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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail Yahoo! Search Search: Sign InNew User? Sign Up News Home - Help Navigation Primary Navigation Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Secondary Navigation Africa Europe Latin America Middle East North America Search Search: Irish PM's party suffers ballot-box hammering AFP - Sunday, June 7 DUBLIN (AFP) - - Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen's party suffered a vote collapse in two parliamentary by-elections and faces heavy losses in local councils, exit polls and first results showed Saturday. ADVERTISEMENT Cowen's centrist Fianna Fail party had not been expected to win either of the by-elections in the Irish capital Dublin, but the scale of the drubbing was unexpected. Enda Kenny, leader of the main opposition Fine Gael party which won the seat of Dublin South, said Cowen's government was no longer credible and said he would table a motion of no-confidence in him in parliament next week. Cowen's popularity has plummeted since Ireland's once-vaunted "Celtic Tiger" economy sunk into recession and the government responded by upping taxes and cutting services. An exit poll for public broadcaster RTE and the Sunday Independent newspaper suggested that Fianna Fail was also set to suffer a backlash from angry voters in the battle for over 1,600 local council seats. Friday's polls, in which voters also chose 12 members of the European Parliament, were Cowen's first electoral test since lawmakers voted by 88 to 76 for him to succeed veteran prime minister Bertie Ahern in May 2008. Cowen described the results as "disappointing" but said his two-party coalition would serve out its five-year term. "It is fair to say we have had a disappointing result. It has been a poor result by our standards," he told RTE. "Obviously the tide of public opinion is against us at the moment but we have to continue with the work that we have set out, and that is to fix this recession and put this country back on the road and to use the mandate we have until 2012 to do so." RTE said the exit poll indicated a local election "bloodbath" for Cowen, with the Lansdowne Marketing Research company finding Fianna Fail had received 24 percent support, down eight points on its 2004 performance. The main centrist Fine Gael opposition won 34 percent, up 6.5 points, while the left-of-centre Labour Party achieved 17 percent, up 5.5 points. The Green Party, junior partner in the ruling coalition, will receive three percent. In the Dublin South by-election, sparked by the death of Fianna Fail sports minister Seamus Brennan, former journalist and Fine Gael candidate George Lee stormed home in the first count with 53 percent. Brennan's son Shay trailed in third place with less than 18 percent. Fine Gael leader Kenny said the government had lost its authority, adding: "That's why next Tuesday I will move a motion of no confidence in this government." Fianna Fail suffered another severe setback in Dublin Central, Ahern's power base. The former prime minister's older brother Maurice Ahern, 72, trailed in fifth place with just 12 percent of the vote in the first count. Independent left-winger Maureen O'Sullivan was set to win the by-election there, sparked by the death of independent Tony Gregory. Counting in the European Parliament elections will begin Sunday, with the results being closely watched for an indication of how Ireland will vote in a second referendum on the EU's Lisbon Treaty expected later this year. Email Story IM Story Printable View Blog This Sign in to recommend this article » 0 users recommend Related Articles: World Guinea-Bissau government 'foils coup' in bloody crackdownAFP - Saturday, June 6 Flight data offer clue to Air France crashAFP - Saturday, June 6 US jobs data shows hope despite unemployment riseAFP - Saturday, June 6 WHO consults emergency flu committeeAFP - Saturday, June 6 Battle lines drawn for Lebanon voteAFP - Saturday, June 6 Enlarge Photo A local resident casts his ballot for the local and European elections at the polling station in Lettermore Co. Galway, Ireland. Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen's party suffered a vote collapse in two parliamentary by-elections and faces heavy losses in local councils, exit polls and first results showed Saturday. Most Popular – World Viewed Carradine may have died from sex act: Thai police Wall Street ponders if rally can run further Susan Boyle out of London clinic: brother Black boxes may never be found: crash investigators World 'getting closer' to swine flu pandemic: WHO View Complete List » Search: Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Copyright © 2009 Yahoo! Southeast Asia Pte Ltd. (Co. Reg. No. 199700735D). All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy - Terms of Service - Community - Intellectual Property Rights Policy - Help

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