On the night of the last general election, a victorious Enda Kenny went on TV and set out his strategy for governing.

The results of the French and Greek elections are “gamechangers” in terms of shifting EU policy away from austerity and towards growth, Sinn Féin has said.

Sinn Féin has described last night's election results in France and Greece as “a massive blow against the failed policies of austerity in Ireland and across Europe".

DOES Enda really want to go down in history as the Taoiseach who stole Christmas?

LATE last week, a handful of media organisations contacted me with bad news concerning the serious illness of Dr Garret FitzGerald. Fearing the worst, they were preparing appropriate tributes. He was gravely ill, suffering from pneumonia and surviving on a ventilator in hospital.

GAA president-elect Liam O'Neill has offered a strong defence of Christy Cooney, slamming those who have been critical of the GAA president in recent days.

Here are some of the quotes of the General Election 2011 results day:

BARACK OBAMA will make his first visit to the White House as president-elect on Monday for talks with President George W Bush on crisis issues including Iraq and the economy, officials said.

A County Galway priest is to be appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Achonry, it was announced today.

AS TDs huddled together in the chamber waiting to vote, the shifting scene was reminiscent of a playground on the first day of term.

SUNDERLAND chairman-elect Niall Quinn yesterday appealed for the club’s small shareholders to allow him to achieve his takeover dream.

Champion-elect Lance Armstrong produced a masterful display of time-trial cycling to win the penultimate 20th stage of the Tour de France on Saturday and all but seal an incredible seventh title.

READING the tea leaves could be a novel solution to finding the winner of the Barrys Tea 750 at Curraheen Park tonight. It may be safer to rely on the form guide, but that brings its own pitfalls as a case could be made for most of the finalists.

Leading shares ended the day sharply lower, after data showing a surprise contraction of the US manufacturing sector acted to wipe out the gains amongst technology and telecom issues that had earlier pushed the FTSE 100 index to three-month highs, dealers said.