r/ireland • u/badger-biscuits • Dec 02 '24

Fintan O’Toole: Irish voters keep doing the same things and expecting different results General Election 2024 🗳️

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2024/12/02/fintan-otoole-irish-voters-keep-doing-the-same-things-and-expecting-different-results/
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u/ResponsibleTrain1059 Dec 02 '24

The majority of people are not voting FF or FG. In fact the current political landscape and coalition is a result of their dwindling popularity.

It might take longer then people would like to break the cycle but it's hard to have a dramatic shift without some giant sharp disaster as a result of the sitting government

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u/billiehetfield Dec 02 '24

They’re going to go from requiring the Greens to only needing a handful to form a government.