Ireland general election: Sinn Fein surges ahead
Early counting suggests left-wing party making big gains as voters heed message of health and housing.
Initial counting for Ireland‘s general election shows Sinn Fein surging to take 24.5 percent of the first-preference votes.
That has put the left-wing party just ahead of the centre-right parties, Fianna Fail and Fine Gael, who have dominated mainstream politics for nearly a century.
As counting continues it looks like no one party will win enough seats for an outright parliamentary majority.
Global News Insight’s Paul Brennan reports from Dublin, Ireland
Published On 10 Feb 2020
