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Since the 2007 election, the party's structure has significantly weakened.

This was in part exacerbated by significant infighting between candidates in the run up to the 2011 general election.

The Irish Times estimated that half of its 3, 000 cumainn are effectively moribund.

This fraction rises in Dublin with the exception of Dublin West, the former seat of both Brian Lenihan's.