree that SF being in government is gone for the time being and remark that what you see as 'impressive', others including myself would see as a protective circling of the wagons around activity and incompetence that would normally end a government prematurely. I expect to see more of it until the electorate tire of it.

and FF had already come out and said no chance of a coalition with SF 

They said the same about coalition with FG in 2020. I'd be pretty sure most people including SF don't believe a word they say.

Not "a" member is probably true… as an individual. Given the hours you put in 'members" is more likely 😂

Anyway… Nope, that was the second time round on 2019 when they when she was 're-elected"… but of course you are well aware of that and choose to continue to bluff and obfuscate.

Probably the dumbest question I've ever seen asked.

That's before you get to the responders. Hardly a brain cell in many a head there I'd guess.

More deflection and obfuscation from you.

All leadership elections for real political parties are played out in public.

Maybe you missed the recent election of new leaders for Fine Gael and the Green Party?

Now, to get back to the original question who appointed Michelle O'Neill first time around?

SF don’t do it in public. I think there are reasons for that as stated earlier.
If you can prove that there is some kinda of dictatorship in play, work away.
BTW I didn’t know how FG or FF chose their leaders and still voted for them.
I see a similar party to any other here, people are free to join and leave and they do.
So go ahead, don’t obfuscate or deflect, give us some proof that there is something untoward going on?

It is quite a shocking poll. On every conspiracy theory question SF voters and supporters are right up there believing it. Given my experience of SF supporters on here, I am not in the least surprised.

And that is a huge issue. Because maybe if SF gets into power they will decide not to do government in public either.

The thing about democracy for all it's flaws is we have found nothing better than it. For democracy to continue to exist we need to see it in action and it actually working. SF is saying it know better in the way it appoints it leader. It doesn't do it the democratic way.

The great 'transperancy' delusion.
How many times in the term of this government alone have we depended on journalists to reveal what the government and it's members were doing? Look at the upset and ranting here when an opposition leader claims the government are saying one thing about immigration and doing another.
I wouldn't join FG because my vote as a member can be ignored by an elite in the party (I don't know how this elite with ultimate say, are appointed, do you?) nor would I join SF but members of both parties who have free will seem happy with whatever systems they have in place.
If you think any government ever here was transparent about what it was doing in all things I have some beans I wanna sell you.