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...right-liberal VVD, declared that his party would be in opposition. IRELAND Ahern vs. Apathy Prime Minister Bertie Ahern picked up enough support from voters to win a second term. His Fianna F?il party rode a strong economic performance to secure the most seats in Dáil Eireann, Ireland's House of Representatives. But wealth and bad weather bred apathy: turnout fell sharply. Attention also focused on seats won by members of Sinn Féin, the political wing of the I.R.A. Their election could help seal the organization's shift from violence into mainstream Irish politics. MIDDLE EAST...
...Tycoon Michael Smurfit, chairman of the state-owned phone company Telecom Eireann, resigned after disclosures that he owned an interest in the company that sold land to Telecom for its new headquarters...
Haughey (pronounced Haw-hee) was almost right. In last week's Irish election the Fianna Fail (Soldiers of Destiny) party won 44.1% of the vote, giving it 81 seats in the 166-member Dail Eireann, or House of Representatives. But that was three short of an absolute majority, thus forcing the Republic of Ireland into a period of minority government. Ruling by compromise will be difficult for the autocratic Haughey, who has won the nickname "the Boss...
...Lodge area of West Belfast where McCann's body lay in state in an apartment. The Irish News ran an entire page of messages of sympathy, many from interned I.R.A. fighters. An estimated 2,000 mourners-including black-bereted I.R.A. fighters and uniformed girls of the Fianna na Eireann, a sort of junior I.R.A.-marched in the funeral cortege, while another 3,000 watched from the sidewalks. Civil Rights Firebrand Bernadette Devlin, who had been sentenced in absentia the day before to six months in jail for taking part in an illegal march in February (but still...
Despite bans on "misleading and disparaging" ads and a policy of refusing to break up nationally originated programs, Ireland's Telefis Eireann doubled advertising revenues in two years to $5,300,000. Finland, which bars liquor and weight-reducing ads, doubled its ad revenues to more than $7,000,000 in the same time. Although it limits ads to ten minutes a night, France managed to sell $5,000,000 in commercials last year. Switzerland, which allowed its first commercial only six months ago, has been forced to ration time among more than 170 clamoring firms, expects to reap...