The Killybegs man confirmed that medics have given him strict instructions not to mix with others.

Sixteen days on from the General Election, the road to government formation remains rocky and decidedly unclear.

TDs have clashed on who should be the next Taoiseach as the Dáil debates candidates for the role and amid the ongoing standoff in the government formation talks.

A number of non-party TDs told the Irish Examiner that they are “absolutely” open to talking with others about how to progress their election wish-lists.

The Taoiseach, who was struck down by a stomach bug on the trail forcing him to abandon a planned walkabout at the Santry Omni Park in Dublin.

Fianna Fáil could win two seats in the five-seater constituency with Pat 'The Cope' Gallagher and Charlie McConalogue.

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

His announcement marks the second high-profile retirement of a sitting TD from the intensely competitive constituency after the decision of Independent Minister Finian McGrath to stand down.

In 2020, Eamon Ryan will be Tánaiste and the general election result will be so close to 50:50 that the two main political parties will end up with 50 seats each. Those are my predictions for 2020.

On Brexit, the commissioner told members that he “entirely refuted” suggestions that there was no Garda planning for Brexit, saying there was a “high state of preparation”.

The number of IDA Ireland employees earning over €100,000 totalled 30 last year.

It comes as a number of prominent independent politicians introduced a motion in the Dáil calling for an immediate inquiry and for immediate redress to be offered to survivors of Mother and Baby Homes.

A number of prominent politicians have called on the Government to establish an immediate State inquiry into forced and illegal adoption.

The colourful, unconventional Wexford TD, a former construction firm owner, tells Juno McEnroe he wants to become an MEP so that he can stand up for the less-well-off.

Our cherished identity is blown to the four winds if we remain wedded to the fossil fuel industry, writes Victoria White.

Our cherished identity is blown to the four winds if we remain wedded to the fossil fuel industry, writes Victoria White.

Thirty-nine of the 40 constituencies of Ireland voted to repeal the Eighth Amendment from the Irish Constitution, but Donegal was not one of them.

Protesters opposed to a new kelp farm beginning operations in Bantry Bay will hold a demonstration outside Dáil Éireann today.

The gradual progression of climate change and delayed effects of emissions can give a sense of unreality; denial is a great psychological defence, write Liam Quaide and Róisín Cuddihy.

Several homes and businesses in Killybegs in Co. Donegal have flooded after a river there burst its banks.

The Government has unveiled a €60m programme to help rejuvenate rural Ireland.

The controversial sale of Nama’s Northern Ireland loan book — known as Project Eagle — is under investigation by the State’s chief auditor, the C&AG.

Thirty-nine opposition TDs have backed a Dáil motion to immediately scrap water charges and hold a referendum to prevent water services from privatisation, pressurising Fianna Fáil to refuse any deal that ignores their pre-election promises.

Enda Kenny has been urged in the first day of round table talks with Independents and smaller parties to open the lines of communication with Fianna Fáil as he attempts to form a government.

Not many of the 2,151,293 who voted in the election were working hard on the Sunday evening of the St Patrick’s Day weekend.

Acting Taoiseach Enda Kenny will today lead a brainstorming session with senior Fine Gael figures and 17 TDs from Independent and smaller political groups in the first multilateral talks to form a government.

Politicians eager to get their teeth stuck into debates about changing society as well as ways to restore cash-starved services have tabled several motions for the new Dáil.

Sinn Féin TD Pearse Doherty has admitted his party mismanaged its vote in Donegal and should have sought a full recount when Gary Doherty was eliminated.

In 2011, Fianna Fáil’s Charlie McConalogue defied the national trend to become a new TD in Donegal while the Tánaiste Mary Coughlan lost her seat in the neighbouring constituency.

Eyebrows were raised when five TDs expressed ‘deep concern’ that jailed dissident republican Michael McKevitt was not allowed on extended temporary release last year — but the political intervention is not an isolated case, writes Michael Clifford

On Thursday afternoon, I tuned in to Leaders Questions as Deputy Thomas Pringle was putting a question to Joan Burton.