Attempts to nominate a future taoiseach failed on Wednesday after a series of Dáil disruptions over opposition speaking time.

Judge McHugh noted the man had emailed an apology to the politician, which O'Gorman has accepted.

Ivana Bacik held separate meetings with Taoiseach and Fine Gael leader Simon Harris and Tanaiste and Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin on Tuesday.

Sinn Féin president Mary-Lou McDonald said her party is the only one that Fianna Fáil has not spoken to in terms of a new coalition government.

Fianna Fail was the clear winner of the recent poll, securing 48 of the Dail’s 174 seats, ahead of Sinn Fein on 39 and Fine Gael on 38.

Being "afraid of what happened to Labour or the Greens" in government is a "cop out" for smaller parties, according to a newly-elected Independent Ireland TD

The Green Party went from 12 TDs to only one in the recent general election.

Micheál Martin said his party had now mandated him to begin negotiations with others to form a government that ‘can last the full term’

A return of a Fianna Fail/Fine Gael government looks odds on, but uncertainty remains oaround the make up of the other parties.

The Fianna Fáil leader looks set for a return to the role of Taoiseach – a position he held between 2020 and 2022.

Fianna Fáil looks on course to secure the most seats and had a stable vote in many areas

On her own performance, Senator Garvey said that six per cent of the first preference vote “is pretty good for a Green in Clare”

‘No matter what the results today there will be a strong Green Party in Ireland,’ Eamon Ryan told reporters

Mr Ryan said he did not believe his decision to retire had affected the party’s showing

Did you make up your mind by looking at party leaders, or were you swayed by a strong social media campaign?

Leaders of the smaller left parties had a chance to debate against the larger parties and amongst themselves when Katie Hannon hosted the first televised leaders’ debate of the election campaign earlier this month.

Fianna Fáil could be in line for an even better general election showing than polls are suggesting and claim up to 50 seats, according to former minister for agriculture Ivan Yates

OUR Journalist Joe Barrett has reported on every town commission, town council, county council, general election and referendum count that have been held in either Laois or in Offaly over the past 25-years.

The General Election will be held on Friday.

Harris has argued Ireland and other EU countries need to prepare for the possibility of trade shocks as he criticised the scale of Sinn Féin’s spending pledges as well as their saving plans.

The Sinn Féin president said the Fine Gael and Fianna Fail leaders were now ‘indistinguishable’

A manifesto is the list of pledges parties make to voters, explaining what they would do if elected.

Voters will head to the polls to vote in the general election this Friday.

Labour emerged as the party with the best climate action policies in the assessment commissioned by Friends of the Earth.

The Taoiseach said he hoped voters would not judge him on the basis of a criticised encounter with a disability care worker in Co Cork.

Pauline O'Reilly also defended the party's time in Government

Taoiseach Simon Harris’s party now trails both Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin, an Irish Times/Ipsos B&A survey indicates

A repeat of the last government coalition cannot be ruled out, while Sinn Féin would struggle to bring a left-wing coalition together, according to a political commentator

The Green leader said a €10 billion capital investment in public transport is central to their party manifesto

The Labour leader said she wants to work with the Green Party on environmental issues in the next Dail.

Green Party leader Roderic O’Gorman said the proposal was not a ploy to attract former Green voters back.

The Fianna Fáil leader refused claims of a split over the infrastructure and climate fund.

TWELVE candidates submitted their nomination papers by closing time today Saturday 16 November to contest for three seats the 34th Dáil from the Laois constituency.

Mr O’Gorman said it is ‘legitimate’ for someone to object to planning permission if it breaches planning rules.

Portlaoise man Jason Lynch signed the nomination papers in Portlaoise Court House on Friday and will be contesting the election as an Independent candidate.

The Green Party leader said that Ireland’s emissions are at its lowest in 30 years.

A new opinion poll has put support for Simon Harris’s party on 25 per cent, ahead of both Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin on 19%.

Green Party leader Roderic O’Gorman reflected on ‘tense’ and ‘difficult’ negotiations with coalition colleagues in 2023.

Greens ‘won the argument’ over the Residential Zoned Land Tax, Minister of State Ossian Smyth said.

Leader Roderic O’Gorman told voters to ‘stick with us’ and bring about a Green Party ‘sequel’.

Roderic O’Gorman said the parties do not want a coalition partner that is as ‘robust and determined’ to push for its manifesto goals as the Greens.

The Ryanair boss suggested former teachers were not equipped to run the country.

The Ryanair chief executive said it was ‘vital’ Ireland elected a government ‘that delivered’.