Sinn Féin has spent the last number of years positioning itself as the natural leader of Ireland’s left. 

 But now, that position is being questioned after bruising by-election results and growing tensions with parties like the Social Democrats and Labour,  

 There are now real questions about where Sinn Féin is going and whether it still owns that space at all. 

 So, does Sinn Féin need to change tact?

Ciara is joined by Aoife Moore, journalist, and author of The Long Game: Inside Sinn Féin and also by Siobhán Fenton, former Sinn Féin Press adviser