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Fianna FáilRepublic of Ireland political party, founded by the Irish nationalist Éamon de Valera in 1926, and led since 2008 by Brian Cowen. A broad-based party, it is conservative socially and economically, and generally right of centre. It was the governing party in the Republic of Ireland 1932–48, 1951–54, 1957–73, 1977–81, 1982, 1987–94 (from 1993 in coalition with Labour), and from 1997. Its official aims include the establishment of a united and completely independent all-Ireland republic.
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It is even speculated that Sinn Fein (whose members were interned by the De Valera government) might enter the next government if today's Fianna Fail needs its votes to attain a majority. During the war, Fianna Fail, De Valera's party, made the neutrality policy peculiarly its own, but also popularized it to the extent that it achieved an independent existence outside the ranks of the party faithful, and indeed became virtually a touchstone of Irishness in the minds of some. However, six years later, when a Fianna Fail government brought out a white paper which broached the possibility of divorce, the whole topic caught fire again, and Prime Minister Albert Reynolds vowed to bring the matter to a vote this year. |
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