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Ireland's general election has seen a seismic shift in politics, with Sinn Fein winning an historic 24% of first preference votes, drawing level with the traditionally dominant parties, Fine Gael and Fianna Fail. Sinn Fein wants to join a coalition, although that was rejected during the campaign by its rivals. It seems many voters backed the party's plan to build thousands of new affordable houses and apartments, to end a crisis, which has left thousands of families homeless. Mark Kennedy, a managing partner with the business advisers Mazars in Dublin, tells the Â鶹Éç's Russell Padmore why a housing crisis has developed in Ireland. (Picture: Sinn Fein supporters celebrating in Dublin. Credit: Ben Stansall.)