The
National Coalition was the name given to the
coalition government formed in the
Republic of Ireland in
1973 by the
Fine Gael and
Labour[?] parties. It remained in power for four years but was defeated in the 1977 general election, when the opposition
Fianna Fáil party won the biggest landslide in Irish electoral history.
The National Coalition was led by Liam Cosgrave, the Fine Gael leader, as Taoiseach, and Brendan Corish[?]. the Labour leader, as Tánaiste.
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