London: Irelandu2019s Indian- origin Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has suffered a huge setback in the general election as his liberal- conservative Fine Gael party took a battering in the face of an unprecedented surge in the fortunes of the nationalist party Sinn Fein.
As the poll results poured in overnight on Sunday, Varadkaru2019s party was pushed down to the third place with Sinn Fein in the lead, followed by conservative Fianna Fail in second place.
The final results of the weekendu2019s election are still being counted but with all first preferences counted, Sinn Fein has 24.5 per cent compared to 22.2 per cent for Fianna Fail and 20.9 per cent for Fine Gael. Agencies Irish PM Leo Varadkar suffers major setback in general polls
