Ireland has been in the international headlines for the last four months but for all the wrong reasons.
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According to an analysis by Stephen O'Leary of O'Leary Analytics there were 1,200 articles in 900 publications in 54 countries in the 22 hours up to Saturday night at 10pm. Many of these will have been syndicated news agencies such as Reuters.
Here's what some of the international papers are saying:
The Observer - 'Europe should back off'
The paper's editorial says Irish voters have 'delivered a savage verdict on those who turned their country from the envy of the world into an object of pity'.
It says the IMF/EU bail out is 'punitive, unjust and unsustainable'.
It adds: 'The regime being imposed on Ireland is utterly unrealistic. A depressed and deeply indebted economy with just 1.8 million people at work cannot underwrite private banking liabilities of €200bn (135% of GDP).
'The parties that will form the new government promised to renegotiate the deal with the IMF/EU. If democracy and European solidarity are to mean anything, they should get a sympathetic and fair-minded hearing.'
The Daily Telegraph - Ireland on a collision course with EU
In an article headlined 'Ireland's new government on a collision course with EU', the Telegraph says Ireland was the 'first eurozone administration to be punished by voters in the aftermath of the EU's debt crisis.'
It says Enda Kenny will use the meeting of centre-right EU leaders in Helsinki next Friday to 'beg' Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy for concessions ahead of the 11 March EU summit. But, it claims, he will be warned there is 'no question' of private financial institutions to assume Ireland's bank debts because it would cause market panic in France and Germany.
The Guardian - Irish election: a daunting task for Enda Kenny
Veteran political commentator Michael White says: 'Enda Kenny must impress his foreign creditors with the stability and determination of his team'.while also being tough enough to argue that reducing the penal 6% rate of interest on Dublin's borrowing is not enough. It is a daunting task for the 57-year-old Taoiseach, a TD since 1975 - four times as long as David Cameron's apprenticeship - but only briefly ever a minister.
White who observed the count first hand in the RDS this weekend, notes that 'many voters fear the ex-teacher from Mayo .is not up to it [renegotiation of the IMF deal' and that 'after the old government's disastrous attempt to deny it was engaged in any bailout talks, Kenny will have to negotiate openly to keep voters on board'.
The Financial Times - Fianna Fáil faces crushing defeat in Ireland election
The article says: 'The biggest change is the slump in support for Fianna Fáil, falling to 15% nationally compared to 42% in the 2007 election. If confirmed this would be the worst ever defeat for the party which that dominated Irish politics since independence from Britain in 1921 and has been in power since 1997.'
'After 14 years in power, Fianna Fail has taken a beating over Ireland's economic crisis,' the broadcaster's website says.
'Ireland's 3.1 million registered voters were in a vicious mood over the bursting of a property bubble that has left them steeped in debt and facing years of austerity.'
'Over at the Fine Gael camp, the euphoria of election success is quickly sobering as the party poises itself for taking over the reins.
'We really have to hit the ground running,' said Nick Miller, a spokesperson for the Fine Gael campaign press office, according to the Chinese news agency.
It said Fine Gael was 'under pressure to form a government quickly as it seeks to persuade Europe to relax the terms of a bailout it fears will bankrupt the Celtic Tiger economy.'
It said Ireland ousted its 'discredited government' and that Enda Kenny, a career politician was 'expected to calm the turmoil of the past few years'.
'Kenny is the longest-serving lawmaker in the Dail and viewed as a steady pair of hands, but he has a tough task to fulfil his pledge on the bailout,' the newspaper reported on its website.
In a news story on the election, the paper notes: 'Ireland's debt problems already threaten the stability of the eurozone, and should Mr Kenny seek to reschedule some of the debts of the banking system, that would mean losses for German and French banks. Even greater damage would be inflicted on banks from other eurozone countries if the government was unable to repay its own debts.'
