Irish Examiner view: Enjoy a small moment of calm after election day

Tomorrow we will start getting an idea of the shape of Ireland's next government. For now though we should all just take a breath

The voting has been done. Now take a breath and await the results. Picture: iStock

Well, that’s done then. All we have to do now is wait. And then wait some more, while the political dance cards fill up.

Ireland’s electoral system usually ensures that there is something of a pregnant pause between the closure at the polling booths and the emergence of a new government. That can either be a period of fretfulness and fingernail biting or a small moment of calm.