Newly elected and returned Fianna Fáil TDs have arrived for their first post-election meeting in Leinster House ruling out going into government with Sinn Féin.

He has added his voice to Jim O'Callaghan and Anne Rabitte.

Fianna Fáil's new and returning TDs and senators will debate the issue when its parliamentary party meets on Thursday at midday in Leinster House.

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.

Labour leader Brendan Howlin conceded it was a “bad day” for his party.

Latest: Leo Varadkar said Jim O'Callaghan could have recused himself from representing Gerry Adams.

Cameron Blair, 20, was killed at a house on the Bandon Road on Thursday night and a murder investigation has been launched.

Gardaí have recovered further human remains, believed to be a decapitated head, in a burnt-out car found overnight.

Ms Murphy has apologised for remarks made to multiple media organisations in which she suggested that those who seek asylum in Ireland need to be "deprogrammed".

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has told the Dáil he “categorically disassociates” himself from comments made by Fine Gael's Wexford by-election candidate Verona Murphy about migrants.

Fianna Fail Senator Lorraine Clifford-Lee has said she would like to apologise “face to face” to the Travelling community for controversial tweets sent nine years ago.

Ministers have called on Fianna Fail election candidate Lorraine Clifford-Lee to apologise directly to Travellers for controversial tweets and claimed the comments were used as a “weapon”.

Mr D'Arcy has ignored calls to apologise to gardaí for the controversial comments.

In 2018, across the Iarnród Éireann network there were 789 reports recorded of anti-social behaviour incidents, up from 690 in 2017.

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has blamed "grossly misleading" information about asylum seeker numbers for the decision to scrap plans for a direct provision centre in Oughterard after a weeks long racism row stand-off.

Protestors should not be allowed dictate where asylum seeker accommodation is built, Fianna Fáil have insisted.

The Government has been asked to pause naturalisation applications and to quickly draft legislation after a court ruling that applicants must have unbroken residency here for a year.

Neighbours of a 91-year-old widow have agreed before the High Court to remove a cement barrier which she claimed prevented her from leaving her south Dublin home.

Dancing teacher Siobhan Kellett was on a seven-night Caribbean cruise to celebrate her 50th birthday and her silver wedding anniversary.

An officer who spearheaded a Criminal Assets Bureau investigation into assets of the Kinahan crime gang has told a High Court jury a file provided to CAB by solicitor Gerald Kean led to the seizure of a Dublin man's house as the proceeds of crime.

Solicitor Gerald Kean has told a High Court jury he was “shell-shocked” by a front-page newspaper article concerning a visit by members of the Criminal Assets Bureau to his Dublin office three years ago.

High Court proceedings brought against singer Sinead O'Connor by her former manager Fachtna O'Ceallaigh and his company for alleged breach of contract and defamation have been resolved.

Fianna Fáil's Justice Spokesperson fears Gardaí will not be able to tackle knife crime effectively due to a lack of data on the issue.

He wants tougher restrictions on released prisoners.

New legislation will be brought before the Dáil next week to change a law which allows killers benefit financially from their crime.

Planning permission has been granted for a new €40m hotel at Portobello in Dublin in spite of opposition from comedian, David McSavage and scores of other local residents.

"They have a complete disregard for residents in the area who are forced to put up with them urinating in public and often on their doorsteps."

Fianna Fáil has called for a number of measures to crack down on rural crime.