Ireland has rejected both the ruling Fianna Fáil-Green party coalition and the country's most prominent Eurosceptic, Declan Ganley, in the European and local elections and the Dáil byelections.Ganley tonight appeared unlikely to take the third European seat for the Ireland North West constituency, and his Libertas movement
wholesale nike shoes polled poorly in other parts of the republic.He finished in fourth place and had pledged that, if he failed to get elected, he would not lead Libertas in a second referendum on the Lisbon EU reform treaty.The Green party was the biggest loser with no European seats and the loss of all 10 of its councillors in Greater Dublin.Fianna Fáil ?C historically Ireland's largest political force ?C gained just 23% of the national vote.Sinn Féin also suffered a major setback after its vice-president, Mary Lou McDonald, lost out in the fight for the third European seat in Dublin.One of the victorious parties, Irish
buy jordan shoes Labour, challenged the Greens to pull out of the government.However, senior figures in the Greens insisted they would remain in the coalition to help guide Ireland through its current economic crisis.