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This afternoon.

Government buildings, Dublin

Acting Taoiseach Enda Kenny (top) and Fianna Fáil Leader Michaél Martin (above) slowly head for talks.

Mr Martin told reporters:

“Just before lunchtime I rang the Taoiseach and we agreed that we would engage in the aftermath of that (Wednesday’s vote for taoiseach). I told him we were in negotiations with independents, just as he is, and when that process had concluded, we’d engage after that.

“We didn’t get into that detail [about whether Fianna Fail would support a Fine Gael minority] I know people are anxious to know when a government is going to be formed and all of that, but I think we’re some weeks away from that yet.”

FIGHT!

Sam Boal/Rollingnews

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G’wan the boyos.

This afternoon

Members of Fianna Fail’s parliamentary parties including new TDs meet to discuss potential coalition options.

From top: Sean Haughey; Jackie Cahill, Eamon Scanlon; Willie O’Dea, Billy Kelleher and Michael Moynihan.

Ecstatic Dáil bar manager (out of picture).

Leah Farrell/Rollingnews

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This afternoon.

Leinster House, Dublin

From top: Fine Gael TDs Mary Mitchell O’Connor, Kate O’Connell and Regina Doherty arriving for the party’s parliamentary group meeting; Taoiseach Enda Kenny with newly-elected Fine Gael TDs.

Poor Simon.

Leah Farrell/Rollingnews

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SPLUTTER!

This morning.

Fianna Fáil’s General Election press conference room boasting its 2016 campaign slogan.

Can this end well?

Pic via Laura Hogan

UPDATE:

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Fianna Fail leader Michaél Martin (left) with singer Richie Kavanagh at the Fianna Fail Ard Fheis at Citywest on Saturday

The party’s director of elections Billy Kelleher described [last year] anything more than 35 seats as a major achievement.

Under new Dáil arithmetic, with the number of TDs elected reduced from 166 to 158, a government would need 79 seats to get into office. Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin is ruling out coalition with Fine Gael or Sinn Féin, leaving his party well short….

The party’s Seanad leader and Dublin spokesman Darragh O’Brien said Mr Kelleher was merely asked what would be a good result.

FF limits damage of 35-40 seats prediction (Fionnan Sheahan, Irish Independent)

(Sam Boal/Rollingnews)

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This morning.

Sarah McInerney tweetz:

And the negative campaigning starts. Fianna Fáil launches its ad campaign.

FIGHT!

Original ad here

Update:

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The dirty trucks brigade.

From top: Fianna Fáil’s director of elections Billy Kelleher (top) and (above) left to right: Catherine Ardagh, FF candidate for Dublin South Central, Michael martin, party leader, Lorraine Clifford, candidate for Dublin Fingal and Jack Chambers candidate for Dublin West.

Jack.

Rarr.

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Sky’s article as it appeared on Tuesday (top), Eoin Neylon’s Facebook plea and how the article looks now (above)

She was crazy.

But she was our crazy.

Arthur Griffithn writes:

You may have noticed that Sky News ran a story criticizing Jeremy Corbyn for desiring to unveil a plaque to Sinn Féin’s Con Markievicz. Uachtarán Ógra Fianna Fáil, Eoin Neylon took offence and wrote a letter in defence of the founding Chairperson of FF. Sky have since changed the article.

Fair play, in fairness.

*allegedly shoots unarmed father of three in the back*