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8 Feb 2020

Ireland votes in ‘three horse race’ for power

Author: admintech | Filed under: World

Ireland votes in 'three horse race' for powerIreland began voting in a general election on Saturday, with Prime Minister Leo Varadkar hoping to secure a new term on the back of Brexit — though voters are more likely to judge him more on his domestic record. Varadkar’s Fine Gael party has been in power since 2011 but polling suggests they are trailing centre-right rivals Fianna Fail and left-wingers Sinn Fein. In Monday’s final opinion poll, Sinn Fein — the former political wing of the now-defunct Irish Republican Army paramilitary group — were out in front on 25 percent, with Fianna Fail on 23 percent and Fine Gael on 20 percent.