Just how is a Government going to be formed?

The final #GE20 pitch from the party leaders.Three questions. Three straight answers.

Sinn Féin's health spokesperson has revealed that she smoked cannabis while in college.

Am I part of the Government’s greenwashing campaign?

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said Ireland must be wise to the possibility of British prime minister Boris Johnson calling a snap general election in the autumn.

Juno McEnroe Political Correspondent

Residents cheered last night as a controversial public transport plan that would have seen parts of some of their front gardens along one of Cork’s busiest roads sacrificed for bus and bike lanes was shot down.

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has insisted her position is not under threat despite her party losing almost half its local council seats and potentially two of its three MEPs in this week's elections.

Ms McHugh, a 28-year-old environmentalist from Achill Island in Mayo, is in real contention to squeeze out both sitting MEP Luke Ming Flanagan and Fine Gael's celebrity candidate Maria Walsh for a seat in Midlands North West.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said he will miss Theresa May and warned a 'dangerous period' for Ireland lays ahead.

A former Lord Mayor of Cork has hit out at 'cowards' who have twice damaged election posters at his house in recent weeks.

Sinn Féin Leader Mary Lou McDonald has said that the government doesn't seem to realise the country is facing an emergency over housing.

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.

Leo Varadkar must come up with a plan B to resolve the political impasse in the north, Sinn Féin has warned.

A week ago this morning, Ireland woke up to shocking news.

Latest: Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has played down concerns about the highest hospital trolley numbers this year amid warnings patients are fearful of attending emergency units.

The Taoiseach has said there are "one or two companies" that he would like to ban from ever getting a public service contract again.

Journalist Gemma O’Doherty’s chances of becoming an official candidate in the presidential election race have dwindled dramatically after another council voted not to nominate anyone to contest next month’s vote.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar will ask Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin to potentially extend the confidence and supply deal by “a year or more” before the upcoming budget on October 7 in a bid to stave off snap election threats and the rise of Sinn Féin.

A motion of no confidence in HSE director general Tony O’Brien will be brought next week after a Sinn Féin attempt was blocked yesterday.

The independent Referendum Commission has urged people to register to vote ahead of today’s deadline to have a say in the May 25 referendum.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar is facing an angry public backlash after saying he will not write a “blank cheque” or “pick up the bill” for elderly people who keep their heating on constantly during the sub-zero ‘Beast From The East’ storm.

THE King is dead, long live the Queen, says Daniel McConnell.

The UK and Irish governments should publish their proposals to revive powersharing in Northern Ireland if no deal is done this week, the leader of the SDLP has said.

Latest: The Justice Minister has suggested the search for a new Garda Commissioner may spread abroad.

Waiting times for cases to be heard before the anti-terror courts almost halved last year, a report revealed.

Sinn Féin says Taoiseach Leo Varadkar needs to act and remove Nóirín O'Sullivan as Garda Commissioner.

Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan was accused of “filibustering” and “damaging confidence” in the organisation when quizzed over whether or not the Garda review into the Jobstown incident would examine allegations of gardaí giving inaccurate evidence in the criminal trial.

Update - 9.23pm: A son of the late Martin McGuinness has called for an end to "displays of hate" at loyalist bonfires after a coffin bearing a picture of his father was placed on one in Belfast.

Five units of the Cork City Fire Brigade were needed to tackle a large blaze at the old St Kevin’s unit at the former Our Lady’s Hospital site in Shanakiel.

Latest: The talks have been adjourned, with discussions due to resume on Wednesday morning.

The Government has declared it is demanding "special status" for Northern Ireland after Brexit.

The death of Waterford man Thomas Power, who died of a heart attack in an ambulance on his way to Cork, has been described as a “national disgrace”.

During a recent Dáil leaders' questions debate, Mr Kenny responded to Mr Adams' jibes about what he was leaving behind him by joking "will you come with me".

Here are the top three films you don’t want to miss this week, writes Declan Burke.

A son of murdered Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane has been announced as a Sinn Féin election candidate.

Comments made by one of Ireland's top music promoters calling for the regulation of ticket sales have been welcomed today.

The funeral of former Northern Ireland deputy first minister Martin McGuinness will take place on Thursday.

Lawyers acting for Garda whistleblower Maurice McCabe have written to the minister for justice demanding that Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan be removed from her post for the duration of the Disclosure Tribunal.

The Government faces a motion of no confidence this week over the latest garda whistleblower crisis which is threatening to derail the minority government.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has been left isolated from the vast majority of his party, after several leadership contenders and backbench TDs refused to support his Sinn Féin coalition call.

Senior Sinn Féin figures have refused to say if Martin McGuinness will run as a candidate in the now imminent Stormont election, writes Fiachra Ó Cionnaith of the Irish Examiner.

Northern Ireland is facing a prolonged period of direct rule from Westminster in the wake of the anticipated collapse of power-sharing at Stormont, a senior Democratic Unionist has predicted.