Incumbent center-right coalition likely to form next government

Vote counting in Ireland’s general election began Saturday with an exit poll indicating a tight finish with the incumbent center-right coalition most likely to form the next government. While the exit poll indicated that the leftist-nationalist Sinn Fein, the main opposition party, narrowly led with 21.1 percent of the vote, it was neck and neck with the centre-right Fine Gael whose leader is the outgoing prime minister Simon Harris. FRANCE 24’s Hervé Amoric reports from Dublin.

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