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Fianna Fáil particularly keen on enticing Labour into a coalition rather than Independents, while main two negotiating parties have differing views on issues including VAT reform, new departments and overhaul of the Department of Public Expenditure

It’s a cliffhanger moment for the Irish screen industry. Will producers here be boosted by the kind of levy on streamers now commonly found across the EU?

Minister for Finance says it will likely be at least January before a new coalition is put together

Jim O’Callaghan talks up Independents option while Bacik expected to speak separately with Martin and Harris this week

Voting patterns in this trio reveal why some parties exceeded expectations and others fell short of hitting targets

Fianna Fáil’s Jim O’Callaghan says his party and Fine Gael can form a stable government with support of ‘reliable’ Independents

Development comes after Labour and Social Democrats shun ‘common negotiating platform’ in advance of government-formation talks

How the veteran Fianna Fáil leader dragged his party into the 21st century and won his place as taoiseach

In Dublin’s north inner city support for the veteran criminal known as the Monk shows how ‘disaffected’ locals are

TDs bringing experience from all walks of life make up the incoming Dáil, including the first born in the 21st century and a man elected the year Ronald Reagan entered the White House

From manifesto-stitching to partnership, and from Independents’ day to confidence-and-supply: people at the heart of previous talks recall how the deals were done

A new coalition will not be formed before Christmas, but with the options clear a deal should be done by mid-January

Five candidates set to be in race including Fianna Fáil’s Sean Ó Fearghaíl who is eyeing up a third term in the chair

Social Democrats are sticking to their mandate based on five principles, party source says

Post-election, readers have their final say on the 2024 general election, giving their thoughts on the campaign, issues that influenced their vote, and what the immediate future holds

Given today’s political landscape, the current Opposition might well profit from looking closely at what happened in 1948

Labour and Social Democrats to hold first post-election meeting about how to proceed after increasing their Dáil numbers, as divisions between the parties emerge

The justice portfolio, VAT rates, the proposed department of infrastructure and savings account for newborns are among potential pinch points in negotiations

With Labour divided and the Social Democrats sceptical, the focus is on a handful of Independents

Finish line in sight for pact between EU and group of South American countries, says European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen