Here's the real story of the Irish election: beneath the appearance of calm lies a storm | Fintan O'Toole
Briefly

"The two main incumbent parties, Micheal Martin's Fianna Fail and Simon Harris's Fine Gael, received almost exactly the same combined share of the vote (43%) as they did in 2020."
"The first oddity to be understood is that the Fianna Fail-Fine Gael duopoly is in fact a declining force. As recently as 2007, the twins had almost 70% of the vote between them."
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