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Fianna Fail is likely to increase its seat lead over Fine Gael compared with the 2020 election, which saw the parties enter a coalition on the basis that the holder of the Irish premier position ...
Fianna Fail was the clear winner of last Friday’s poll, securing 48 of the Dail Parliament’s 174 seats, while Sinn Fein took 39 and Fine Gael won 38. When Fianna Fail and Fine Gael entered ...
Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin will serve as Taoiseach, with Fine Gael leader Simon Harris serving as Tánaiste. It was agreed that the government will last until November 2027, after which the positions will rotate, with the Fine Gael leader forming a new government as Taoiseach, and the Fianna Fáil leader serving as Tánaiste. [2]
If Fianna Fail and Fine Gael return to power, they could need one of the Dail’s smaller parties to reach the required 88 seats to form a majority. Another option may see the two parties seek the ...
On 6 July 2022, the government lost its majority after Fine Gael TD Joe McHugh voted against legislation underpinning a €2.7 billion mica redress scheme and subsequently resigned the Fine Gael party whip. [83] Sinn Féin tabled a motion of no confidence in the government, to be debated on 12 July before the summer recess. [84]
Fine Gael: Cultural and Educational Panel: Malcolm Byrne: Fianna Fáil: Industrial and Commercial Panel: Micheál Carrigy: Fine Gael: Labour Panel: John Cummins: Fine Gael: Nominated by the Taoiseach: Emer Currie: Fine Gael: Nominated by the Taoiseach: Timmy Dooley: Fianna Fáil: Nominated by the Taoiseach: Erin McGreehan: Fianna Fáil: Labour ...
The exit poll placed Sinn Féin at 21.1% of the vote, narrowly leading the Irish Taoiseach Simon Harris's party Fine Gael who had 21% of the vote, and their governing partners Fianna Fáil at 19.5%.
Fine Gael remained out of government and at a low ebb for a prolonged period until the aftermath of the 1948 general election, which saw the party form a grand coalition with several other parties in order to oust Fianna Fáil and place Fine Gael member John A. Costello as Taoiseach. The coalition was short-lived but revived again between 1954 ...