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17th May 2002 a general election was held in Ireland, resulting in the Fianna Fáil and Progressive Democrat coalition government being returned.

An article by Richard Boyd Barrett in Resistance, magazine of the Socialist Workers' Party, reflects on the performance of the left.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/subject/4823/

Election - General Election, 2002

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A cropped section of a scanned magazine page, showing the headline "After the election: where now for the left?" and an accompanying image of Bertie Ahern getting out of a car surrounded by Gardaí and protestors.