Mr Ó Fearghaíl received 130 votes against 28 delivered for Denis Naughten, beating the quota by 50 votes.

The Healy-Rae Independent TDs have questioned how Sinn Féin election promises will be paid for by after meeting the party's negotiators for government formation talks.

Presenting his full parliamentary complement of 12 TDs at Leinster House this afternoon, the Green Party leader underlined the fact his party “is really keen to get working” on the process of forming a Government.

Mr Boyd Barrett said he believed there would be discussions between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil about a possible coalition and also Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin and the Greens.

Fianna Fáil will be the biggest party in the 33rd Dáil after the counting finished in General Election 2020 with Cavan-Monaghan the final constituency to announcing their result just before midnight.

Count centres across the country have reopened this morning as Day 2 of the count gets underway.

Solidarity-People Before Profit look set to have a disappointing election and possibly only return two or three of its five outgoing TDs.

Daniel McConnell and Mick Clifford have been on the campaign trail and they deliver their verdict here.

Solidarity-People Before Profit has launched its “radical” manifesto on climate action with proposals to put large agri-corporations into public ownership and to impose a blanket pollution tax on airlines.

General election candidate Peter Casey says he will represent Donegal if elected to the 33rd Dáil.

The Government's use of an “undemocratic veto” in Dáil Eireann has seen more than 50 Opposition bills blocked, despite having majority support in the chamber.

The Government's use of an “undemocratic veto” in Dáil Éireann has seen more than 50 Opposition bills blocked, despite having majority support in the chamber.

Mr Murphy was elected as a TD for Dublin South-West in 2014

As part of widely-flagged plans, Fine Gael intends to increase the carbon tax in next month's budget

Working-class people will be made the "whipping boys" of a no-deal Brexit unless the Government gives clear guarantees to protect every job at risk from the deepening crisis.

The poster child for the dangers of vulture funds has become a new hope for social housing, writes Joe Leogue.

The division of West Cork into two electoral areas, Skibbereen and Bantry, would strongly appear to favour the two main political parties, Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil.

Outspoken Independents, a celebrity candidate, and a risk that the result could cause a snap general election mean the sprawling Midlands-North West is set for high drama, writes Political Correspondent Fiachra Ó Cionnaith.

Labour leader Brendan Howlin has accused rival left-wing parties and Independents of acting like they are part of "the United Nations" instead of trying to help their communities on local councils.

In the second day of a three-part series on the European elections, Elaine Loughlin profiles Dublin — the ‘constituency of death’.

On May 24 we will be asked to cast our votes in three important elections.

A Bill banning landlords evicting people into homelessness has moved a step closer to becoming law.

Earlier this year New Zealand decided not to allow any new offshore oil exploration.

Thousands of parents affected by the deepening schools safety scandal could sue the State for “considerable damages” as a direct result of the decade-long failure to uncover the potentially life-threatening crisis.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar is open to holding a public inquiry into claims that repeated Garda failures to arrest a Lithuanian man who later killed an Irish man in a hit-and-run have been covered up.

A Sinn Féin TD suspended from the party for her pro-life views has claimed that the Midlands is 70:30 in favour of retaining the Eighth Amendment.

There is a lack of serious engagement with how we could swiftly transition to renewable sources, writes Gerard Howlin

Tánaiste Simon Coveney has been left humiliated after his two-thirds Dáil majority ‘legal lock’ plan for the Government’s post-referendum abortion law was labelled “unconstitutional”, naive, and deeply damaging to the Yes campaign.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has admitted the planned May date for the abortion referendum is in jeopardy unless the Dáil sits on Friday to ensure the timeline remains on track.

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A Government minister was accused of performing a total “volte face” and being “disingenuous” on the issue of pay for staff in voluntary hospitals.

While the recommendations to repeal the Eighth Amendment and to allow unrestricted abortion up to 12 weeks of pregnancy will be put to politicians next week, it remains unclear if they will back the plans.

Labour should remain in opposition after the next general election, unless the party can at least double its Dáil seats to 15 TDs, Alan Kelly has insisted.

The head of the Department of Social Protection is emphasising that women who have been subjected to domestic abuse do not have to make attempts to contact their attacker in order to receive the lone parent’s allowance.

The Government is set to reject an opposition bill forcing businesses to remove anti-homeless spikes, bars, and sprinkling systems due to fears the changes would encourage people to “squat” outside buildings.

One of Ireland's senior Government members says he believes in Catalan independence, but it has to be peaceful.

The Government is to be advised to consider introducing a city tax after large hotels failed to pass on lower Vat rate benefits to customers.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar will decide on a case-by-case basis whether to campaign for referenda, including for a vote on abortion.

More than three quarters of Irish voters want Michael D Higgins to serve a second term as President.

The electoral damage the Eighth Amendment referendum could cause Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil means a 2018 general election is far less likely than it seems, writes Political Correspondent Fiachra Ó Cionnaith

Solidarity-People Before Profit has ruled Sinn Féin out of any future broad-left coalition after accusing the party of “leaning in a rightward direction” by remaining open to a deal with Fine Gael or Fianna Fáil.

Solidarity-People Before Profit has ruled out any potential future deal with Sinn Féin unless Gerry Adams's party scraps the possibility of forming a government with Fine Gael or Fianna Fáil

Solidarity TD Paul Murphy has claimed some gardaí committed perjury in the Jobstown trial after their evidence was contradicted by video footage of the protest at the site.

Gardaí who gave evidence in the high-profile Jobstown trial which was contradicted by video footage of the incident should potentially face perjury charges, it has been claimed.