Ireland’s parliament fails to elect a prime minister and form a government
Source: The Guardian
Ireland has entered new constitutional territory after its parliament failed to elect a prime minister and government following last month’s inconclusive general election.
The Dáil, the Irish parliament, sat on Thursday to try to elect a taoiseach and agree on the formation of a fresh coalition – but incumbent Enda Kenny fell far short of the votes needed to become prime minister and form an administration.
The outgoing Fine Gael-Labour coalition government, which imposed austerity measures in Ireland during the economic crisis, was punished by voters in the election, losing its majority despite a now fast-growing economy and falling unemployment rate.
On Thursday, as Kenny failed to amass the 79 votes needed to be reappointed taoiseach, new figures revealed that Ireland’s growth rate for 2016 would be close to 8% – the highest in the European Union.
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Henry McDonald in Dublin
Thursday 10 March 2016 18.13 GMT Last modified on Thursday 10 March 2016 18.31 GMT
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Or whatever his name was.
Bunch of crooks running the game across the pond and the Irish people got mighty sick of them and tossed them out of office. 
and who needs a government at all if this is what you have -- a bunch of corruption ---> poverty ---> homelessness ---> death. A giant no thanks go the hell away! Message is clear no doubt!
Good damn riddance!
They've got a serious homeless problem on the Old Sod. Things are not good. Many are losing their homes, etc.
To top it off, the public at large is being charged for all sorts of things they've never had to pay much if anything for. Emigration is back where it was in the 1950s and even before that!
This 8% growth figure is pure propaganda.
The workers they need for jobs are leaving as there are NO JOBS.
Consider the source when considering anything at all to do with Ireland.
More than ever, Ireland for the Irish!
