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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
By Cillian Sherlock

‘Farcical’ Irish parliament row sees efforts to appoint a premier fail

Fine Gael leader Simon Harris and Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin (PA) - (PA Wire)

The Government and opposition blamed each other for a “farcical” row in the Irish parliament that saw efforts to appoint a premier fail.

The Dail parliament reconvened on Wednesday with the aim of appointing a taoiseach and Cabinet ministers after a coalition deal was struck between Fianna Fail, Fine Gael and several independents.

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