Poet to beat ex-IRA commander for Irish president

DUBLIN (Reuters) - A former culture minister and part-time poet from Ireland's junior coalition party was set to be elected president on Friday, beating a reality TV star and an ex-IRA commander, as his main rival conceded defeat after a first count of votes.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://mf.feeds.reuters.com/c/871/f/415342/s/19a2ef2e/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Poet+to+beat+ex-IRA+commander+for+Irish+president&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F10%2F28%2Fuk-ireland-president-idUKTRE79R2HW20111028%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Poet+to+beat+ex-IRA+commander+for+Irish+president&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F10%2F28%2Fuk-ireland-president-idUKTRE79R2HW20111028%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/117145900617/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/19a2ef2e/kg/259-295/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/117145900617/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/19a2ef2e/kg/259-295/a2.img" border="0"/></a> [More]

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