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ELECTION 2016
Fine Gael are willing to consider a rotating taoiseach arrangement with Fianna Fáil as part of a deal to form a government, party sources have said. The Taoiseach appears to be signaling he is prepared to talk with Fianna Fáil about the formation of a new Coalition Government.
We are into the fifth day of counting votes in the General Election. Just two seats remain to be filled in the 32nd Dáil in the Longford Westmeath Constituency.
In the wake of last weekend’s election it seems that we will have to wait for an extended period before a Government is formed to enact policy decisions for Ireland.
Taoiseach Enda Kenny will travel to the US for St Patrick’s Day celebrations, despite losing the general election.
The irony for Enda Kenny is that his gravest weakness is the narrow social base of his party, writes
Both options for the government bring the prospect of major change, writes
There may have been a famous Tallaght Accord, but a Donegal election candidate is hopeful of a different kind of coalition.
IRELAND
Weather warnings for snow, ice and wind are in effect across the country this morning. Snow has been reported on higher ground as a status yellow alert is in place until 9am this morning, for Connacht, Leinster, Cavan, Monaghan and Donegal.
Listeners to a radio station have come to the aid of a lone parent who said she stole from a supermarket in order to provide her children with lunches for school.
An environmental group has called on Irish Water to publish, on customers’ bills, a breakdown of chemicals present in its water supply.
The funeral of one of Ireland's most well known and respected actors - Frank Kelly - will take place today. Mr Kelly - who starred in numerous roles from Wanderly Wagon to Hall's pictorial weekly - is most fondly remembered for the character of Fr Jack in Fr Ted.
WORLD
Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton moved closer to winning their parties' nominations with a series of victories in the Super Tuesday elections, the biggest day of the primary campaign.
Astronaut Scott Kelly and cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko returned to Earth after spending almost a year in space, landing in barren Kazakhstan.
Police in the Philippines said they were trying to confirm the identity and cause of death of a man whose mummified body was found sitting slumped in a yacht that was drifting in the Pacific Ocean and which was apparently owned by a German adventurer.
SPORT
I’m not sure what has me more befuddled this week; trying to figure out the complexities of the potential make-up of our next government, or searching for the logic in the debris from GAA Congress 2016.
With just two rounds of Six Nations action to go, it’s time to take stock, writes .
BUSINESS
Hotel prices across Ireland went up by an average of 15% last year. A new report from Hotels.com show the average rate paid for a room was €118 a night in 2015.
If Britons vote to leave the EU in their June 23 referendum, UK prime minister David Cameron can effectively file the divorce papers in person to fellow EU leaders the next morning in Brussels.
VIEWPOINTS
President Higgins can help create the conditions whereby a Government could be cobbled together in some shape or fashion in the following weeks if he chooses to reject the dissolution of the Dáil. explains
LIFESTYLE
Mums, and especially first-time mums, can be floored with the torrents of advice coming their way. In advance of Mother’s Day, talks to mums, in their 20s-60s, about the advice they wish they’d received and what they did well as parents.
VIRAL
After watching this video below you’ll probably be pleased, for the first time in your life, that you don’t live in Brazil.
Scientists have come up with a new plan to avoid “missed calls” from extraterrestrials trying to contact Earth.
TECHNOW
: If you're missing the endless frustration of dying over and over in Dark Souls, and can't wait until the third entry in April then you might want to give Slashy Souls a try.
This massive supercut features over 400 movies that are totally breaking the fourth wall and actually talking to the audience.
GoPro is working hard to improve its financial woes, concentrating on the issue of editing video while on the go.
SHOWBIZ
Sir Elton John doesn't want his children to inherit his entire fortune. The 'Your Song' hitmaker may be worth an estimated £200 million - wracked up from his five decades in the nitty-gritty music industry - but he and his husband David Furnish are adamant their sons Zachary, five, and Elijah, three, won't be getting their paws on their cash when they're older.
MOST READ RIGHT NOW
Fine Gael are willing to consider a rotating taoiseach arrangement with Fianna Fáil as part of a deal to form a government, party sources have said.
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