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Ireland Prepares for its General Election

23/02/2016 GMT

BBC World Service - World Update, Ireland Prepares for its General Election

Dan Damon is in Limerick, assessing whether people will reelect the current government.

The Irish will choose whether to reelect the current government - a coalition of Fine Gael and Labour, who on paper have brought Ireland out of a recession - that followed the boom years of the Celtic tiger, or install some new faces who want to shake up the system after years of austerity.

(Picture: Irish Prime Minister, Enda Kenny (R), and Irish President Michael Higgins, sign a proclamation formally dissolving parliament  Credit: CAROLINE QUINN/AFP/Getty Images)

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