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Fine Gael’s mandate cannot be taken for granted, Taoiseach warns

Taoiseach Simon Harris has warned that Fine Gael cannot be taken for granted in government formation talks. The party leader said speculation had prematurely jumped to issues around how ministries might be allocated and whether Fianna Fail and Fine Gael would once again rotate the taoiseach’s role during the mandate. And it’s also about recognising that there are other parties …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Ireland's election is over, but the country faces weeks of talks before there's a government

The Independent

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Ireland faces weeks of coalition talks before it gets a new …

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1 month, 1 week ago

With election decided, Ireland faces weeks of talks to form a government

Associated Press

LONDON — Ireland faces weeks of coalition talks before it gets a new government, as the country’s two major center-right parties work to form a stable administration. Both Fine Gael and Fianna Fail have a longstanding refusal to work with Sinn Fein, partly because of its historic ties with the Irish Republican Army during three decades of violence in Northern …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Counting is underway in Ireland’s election as 3 parties battle for top place

Associated Press

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 Gael, Fianna Fail and Sinn Fein — as well as several smaller …

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Ireland headed for coalition government, exit poll suggests

NPR

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 …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Ireland election: Main opposition Sinn Fein likely to be largest party but ruling coalition to retain power

Firstpost

Fine Gael and Fianna Fail, former rivals that have, between them, led every government since the foundation of the state almost a century ago, may be able to reach a majority with one other smaller party Sinn Fein President Mary Lou McDonald campaigns for the final day, ahead of a general election, outside Government Buildings, in Dublin, Ireland November 28, …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Ireland votes in closely fought general election

Raw Story

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 …

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2 months ago

Ireland prepares for 3-week campaign to decide next prime minister

Associated Press

LONDON — Ireland’s President Michael Higgins dissolved Parliament Friday, clearing the way for a Nov. 29 election that will determine who controls government. A historic coalition government led by Harris’ center-right Fine Gael party and its center-left rival Fianna Fail has been in power since the 2020 race ended in a virtual dead heat. “The time is now right to …

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11 months ago

Michelle O’Neill | A Balancing Act

The Hindu

Sheltered from the rain in a doorway in the heart of London’s swish Green Park area, last Thursday, was a 47-year-old woman, who was waiting for her car to be brought around. Just days earlier, on February 3, Ms. O’Neill had been appointed Northern Ireland’s new First Minister — an Irish republican leading a U.K. region whose merger with the …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Northern Irish Nobel peace prize winner David Trimble passes away at 77

Hindustan Times

David Trimble, the Nobel peace prize-winning former first minister of Northern Ireland whose statecraft helped end decades of conflict, died Monday aged 77, his party announced. Northern Irish Nobel peace prize winner David Trimble passes away at 77 Trimble, a key architect of the landmark 1998 peace deal in the troubled UK province, won the prize along with pro-Irish leader …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Sinn Fein hails ‘new era’ after historic Northern Ireland vote

Al Jazeera

Sinn Fein is entitled to first minister post in Belfast for the first time since Northern Ireland was founded in 1921. The Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein has won the largest number of seats in the Northern Ireland Assembly for the first time. The historic win means Sinn Fein is entitled to the post of first minister in Belfast for …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Sinn Fein on course for historic victory in NI Assembly election

The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Sinn Fein’s vice president Michelle O’Neill was elected on the first count in Mid …

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4 years, 11 months ago

Sinn Fein surged in Ireland’s election. Here’s why that’s so controversial

CNN

London CNN — Political outsiders Sinn Fein stole the show in Ireland’s general election over the weekend. The moment Northern Ireland’s Good Friday Agreement was signed in 1998, Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams pivoted south of the border rather than take a plum job in the north. Meanwhile in Waterford, Sinn Fein’s David Cullinane, newly elected on a mountain of …

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4 years, 11 months ago

Vote prediction for Sinn Fein puts Irish politics in turmoil

Associated Press

DUBLIN — Ireland faced political turmoil Sunday as an exit poll from the weekend’s parliamentary election suggested that Sinn Fein, a left-wing party committed to reunification of the island, finished in a virtual dead heat with the two parties that have governed since the country won independence almost a century ago. While ballot counting remained underway, the poll indicated that …

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5 years, 7 months ago

Le Pen calls for 'powerful' far-right group in EU Parliament

Daily Mail

Far-right and Eurosceptic parties have won more European Parliament seats than ever before after voters across the continent left their nations' rulers with bloody noses. Far-right and Eurosceptic parties have won more European Parliament seats than ever before after voters across the continent left their nations' rulers with bloody noses Marine Le Pen spoke triumphantly on Sunday evening as the …

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5 years, 8 months ago

Northern Ireland elections: Dissident Republican wins in Derry ward where Lyra McKee was killed

The Independent

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy One of the public faces of dissident republicanism in Northern Ireland …

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5 years, 9 months ago

Nobody wants a return to war in Northern Ireland but events can create their own momentum

The Independent

At the height of the Troubles in Northern Ireland in the early 1970s I used to visit Crossmaglen, a village in South Armagh close to the border with the Irish Republic and notorious as an Irish Republican stronghold. In the case of Northern Ireland, the guardians at the gate would be customs and other regulatory officials, but these could not …

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Fine Gael’s mandate cannot be taken for granted, Taoiseach warns

Ireland's election is over, but the country faces weeks of talks before there's a government

With election decided, Ireland faces weeks of talks to form a government

Counting is underway in Ireland’s election as 3 parties battle for top place

Ireland headed for coalition government, exit poll suggests

Ireland election: Main opposition Sinn Fein likely to be largest party but ruling coalition to retain power

Ireland votes in closely fought general election

Ireland prepares for 3-week campaign to decide next prime minister

Michelle O’Neill | A Balancing Act

Northern Irish Nobel peace prize winner David Trimble passes away at 77

Sinn Fein hails ‘new era’ after historic Northern Ireland vote

Sinn Fein on course for historic victory in NI Assembly election

Sinn Fein surged in Ireland’s election. Here’s why that’s so controversial

Vote prediction for Sinn Fein puts Irish politics in turmoil

Le Pen calls for 'powerful' far-right group in EU Parliament

Northern Ireland elections: Dissident Republican wins in Derry ward where Lyra McKee was killed

Nobody wants a return to war in Northern Ireland but events can create their own momentum