Ireland – Results and Opinions: General Elections 2011

Enda Kenny making a speech in the Burlington Hotel in Dublin on the day of the count of the 2011 General Election, when Fine Gael topped the poll assuring that they will lead the incoming government. Kenny became Taoiseach on the 9 March 2011. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The dust has settled. The Irish electorate voted for change. Fine Gael (FG) and Labour (LAB) have formed a coalition government. Fianna Fáil (FF) and the Greens got a hammering. That are the facts. But what are the implications?