Jim Power: Life for next Government is going to be trickier
The likely outcome of the general election is a return of the Fianna Fail and Fine Gael coalition with another third party.
The 2024 general election campaign has been unusual on a lot of different counts, not least due to the contrasting campaign performance of Fine Gael on one side and Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil on the other.
The three parties went into election day neck and neck and voter volatility created massive uncertainty. However, it was clear that the three main parties had a strong desire to attain power, just as Fianna Fáil, the Progressive Democrats and Fine Gael had back in 2007.
