EIRE ELECTION

Grey River Argus, 26 June 1943, Page 5

EIRE ELECTION

Government Safe OF CLEAR MAJORITY. LONDON, June 24. The latest Eire election returns give Fianna Fail 49 seats. Fine Gael 19. * Labour 13. Independents 5, Farmers 9. All the Ministers were re-elected. William Cosgrave, son of Mr. W. T. Cosgrave, Leader of the Opposition was elected in County Dublin.. The Exchange Telegraph Agency’s Dublin correspondent says:— The question in the new Dail will not be so much the formation of a stable government, because there is little doubt that Mr. De Valera will be able to do this, but the formation of a competent Opposition. Mr. Cosgrave will be gravely embarrassed bv the loss of four of his principal first bench supporters, namely. General Mulcahy, Professor O'Sullivan, Mr. Costello and Mr. Brennan. Whether Mr. De Valera will have a clear majority is not yet certain, but his strength will fall little short of it It appears to be agreed that he will be able to secure whatever meaDUBLIN, June 25. The latest figures in the Eire elections are: Fianna Fail 59; Fine Gael 27; Labour 16; Farmers 11; Independents seven. FINAL FIGURES. (Rec. 1.20.) LONDON, June 25. The final figures for the Eire General Election are:— Fianna Fail: Sixty-seven, Opposition Parties’ Combine: Seventy-one. Although Mr De Valera has lost a working majority, he may be able to come to an arrangement with one of the smaller Opposition groups. This would enable his Government to carry on.