Opinion: This Irish election result was not an ideological vote, it was an angry one

Larry Donnelly Law lecturer, NUI Galway THE DUST HAS settled on the Irish general election of February 2020. There are 38 seats for Fianna Fáil, 37 seats for Sinn Féin and 35 seats for Fine Gael in the 33rd Dáil.

But there was also an overarching sense that they were struggling and deeply concerned about the future. There was a marked disconnect between abstract statistics and lived experiences. Their attitudes toward politicians and the organs of the state were hostile. Huge credit is accordingly due to Mary Lou McDonald for her excellent leadership. She obviously appealed on multiple levels to a broad swathe of men and women. Moreover, Pearse Doherty on finance and, in particular, Eoin Ó Broin on housing formed the nucleus of a team who have each become household names owing to their being capable and articulate media performers.

He has mentioned more than once that he does not plan to spend the rest of his professional life in politics. Would presiding over a vastly diminished and inevitably disgruntled parliamentary party energise or deflate him? And the man whose back story made him a global figure would surely have no shortage of lucrative and fulfilling opportunities elsewhere. Speculation in this regard is rampant.

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