Ireland May Be Heading for Grand Coalition, Alan Dukes Says
- Irish PM Kenny faces sliding support for current government
- Alliance with biggest opposition party could deliver majority
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Five years ago, Ireland’s once-dominant party was politically toxic. Now, it’s a potential kingmaker.
Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny’s Fine Gael-Labour coalition looks set to lose its majority in the Feb. 26 general election, a poll late Tuesday in Dublin showed. That may push him toward Fianna Fail, which led Ireland into the worst banking crisis since the Great Depression. Bookmaker Paddy Power makes a first-ever grand alliance between the two the most likely election outcome.