Left-wing Irish party Sinn Fein records historic victory in elections
While Ireland's recently held general elections resulted in a rare three-way tie between the three major parties, the left-wing Sinn Fein party has won the popular vote and is set to form a coalition government in the country, winning 24.5 percent of first preference votes, a long way from its crushing defeat in the 2016 elections.
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