N EW IMAGES FEATURING Sinn Féin’s logo alongside slogans like “refugees are welcome here” have appeared in fringe groups online, though they were not produced by the party or its TDs.

With about 400 of 462 local government seats counted Saturday, Sinn Fein, which seeks unification of Northern Ireland with the Republic of Ireland, took 128 seats and made breakthroughs in some areas.

Mary Lou McDonald, president of Sinn Fein, greets supporters in Dublin City Center on Monday. (Charles McQuillan/AFP/Getty Images) Analysis by Henry Farrell On Saturday, the Republic of Ireland ...

Similarly many newspaper articles and editorials — some accompanied by images of armed and masked paramilitaries not connected to Sinn Fein — issued dire warnings that a vote for the party ...

Sinn Féin, a group long shunned for its ties to sectarian terrorists, stormed the nation’s general election, beating both of Ireland’s dominant centrist parties in the popular vote.

Sinn Fein, the former political wing of the IRA, is on course to become the biggest party in Northern Ireland's government after Thursday's election, a milestone in its quest for a united Ireland.