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La Jornada Newspaper
Saturday, November 30, 2024, p. 19

In Ireland, the elections to renew the 174 deputies of the lower house point towards a very close result between the main parties according to an exit poll, which places the left-wing nationalists of Sinn Fein with 21.1 percent, slightly ahead ahead of its two centrist rivals from the outgoing government coalition, Fine Gael, with 21 percent, and Fianna Fail, with 19.5 percent. In the image, Micheal Martin, Foreign Minister (left), followed by Mary Lou McDonald, president of the first party, and Simon Harris, leader of the second.