Lawyer says Enda Kenny must resign as Taoiseach if he fails to get Dáil majority

One of the country's leading constitutional lawyers says Enda Kenny will be required to formally resign as Taoiseach if he fails to win majority support in the Dáil this week.

The former Attorney General John Rodgers says there was a precedent in 1989 when the then Taoiseach Charles Haughey was forced to resign, but stayed on as caretaker Taoiseach until a Government was formed.