Sunday, February 20, 2011

History-making Irish vote shot through with anger

The ruling Fianna Fail party faces defeat in Friday's poll as voters vent their anger over Ireland's rapid decline from economic miracle into debt-ridden disaster. The country has been forced to accept a multibillion rescue deal from European neighbors and the International Monetary Fund.


Karen Holland, 29, stood with her arms crossed defiantly outside Paddy's pub in Galway, on Ireland's west coast, as she described struggling to raise her four children on the salary brought home by her

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