McDonald lashes out as Dáil fails to elect new Taoiseach

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has accused Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil of being “arrogant, dismissive and self-righteous,” after she failed to secure enough votes to be Taoiseach.

Ms McDonald secured the most support this evening in a drawn out series of votes where she, Fine Gael's Leo Varadkar, Fianna Fáil's Micheál Martin and the Green Party's Eamon Ryan all put themselves forward for Taoiseach.