… rate of unemployment, which had reached 15 percent in 2010-12, had dropped each year thereafter and by early 2020 was in … a loss of 7, and Fine Gael won 35 seats, a loss of 12. Several smaller parties also won seats—most notably, of course, the Greens, who won 12 seats, a gain of 9. Also, 125 Independents ran—one of the …