‘A political earthquake, the collapse of the two-party system’

Independents were to the fore but may not become part of the next government, writes political correspondent Juno McEnroe.

THE general election saw a huge anti-establishment vote, reflected in the large number of Independents who secured seats, thereby denying traditional parties places in the Dáil.

The rise of the Independents and small parties, predicted in the last Dáil, came to fruition and is now being described as “a political earthquake”.