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Ireland votes in an election where incumbent politicians hope to stay in power
Ireland’s center-right government has won a majority in the country’s general election, according to the exit polls. The first choice of 22% of those who cast their votes was the government’s coalition partner, Fianna Fail. However, the exit polls showed that Fine Gael, Fianna Fail and Sinn Fein have won roughly equal shares of the…
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Biden is going to Ireland in part for homecoming and also for diplomacy and politics
US Vice President Joe Biden’s visit to Northern Ireland this week would be a big help in resolving some of the differences, Sinn Fein MP Conor Kennedy said. “The Good Friday Agreement is certainly one of those things where you can get real bipartisan buy-in in Washington,” he added. Biden arrived in Northern Ireland on…