Fine Gael will be left wondering why seats there for the taking were not won 

Strategic missteps saw the party lose seats in Kerry and Wexford
Fine Gael will be left wondering why seats there for the taking were not won 

Taoiseach and Fine Gael leader Simon Harris at the election count centre at Shoreline Leisure in Greystones, Co Wicklow. Pictures: Niall Carson/PA Wire

As Public Expenditure Minister Paschal Donohoe arrived in the RDS on Saturday evening, he was quick to make a point about Sinn Féin.

"The weakest opposition party in Europe," he dubbed them, honing in on a particular line of coalition attack.

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