Fergus Finlay: A Sinn Féin/Fianna Fáil coalition is the only logical outcome

By the time the votes are counted, the two parties combined will have a working majority, or at worst will need no more than an Independent TD or two to support them.

Fergus Finlay: A Sinn Féin/Fianna Fáil coalition is the only logical outcome

In the 1992 general election in Ireland there were 166 Dáil seats, so a working majority was anything better than 83. Labour won the election that year by doubling its seats to 33. Fine Gael lost 10 seats and was left with 45.

The Democratic Left party won four.

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