The result, which was announced at 8pm local time, makes Mr Macron the first French President to be re-elected since Jacques Chirac in 2002. 

The Castlederg rally is the latest in a series which have been taking place across Northern Ireland outlining unionist and loyalist opposition to the post-Brexit protocol

Micheál Martin also said Vladimir Putin was using migration as a 'weapon' to create pressure on European countries

'Our people are motivated, we are fighting for our freedom, for our lives, and we are fighting for survival. This is the highest motivation.

Important bills to be passed but banana skins of CETA, the mica scandal, and the rotating Taoiseach could see slippage among Government parties

Pat Hume had long been involved in politics in Northern Ireland, having run the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP)'s constituency office during her husband John's time as party leader