Inside the rise of the political party, once subordinate to the IRA, that is on the brink of taking power in Ireland

Sinn Féin, long widely-regarded as the political wing of the Provisional IRA, is the most popular political party in both Northern Ireland and the Republic. A movement once synonymous with a paramilitary campaign is on the brink of taking real power through purely democratic means. But if Sinn Féin has mastered the art of electoral politics, it remains strangely opaque. Who really runs the party? How is it funded? And what can we expect of it as a party of government?

Aoife Moore, Irish Journalist of the Year 2021. explores these and other burning questions in The Long Game. Drawing on exclusive interviews with current and former members of Sinn Féin, she builds up a picture of a party undergoing a profound, and still incomplete, transformation. She looks at the key individuals and moments that put the party on its present course, and she explores tensions within the party and the wider republican movement.

Packed with revelatory details, The Long Game is a groundbreaking telling of contemporary Ireland's biggest and most elusive political story.

"A fierce political commentator" - Derry Journal

"An explosive read ... important and revelatory" - Business Post

"A compelling and revealing account of modern Sinn Féin ... written with gusto and verve" - The Irish Times

"Aoife Moore is perfectly placed to deliver a powerful portrait of the inner workings of Sinn Féin ... an important work" - Sunday Independent

"Painstakingly researched ... informed by countless inside sources" - The Observer

"An incisive, well-written, if critical, insight into the Sinn Féin of the here and now" - Irish Times

"[An] excellent, well-sourced account" - The Telegraph