Loss of Seat
The 2011 general election was disastrous for Fianna Fáil and Fahey lost his seat, his first preference vote declining to 5.7%. He had said in November 2010: “I have no illusions that I will lose my seat”. During a public meeting in the run up to the election he and government advisor Alan Aherne were booed and heckled.
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