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The Guardian - UK
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Lisa O'Carroll in Dublin

Irish Greens virtually wiped out in general election rout

Roderic O'Gorman speaking during a press conference in Dublin.
Roderic O’Gorman said his party was entering a period of ‘rebuild’. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA

The Green party in Ireland has been virtually wiped out in the general election, and its leader admitted it was entering a period of “rebuild” after the electorate removed any prospect of the party re-entering government.

The Greens lost all but one of their 12 seats, with its leader, Roderic O’Gorman, scraping through on the 13th count.

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