Candidates jostle for position in bid to be ceann comhairle

Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are set to have another battle on their hands for the position of ceann comhairle. 

While other parties and Independents will put forward candidates it is likely to be a fight between Fianna Fáil’s Michael Moynihan and John Deasy of Fine Gael.

The Independent Alliance will also put a candidate forward as will Sinn Féin. At the first parliamentary party meeting since the election, four Fianna Fáil members put themselves forward.