nah, it's not for the reasons that are usually the case. the big question is sinn fin getting in government, breaking a century of tradition of ff/fg. right now, ff/fg aren't motivated to really take stances on anything as they rely on supporting one another to keep shinners out-been that way since the crash. people thought sf might get in this election (some suggest they still can) but in reality, they might now. but, it could be the lowest ever ff/fg combined vote in history. the two main parties can now barely even scratch a majority. the prospect of a "left government" in ireland, ie likely sinn fin/ff/social dems or something like that is rising. watch ff after this election, they will soften on sinn fin.   there have been many, mostly merged with larger parties. ff is generally seen as small farmers, fg as large farmers.
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