Kyne narrowed the gap over subsequent counts to clinch the seat.

Fine Gael minister Peter Burke said it had been a ‘very strong election for Fine Gael’.

The Social Democrats leader said she believes voters are looking for a ‘straight-talking type of politics’.

Leader of Independent Ireland Michael Collins said it is ‘down to transfers now’

Mary Lou McDonald said ‘pressure is for tyres’ when asked if her leadership was coming under pressure

Ennis said the party performed well because “we didn’t bend on who we were”.

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He also said such measures must be based on good public jobs and not on outsourcing

Pam Cameron said the video posted by the youth branch of Sinn Féin is a ‘misrepresentation of the facts’.

He said any claim that the soaring costs are unavoidable or too complex to fix is not accurate

Taoiseach Micheál Martin was speaking after being pressed over the UK’s handling of dealing with Northern Ireland’s troubled past.

Sinn Féin president Mary-Lou McDonald said the party will ‘not be goaded into kneejerk reactions’.

The Dubliner, aged in his 60s, has been described in court by a judge as the patriarchal figurehead of the Hutch criminal organisation.

The Government is doing ‘diddly squat’ to support working families with energy costs, Sinn Féin has said.

Trade union representatives will be present in the Dáil’s public gallery to follow the debate

Ireland will hold the EU Council presidency until the end of 2026.

It comes after The Sunday Times reported that there was dissatisfaction with Ms McDonald’s leadership within the party amid pressure on Sinn Féin to win a seat in the upcoming by-elections on May 22nd.

Gavin Robinson was speaking after a dissident republican attack on a police station in Co Antrim.

A wide range of issues were raised and discussed at the event

Claire Hanna described a ‘sham fight’ between the DUP and Sinn Fein, and a ‘pile-on’ on members of her party.

The Sinn Fein leader said a unity referendum by 2030 is still possible and she hoped unionist political leaders would see the ‘chance of real wins’.

The First Minister also described a ‘very challenging arrangement’ with the DUP in the Executive.

Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch has confirmed his intention to run in the Dublin Central by-election

The Sinn Féin president said the party has ‘great pep in our step’ and is ‘at its strongest point’ since partition.

The Government has previously announced measures worth more than €750 million in response to the fuel crisis.

The Sinn Féin vice president delivered the keynote address on the first evening of the Sinn Féin Ard Fheis in Belfast.

The Bobby Sands Trust accused unionists of ‘hypocrisy’ following the vote on Thursday night.

The Sinn Féin vice president described unity as the ‘big idea’ of her generation.

"A 96 Bed unit was also promised and yet we have no timeline for delivery"

"Families right across Waterford are feeling the squeeze every single day. People are struggling to keep up with energy bills, rent, groceries and transport costs, yet this Government is sitting on billions"

Mary Lou McDonald said there are two ‘realities’ in Ireland.

More than 40 firefighters battled the blaze at the former Antrim Arms Hotel at The Diamond in Ballycastle on Sunday night.

Micheál Martin fielded Leaders’ Questions and used the opportunity to criticise Sinn Féin, Labour and the Social Democrats.

He said he and his party colleague, Deputy Cullinane were on the mountain with those affected last week

The blockades strangled fuel distribution throughout the country, with hundreds of filling stations running dry.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin said it was “manifestly untrue” to suggest the Government has done nothing to help people amid rising fuel prices

In its proposal, Sinn Féin is calling on the Dáil to declare no confidence in the current Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael coalition Government.

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Several of those engaged in protests – which involved blockades of critical infrastructure and severe disruption to the motorway network that strangled fuel distribution in the country – had sought such a move.

Mary Lou McDonald said Sinn Fein want to see a ‘positive assertion’ on Irish neutrality in the constitution.

The Sinn Féin leader said she does not want to see disruption caused by fuel price protests.

Party leader Mary Lou McDonald accused the government of abandoning households as they struggle to meet the rising cost of energy.