Irish parties pledge increased investment after coalition deal
Dublin, Ireland Reuters Ireland’s two major centre-right parties finalised a coalition deal with independent lawmakers on Wednesday that will return Micheal Martin as Prime Minister and continue the previous government’s high spending economic policy. The Fine Gael and Fianna Fail-led government pledged to increase public sector investment, fix infrastructure deficits and cut taxes after securing […]
Ireland’s centre-right parties close in on re-election, likely to need new partner
Dublin, Ireland Reuters 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. That could result in prolonged negotiations or an unstable coalition ahead of the […]
Sinn Fein tops Irish exit poll, but coalition parties look set for re-election
Dublin, Ireland Reuters Ireland’s main opposition party Sinn Fein looked on course to narrowly win the most votes at a general election on Friday, but its two main centre-right rivals will likely have enough seats to govern again without it, an exit poll showed. The exit poll put the left wing Sinn Fein on 21.1 […]
Ireland’s tradition of welcoming migrants under strain in election
Ballaghaderreen, Ireland Reuters In the small Irish market town of Ballaghaderreen, a long-standing welcome to immigrants is fraying badly ahead of a general election this week, the first to see the country’s main political parties competing to be toughest on migrants. A country that has long prided itself on being welcoming to migrants, Ireland has […]