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Acknowledgement
The author would like to acknowledge the contribution of the late Professor Peter Mair (1951–2011) to this election review article, both as Co-editor of West European Politics and as the author's mentor at the European University Institute.
Notes
1. For other recent reports in this elections in context series, see Allern (Citation2010), Dinas (Citation2010), Faas (Citation2010) and Lisi (Citation2010).
2. Contributors to the loan were the European Financial Stability Mechanism ([euro]22.5bn); the International Monetary Fund ([euro]22.5bn); the European Financial Stability Fund ([euro]17.7bn); and the UK, Denmark and Sweden ([euro]4.8bn).
3. This formulation is derived from Article 13.2.1 of the Irish Constitution, Bunreacht na hÉireann. In principle, the President can refuse to dissolve the Dáil.
4. The Fine Gael leader refused to participate in this debate, which was to have been a three-way debate, first citing offence caused in the past by the proposed moderator and then (when the moderator offered to step aside) a clash with his schedule.
5. The holder of that seat, former Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan Jnr, passed away soon after the election, on 10 June 2011.
6. However, the parties to the multilateral loan did decide to reduce the interest rate soon thereafter, in July and in September 2011.