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00:00I'll tell you first, four voters so far, and the politicians will be worried that the wind
00:06and the rain may affect the turnout in this election.
00:11But favourites to go back into power is, in the opinion polls, that the two main parties
00:19are favourites in the outgoing coalition, that's Fine Gael, Simon Harris, the Taoiseach,
00:25the Prime Minister's party, and Micheál Martin of Fianna Fáil.
00:30Now both these parties have been running the state since its foundation in 1921, and on
00:36the opposition side Sinn Féin have been calling for change.
00:40They've been calling for change for a very long time now.
00:44They almost got it five years ago, but they couldn't form a government.
00:48This is a proportional representation system.
00:52There will not be an outright winner with an overall majority.
00:57There will be a coalition.
00:58So these two parties, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, at the centre-right, are the most likely
01:04to find the deputies in the Dáil, the parliament, to form a government.
01:09But obviously this is early times yet, people haven't voted yet, and it could be a real
01:14difference because for the first time in this election you have far-right candidates on
01:19anti-immigration tickets.
01:22That's the first time in Ireland, Ireland traditionally a country that has a long story
01:26of migration and had been very tolerant to asylum seekers, to people coming in.
01:31And in fact, this is the 14th anniversary of the EU-IMF bailout today when Ireland's
01:38economy was saved by the EU.
01:41Like 14 years later, Ireland has reimbursed its loan to the IMF.
01:47It's in full employment with one of the fastest growing economies in Europe.
01:55And it needs foreign workers because otherwise the economy, the structures couldn't work.
02:01But, of course, not everything is pink here because there is obviously one reason that
02:08these anti-immigration candidates are gaining ground.
02:12This is the housing crisis.