Latest: Leo Varadkar: My government will be neither left nor right, but of the centre

Latest: Leo Varadkar has been formally elected Taoiseach of Ireland after winning a Dáil vote by 57 votes to 50, with 51 abstentions.

Leo Varadkar has been formally elected the new Taoiseach by the members of the Dáil - 10 years to the day after he was first elected a TD.

Update 2.25pm: Newly elected Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has promised his new Government will "not be one of left or right" but will be of "the new European centre, a Republic where every citizen gets a fair go", writes Fiachra O Cionnaith.