There is an air of inevitability hanging over the make-up of the next government.

Six students were arrested in Co Mayo earlier - after they staged a sit in protest at Enda Kenny's constituency office in Castlebar.

BACK-TO-BACK state visits will take place at the end of May, with US President Barack Obama likely to arrive on the 21st — just a day after the Queen of England departs.

FAIR play to Lucinda Creighton for highlighting the utter hypocrisy of Fine Gael attacking Fianna Fáil over its unhealthy wheeling and dealing with property developers and reliance on lavish corporate fundraising events while being obviously partial to similar means of financing its own party machine.

Members of the Fine Gael Parliamentary Party have begun arriving at Leinster House to decide the fate of the leader of their party