and that it is an open and modern political party.

But Fianna Fail's sentiments are shared by some voters; Evelyn, a 33-year-old finance worker in Dublin, who declined to give her surname, said she could not vote for or trust Sinn Fein because of its past links to militants.

"I never would have considered them and I never will."

(Editing by Pravin Char)

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