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

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said he will not be speaking to Sinn Fein with a view to forming a coalition after the election.

We take a sideways look at the election.

Ms Noone was quoted while on a canvass in her constituency of Dublin Bay-North by a reporter the Times Ireland website.

Today Mr Varadkar was asked whether he still maintains a view first expressed in the Leader’s Debate on Wednesday that he would lead Fine Gael into coalition with Fianna Fáil.

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

For the first time, more than 30%of candidates will be women.

The Green Party's bright young star, Saoirse McHugh, has revealed some pretty radical ideas as to her ideal vision of how Ireland should be run.

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.

The incidents include broken bones, dislocations, internal head injuries, as well as smaller injuries like bruising and grazes.

Gardaí have arrested 24 people under emergency anti-gang laws within the last year.

There has been a four-fold increase in reported murder threats over the last six years, figures show, with the rise continuing this year.

Voters have lost faith in FF and FG but after Friday’s ballots the left remains as far away from power in Ireland as it ever has been. Gary Murphy examines why this is the case.

Cocaine and cannabis worth over €700,000 have been seized in Dublin.

All Fine Gael members selected to run in the next general election will gather today, adding to speculation that Leo Varadkar is preparing to go to the country.

In recent months, the smell of newness around the Dáil must have been akin to a shiny car straight out of the garage showroom for Micheál Martin.

The Garda Inspectorate has said it expects gardaí to have sexual and domestic violence units in all 28 divisions by the end of the year — despite warnings from the Commissioner that their plan to establish just four this year, on top of the existing four, was in jeopardy.

Dozens of examples of bad practice flagged by probe of expenses paid to community healthcare staff.

Minister Eoghan Murphy’s “affordable” mortgage scheme would not provide homes which were affordable or below the market rate, rather it would further inflate a property bubble and enrich developers.

Gardaí have seized a semi-automatic sawn-off shotgun in a planned raid on a house in Dublin today.

Town councils are highly unlikely to return as the Government has received recommendations not to re-establish them, the Irish Examiner has learned.

Proposals to increase apartment block sizes, scrap the requirement for car park spaces in new units and to boost the building of affordable homes will be signalled by Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy this week.

Form suggests any internal Garda report needs to be taken with a pinch of salt, writes Michael Clifford

Update 1.29pm: Dublin West TD Jack Chambers has described this morning’s revelations relating to the contract awarded by the Department of Justice to GoSafe to carry out speed checks as “deeply troubling”.

The Dáil is set to gain two more TDs from the next election as Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe is a major winner in the redraw of constituency boundaries announced tonight, writes Daniel McConnell.

Three drug treatment services had to close temporarily because of problems in dealing with drug users taking new psychoactive substances (NPS).

But you have to be quick.

Gardaí have seized cash, two vehicles and a pellet gun as part of ongoing investigations into recent organised criminal activity in the Dublin West area.

LATEST: It is being claimed that some of those backing Leo Varadkar in the Fine Gael leadership contest have switched sides.

An interim report into the inflation of breath test statistics has shown numerous reasons for how it happened, according to the Garda Commissioner Nóirín O'Sullivan.

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Garda work injury rates, including from assaults, are 10 times higher than that of the average worker, official figures show.

At 25, Jack Chambers will today be the youngest member to take a seat when the Dáil convenes.

Did Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams cost his party 10 seats?

Partners in power Enda Kenny and Joan Burton shared an early morning parting cuppa yesterday but whether they remain at the same table after the election is anyone’s guess.

It's the turn of health - where do the parties and candidates stand on this issue?

Question: Can you set out the initiatives you aim to target in the course of next government around the areas of mental health and disability services.