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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Lisa O'Carroll in Dublin

Ireland’s voters unhappy with taoiseach Simon Harris, election exit poll shows

People count ballot papers in a town hall next to a sign that says General Election 2024
Counting takes place at RDS Simmonscourt in Dublin on Saturday after Ireland took to the polls on Friday. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA

Voters in Ireland have expressed dissatisfaction with the taoiseach, Simon Harris, despite a return of the current government being the most probable outcome of the election, according to an exit poll.

Of those 5,000 voters surveyed after they placed their vote, 35% named Fianna Fáil’s leader, Micheál Martin, as their preferred new leader of the 34th Dáil.

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