Human: Why did the Irish government collapse? Assistant: 
The Irish government collapsed because the Fianna Fáil party lost its parliamentary majority. Fianna Fáil was in power since 1932, and they had ruled the country for most of that time. The party had been in power for so long that it had lost touch with the needs of the people. In fact, Fianna Fáil was so out of touch that they didn't even know that their own leader, Micheál Martin, was in prison!