Here, we take a look at the topics likely to dominate political discourse in the week to come

Veteran criminal Gerry Hutch is running in third place. Gardaí in court have described Hutch as the figurehead of the Hutch crime gang involved in the Kinahan-Hutch feud.

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