Irish coalition set to survive confidence vote

Article reports that Ireland’s Fianna Fáil-led government looked set to survive a vote of a no confidence on the 10 June 2009 after its drubbing in European and local council elections on the 5 June 2009. But the poor showing at the polls, which left the coalition government with a narrow majority, raised fresh doubts over the coalition’s ability to push ahead with economic reform.

Irish Times, 10.6.09: Taoiseach vows to stay and lead FF into election in 2012 http://www.irishtimes.com/news/taoiseach-vows-to-stay-and-lead-ff-into-election-in-2012-1.780518?mode=sample&auth-failed=1&pw-origin=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishtimes.com%2Fnews%2Ftaoiseach-vows-to-stay-and-lead-ff-into-election-in-2012-1.780518

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