2016 Irish general election (English Wikipedia)

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bai.ie

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breakingnews.ie

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farmersjournal.ie

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iftn.ie

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"Waterford: Fine Gael's John Deasy pips Paudie Coffey for final seat". Independent.ie. 27 February 2016. Archived from the original on 27 April 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
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Minihan, Mary (3 March 2016). "First election under gender quotas yields 35 women TDs". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
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Cork East results: Count finished with Labour, FG, FF and SF taking seats Archived 11 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine irishtimes
Galway East results: Cannon, Canney and Rabbitte take seats Archived 28 February 2016 at the Wayback Machine irishtimes
Labour's Michael McCarthy loses seat as does Noel Harrington from Fine Gael Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Irish times
Labour TD John Lyons is eliminated on the eighth count Archived 28 February 2016 at the Wayback Machine irishtimes

live95fm.ie

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