Irish Desert Dominant Party After Economy Collapses
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Thomas Redmond, a newspaper seller at Tara Street train station in central Dublin, used to vote for Fianna Fail, which dominated Irish politics for eight decades. Now, he says he will never back the party again.
Redmond said he previously sold 200 copies of the Evening Herald, an Irish national newspaper, every day. That’s now dropped to 50 as the country struggles with Europe’s biggest financial demise. Like droves of other disgruntled voters, the 52-year-old will take his grievances to the ballot box in national elections on Feb. 25.