Topic - Fine Gael

, literally meaning "Family" or "Tribe of the Irish") is the second largest political party in Ireland in terms of parliamentary seat numbers and the largest in terms of local government members and members of the European Parliament. It has a membership of 30,000, and is the largest opposition party in the Oireachtas, the Irish parliament. - Source: Wikipedia

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