Bacik elected in 'decisive swing' against Government

Labour Candidate Ivana Bacik celebrates with (left to right) her daughters Louis and Cyan, and her husband Alan Saul, after being declared the winner for the Dublin Bay South by-election. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Tánaiste Leo Varadkar have denied the leadership of their respective parties is in question following Ivana Bacik’s stunning win in the Dublin Bay South by-election.

In what was seen as a decisive swing against the government, all three coalition party candidates performed worse than had been expected.