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Ireland isn't part of the Five Eyes though.

I don't really think Helen McEntee's maternity leave is relevant either because she's in the same party as Heather Humphreys, and they are in a three-party coalition government. There's no main partisan divide like there is in the US or UK.

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Do you really think Humphries just decided to introduce a bill while McEntee is on leave? Surely this bill would've been in preparation for months.

That's what I'm saying. I don't think they were sitting on it until McEntee left either.

No but they got humphries to jump on the bomb. Just like they did with the PUP.

There’s no partisan divide? You’re having a laugh.

There is no main partisan divide like there is in the US or UK. We don't have a two party system.

The last election was basically a three way tie, with a significant vote share split across another handful of small parties and independents. It's way more complex than just FG v SF.

We have FF+FG, a pantomime to collectively keep the conservatives in power, and we have everybody else. FF+FG have been in power almost continuously since the formation of the state.

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