Centre-right parties set to hold power in Ireland

By Peter Murphy

Centre-right parties set to hold power in Ireland

The incumbent centre-right parties Fianna Fail and Fine Gael looked set to retain power in Ireland as vote counting in the European Union member's general election resumed on Sunday.

With half the seats of the new 174-seat lower chamber of parliament decided since Friday's vote, the two parties were ahead of the main opposition party, the left-wing nationalist Sinn Fein.

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