Ivana Bacik says the Labour Party is ready for the next general election.

If Micheál Martin sticks around, the party needs to prepare for all eventualities from the general election.

The veteran Fine Gael TD was first elected to the Dáil in 1982.

The starting gun has been fired for the next general election.

Art O’Leary, chief executive officer of the Electoral Commission joins us explain how the changes were decided on and what factors were taken into consideration. We’re also joined by our Political Reporter Jane Matthews, Deputy Editor Christine Bohan, and Assistant News Editor Rónán Duffy to dissect the results and take a look at the political ramifications.

The review of Dáil and European Parliament constituency boundaries will be published on Wednesday.

Varadkar said his party are going to try and hold on to their 250 seats in the local elections next year.

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The Dublin South Central TD was first elected to Dáil Eireann in 2016.

The Carlow/Kilkenny TD suffered a serious heart attack three years ago.

A party spokesperson told RTÉ that the party was within the spending limits laid down for the 2016 general election.

The minister said he would address matters that were put to him yesterday by opposition members.

Sinn Féin have said that the Public Expenditure Minister’s explanation was “simply not credible”.

TD John McGuinness said yesterday that Micheál Martin should step down as party leader in December.

The election campaign has been dominated by Russia’s invasion of neighbouring Ukraine.

The last general election was in February 2020.

Analysts say the trend could shift significantly due to the large number of postal votes this year.

Gardaí in Mallow confirmed that they are investigating an allegation of someone voting twice.

A three-day stay-at-home order for Auckland — a city of 1.5 million people — went into force today.

Members of Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and the Green Party are currently voting on whether or not to back the programme for government.

It is understood some progress was made in relation to agriculture and emissions, with parties signing off on the 7% target.

Jan O’Sullivan said that the Greens needed to ‘tie down’ any commitments from the two parties.

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The Ceann Comhairle will be tasked with sorting out rows in the Dáil, and there’s been a few.

It was a prominent topic throughout the election but just 3% of voters said it was the most important deciding factor for them.

No one party has enough seats to do it alone – so who is prepared to pair up?

There are 160 seats across 39 constituencies. All have now been filled.

35 deputies did not get re-elected, including some high profile names.

The last constituency to return a result was Cavan-Monaghan.

British broadcaster John Simpson has weighed in on the election result, saying Ireland had “succumbed to populism”.

She said her preference would be to form a government without Fine Gael or Fianna Fáil.

Turnout was actually down by over two percentage points.

Three elections ago, the party only won four seats in the Dáil.

The highest level of support came from the youngest cohort of voters.