Danny Healy-Rae has retained his Kerry seat.

Neither candidate reached the quota but both were deemed elected after the elimination of Kenneth O'Flynn, the former Fianna Fáil turned Independent candidate.

Fianna Fáil TD Pádraig O'Sullivan has held his seat in Cork North-Central.

The new brand is all about driving the vehicle marked Change, writes Michael Clifford

Remember that time when it was difficult to imagine anyone other than Leo Varadkar leading Fine Gael? Now it’s difficult to see him in that leadership position six months from now.

Michéal Martin coming under pressure to enter coalition talks with Sinn Féin

I was struck by how the candidates who didn’t make it were either cast aside as statistics feeding into the bigger picture, or as failures, who caused their own immolation, writes Terry Prone