Simon Harris

Staff at Department of the Taoiseach prepared four-page primer, including notes on Roald Dahl’s Esio Trot at request of Simon Harris

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

Miriam Lord: Scotland shows off its crown jewels to an Irish contingency, putting haggis, rather than government formation, on the menu

Farmers’ groups urge Micheál Martin and Simon Harris not to waver from their election stance on ‘sell-out’ pact

Taoiseach says his party’s mandate must be respected, while Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin also raises the issue of Rockall in Scotland, where both leaders were attending a British-Irish summit

Your essential end-of-week politics catch up: While the overwhelming likelihood is next government will be based on FF and FG, there are wheels within wheels

The programme for government should explicitly state that all commitments are contingent on the wider economic picture, which looks volatile

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

Like many emigrants, the reality is that I am more invested in Ireland than the country I have moved to

Festive cheer illuminates Government Buildings as ‘all speechified out’ Taoiseach makes brief address

58 people have died in 57 separate collisions involving unaccompanied learner drivers in last eight years

Fianna Fáil leader says there is an urgency to assembling a coalition because of ‘pressing issues internationally’ after general election

Fianna Fáil Minister for Health loses out in marathon count as constituency rival, Taoiseach Simon Harris, earns strong ‘Government vote’ at his expense

Final count finished in Cavan-Monaghan with the make up of the 34th Dáil now complete

Gerry Hutch barrelled up to the RDS, causing a media scrum; he may have lost the election but he knew he was in charge at the count

Close-fought races and the tantalising prospect of power brought relief for the victorious but crushing lows for those rejected by the electorate

Fianna Fáil leader says he sees clear path to government while Fine Gael leader expresses confidence that his party will play significant role in Coalition formation talks

Simon Harris’s encounter with care worker Charlotte Fallon stood out as a pivotal moment in a campaign for which the political parties seemed oddly unprepared

Election counts are an amateur production put on for the benefit and enjoyment of the actors rather than the audience

Election 2024: Everything will be revealed over the course of this weekend. But in the meantime, we learned a few things during this bumpy campaign