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Ireland’s two main centre-right parties to form coalition government

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Ireland’s two main centre-right parties to form coalition government



Fianna Fáil’s Micheál Martin will be taoiseach for first three years with Fine Gael’s Simon Harris taking over in November 2027Ireland’s two main centre-right parties have clinched a deal with a group of independent lawmakers to form a coalition government, six weeks after an election that wiped out the Greens as a political force.In the deal, sealed on Wednesday, Fianna Fáil’s leader, Micheál Martin, will become taoiseach, or prime minister, for the first three years of the five-year government, with the incumbent Fine Gael leader, Simon Harris, taking over in November 2027. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/15/ireland-two-main-centre-right-parties-form-coalition-government

Author : Lisa O’Carroll in Dublin

Publish date : 2025-01-15 17:29:00

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