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Outspoken Independent TD was deselected by Fine Gael as a candidate for 2020 general election following comments about asylum seekers

Independent TD Verona Murphy in pole position for role as TDs gather in Leinster House for first sitting in almost six weeks

Talks continue between potential parties to coalition government

Labour Party representatives to meet Simon Harris and Fine Gael negotiating team, and Ivana Bacik to meet Micheál Martin

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The decision to stay out is due not to an excess of ideological purity but to an entirely rational assessment of the probable outcome

Controversial rates rise forced through by voting bloc featuring Fianna Fáil, Labour, Sinn Féin and independents

Labour keen to let process ‘play out’, sources say

Your essential end-of-week politics catch up: Outside of coalition talks, other big story of the week was undoubtedly Eoin Hayes’s suspension from Social Democrats

With government formation talks set to intensify before Christmas, focus now on who will provide safety in numbers for next coalition

Martin and Harris got on each other’s nerves during the election campaign, but they now need to put their differences aside

There is a strong expectation that Labour leader Ivana Bacik will recommend that the party does not proceed with negotiations about joining a coalition government

Following initial engagement with other political parties, there had been speculation that the newly-enlarged party would leave government formation talks

Each party has its own distinct challenge facing into the post-election period. Sinn Féin’s is about how to transform itself from government-in-waiting to radical opposition

Michael Lowry expects to meet Chambers and McEntee to discuss ‘parameters’ of engagement in government formation talks

Labour and Regional Independent group to decide on pursuing negotiations with two outgoing ruling parties

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

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