Ireland's centre-right parties close in on re-election, likely to need new partner
Ireland's two large centre-right parties looked set to be returned to power after an election on Friday, but will likely need at least one smaller partner to secure a majority, raising questions over the stability of the next government.
Counting is underway in Ireland’s election as 3 parties battle for top place
The outgoing government was led by the two parties that have dominated Irish politics for the past century: Fine Gael and Fianna Fail. They have similar policies, but are longtime rivals with origins on opposing sides of Ireland’s 1920s civil war. After the 2020 election ended in a virtual dead heat, they formed a coalition.
Simon Harris’s Fine Gael party and coalition partner Fianna Fail look set to return to government after the Irish election, ...
Early tallies suggested the centrist Fianna Fáil could emerge as the largest party, with 21.9 per cent of the votes, with conservative Fine Gael on 20.5 per cent and the main opposition party Sinn ...
Counting is in the early stages but initial tallies suggest some major figures in the last government may face difficulty ...
Irish premier Simon Harris has said Fine Gael will gain seats in the General Election despite a further fragmentation of ...
CET on Saturday at centres across the country, kicking off a marathon vote-counting exercise to tally the results.
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'No Sinn Fein surge' says Fine Gael leader Simon Harris as he tops the poll in WicklowThe outgoing Taoiseach admitted he was relieved when his party received 21% first-preference votes in the exit poll on Friday ...
Ballot boxes were opened at 9 a.m. (0900GMT) at count centers across the country, kicking off long hours, or even days, of ...
Sinn Féin, the former political arm of the IRA, is hoping Ireland's 2024 election will bring it to power for the first time ...
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