February 27, 2011 | Filed under: News | Posted by:
Ireland’s opposition parties have made big gains in a general election focused on the country’s economic woes as angry voters ended the 80-year dominance of Fianna Fail. The Fine Gael party was leading the pack, but the shape of the next government is hanging in the balance as counting continues for a second day. By Sunday morning, 57 seats had been won by Fine Gael, 30 by Labour, 13 by Fianna Fail, 12 by Sinn Fein and 13 by smaller parties and independents. It takes 83 seats for a majority in the Dail, the lower house of the parliament. Fine Gael was widely expected to form a coalition government with Labour. But with Fine Gael sensing that it might win nearly 80 seats, party leaders also…
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