Irish parties secure ‘comfortable majority’ for new coalition government, lawmaker says

Talks between Ireland’s two historically dominant centre-right parties and independent lawmakers have reached agreement that will give a new coalition government a “comfortable majority,” a negotiator for one of the parties said on Wednesday. Fianna Fail and Fine Gael, who were the largest parties in the outgoing coalition, have been in talks since they fell just one seat short in a Nov. 29 election of … Continue reading Irish parties secure ‘comfortable majority’ for new coalition government, lawmaker says