Ireland PM Leo Varadkar risks defeat as voters head to polls

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DUBLIN (BLOOMBERG) - Ireland goes to the polls Saturday (Feb 8), with Prime Minister Leo Varadkar's party facing a struggle to retain power after almost a decade in office.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

DUBLIN - Ireland goes to the polls Saturday , with Prime Minister Leo Varadkar's party facing a struggle to retain power after almost a decade in office.

The Fianna Fail party, which oversaw the 2008 economic crash and the international bailout that followed, is set to return to power, polls indicate. Sinn Fein, the left-wing nationalist party, once the political wing of the IRA terrorist group, is also set to make gains. Sinn Fein's performance may prove a complicating factor. With 25 per cent, the party led in the final poll of the campaign, published by the Irish Times on Feb 3.

Mr Martin, a former foreign and health minister, has shifted Fianna Fail to centre-left in preparation for coalition talks, said Prof O'Malley. "Some parties are promising you everything - to go wild on the state's credit card, ignore the bill, with interest, that will come in the post," Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said in a final appeal to voters."Their attitude is that someone else will pay for it."

 

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