Ireland headed for coalition government, exit poll suggests toggle caption Peter Morrison/AP DUBLIN — A marathon vote-counting exercise was underway Saturday in Ireland's national election after an exit poll suggested that the contest is a close-fought race among the country's three largest political parties. The exit poll suggested voters' support is split widely among the three big parties — Fine …
by Caroline TAÏX / Peter MURPHY Voting got under way in Ireland on Friday in a general election in which the two centre-right coalition partners are neck-and-neck with opposition party Sinn Fein after a campaign marked by rancour over housing and cost-of-living crises. Final opinion polling put the three main parties -- centre-right Fine Gael and Fianna Fail, and the …
