Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael's dominant spell in Cork East at an end

Only a generation ago, Fine Gael were able to take three of the four seats in the Cork East constituency. Now they're barely able to hold onto one.

Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael's dominant spell in Cork East at an end

Only a generation ago, Fine Gael were able to take three of the four seats in the Cork East constituency. Now they're barely able to hold onto one.

After that dominant spell was broken, Fianna Fáil was pretty much guaranteed two seats — one of the northern end of the constituency and the other down south. Now they have just one.

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