Sinn Fein have surpassed all the pundits and bookies expectations but why did the public back them, was it health, housing or a desperate need for change? And how come their conflict past was not an issue for voters young and old?
Henry McKean visited Liffey Valley Shopping Centre and asked voters why they gave Sinn Fein their number one for the first time and also met Sinn Fein supporters at the RDS count centre and got to meet Mary Lou McDonald on a Sinn Fein Hollywood style red carpet.
