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Voters across Ireland cast their ballots in the country’s general election on 29 November and, with all seats counted, the Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael coalition is likely to continue as support ...
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 ...
Incumbent Taoiseach (prime minister) Simon Harris, of the center-right Fine Gael party, called the election on Nov. 8, making way for a three-week general election campaign.
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. [1]
An election to all 18 seats on Sligo County Council was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections. [1] County Sligo is divided into 3 local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
In a statement released after the election, Labour stated that it would only enter government with a, "progressive, left-of-centre bloc with like-minded parties," as well as outlining their basic platform for negotiation. [131] On 19 December, Labour stated that it would not join a coalition with Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael. [132]
Fianna Fail secured the most first preference votes in Friday’s proportional representation election, taking 21.9% to Fine Gael’s 20.8%. Sinn Fein came in third on 19%.
On 18 December, it was reported that outgoing Green Party senators Róisín Garvey and Vincent P. Martin, as well as Sinn Féin's Fintan Warfield would not be contesting the elections for the new Seanad. [16] Green Party Minister of State and senator Pippa Hackett and Fine Gael's John McGahon said they would be taking a step back from politics ...