If the two parties don’t commit to a pact before the general election, voters may reasonably conclude they are not really serious about being in government and having their policies implemented
Labour Party
Election results: Barry Cowen expected to be elected alongside Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan as Midlands-North-West counting continues
Fergus Finlay, an adviser to former Labour leader Dick Spring, said he was surprised at the ‘animosity’ to the idea of merging from the Social Democrats
Luke Ming Flanagan leads the pack in Castlebar as battle for three Ireland South seats comes down to four candidates
Election to the European Parliament was an ‘out-of-body experience’ for Aodhán Ó Riordáin in the politicians’ All-Ireland
Andrews, Doherty, Boylan, Ó Ríordáin elected as MEPs in Dublin; John Moran becomes country’s first directly elected mayor in Limerick
Sinn Féin strategy of running seven candidates fails to pay off, with party holding two seats rather than gaining ground
Verona Murphy’s Wexford Independent Alliance makes a splash and has five councillors elected
Growing expectations that autumn election now on cards as Sinn Féin support collapses
Local election results: Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and Independent candidates have filled the vast majority of seats
Despite how engrossing this campaign has been, there is every reason to take a beat before overinterpreting the outcome
Helen Ogbu elected to Galway City Council for Labour Party, becoming the first black woman to win a seat there
Election results: Sinn Féin will make gains in comparison to 2019 result but TD David Cullinane says ‘obviously we expected to do better’
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