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During the 1932 general election campaign, Cumann na nGaedheal declared in a newspaper advert that "the gunmen and Communists are voting for Fianna Fáil today – vote for the Government party." However, Fianna Fáil won the election, [34] [35] forming its first government on 9 March 1932. It was in power for 61 of the 79 years between then ...
The new party adopted its name on 2 April of the same year. From the formation of the first Fianna Fáil government on 9 March 1932 until the 2011 general election, the party was in power for 61 of 79 years. Its longest continuous period in office was 15 years and 11 months (March 1932–February 1948).
Fianna Fáil is the joint largest party in the Dáil, has the joint largest delegation of MEPs from Ireland, and has the largest number of city and county council seats. It has been in government more than any other party: 1932–1948, 1951–1954, 1957–1973, 1977–1981, 1982, 1987–1994, and 1997–2011, and since 2020.
Fianna Fáil has won the most seats in the Dáil (lower house of parliament) following the Republic of Ireland's general election. It won 48 seats while Sinn Féin - the main opposition party in ...
Fianna Fáil, who had been in a coalition government with Fine Gael and the Green Party, is projected to win the most seats. Counting resumed on Sunday morning in the election which had a turnout ...
Fianna Fáil was five seats short of an overall majority, but it still looked like the only party capable of forming a government. Discussions began immediately after the election and an agreement was reached in which the Labour Party would support Fianna Fáil. The party now had the necessary votes to form a minority government.
The Fianna Fail leader looks set for a return to the role of taoiseach – a position he held between 2020 and 2022. Martin says time to ‘get on with the work’ following Ireland’s general ...
The 10th government of Ireland (11 October 1961 – 21 April 1965) was the government of Ireland formed after the 1961 general election to the 17th Dáil held on 4 October 1961. It was a minority government formed by Fianna Fáil , which had been in office since the 1957 election .