What to expect from the first 100 days of the new government

Housing will remain a top priority along with getting the country back to work, and a roadmap for social, public and private housebuilding should be expected early on, with Fianna Fáil keen to put their stamp on resolving the state's biggest crisis.

Ireland's historic coalition is hoped to last five years, and though the "Greenest programme for government" the state has ever seen promises big changes in the latter half of the decade, the first 100 days will map out where this unlikely marriage hopes to go.

In that vein, Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Green Party have promised to introduce legislation that would set out five-year budgets.