Growing expectations that autumn election now on cards as Sinn Féin support collapses
Pressure on Harris to call early general election after Coalition parties’ strong local election showingAs count results were announced across the country all day on Sunday, the trends that were suggested by tallies on Saturday firmed up. Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil were neck and neck in the race to top the local elections poll on Sunday night, though both parties will lose a number of council seats. There was a noticeable pattern of transfers between the two parties, observers said.
The big winners were the diverse ranks of the Independents who won 28 per cent of the vote. There was no big breakthrough for the far right, though some outright anti-migrant candidates such as Gavin Pepper were elected – to Dublin City Council in Pepper’s case – and candidates who opposed accommodation facilities for asylum seekers in their localities also won council seats.
While many local election counts were continuing last night , focus will move today to the European elections.
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