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A triumph for Sinn Féin
SINN FÉIN President Mary Lou McDonald celebrated the fact that her party won 37 seats of the 160 seats in the Dáil Éireann, the Irish House of Commons, as a “Revolution in the ballot box”. This, she said, would allow her to form a “people’s government” prioritising housing and health. Indeed, it was a triumph. The party emerged with the largest share of the vote, overtaking the two traditional parties fianna Fáil and incumbent fine Gael, who collected 22.2 and 20.9 per cent of the vote respectively.
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A triumph for Sinn Féin
Macron under mass pressure
by Theo Russell
ON 6th February in Paris I joined a national day of protest, the latest stage in the two-month long battle between president Macron and the unions over pension reforms. That week a parliamentary committee began considering the draft law, which faces 22,000 amendments.
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Macron under mass pressure