Dáil debacle: early morning meeting between coalition and opposition in bid to resolve chaotic rows and elect taoiseach

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The government and opposition are meeting early this morning in a bid to resolve the impasse which led to chaotic scenes of “shouting, roaring and bawling” in the Dáil chamber on a number of occasions.

The Dáil is scheduled to sit at 9am this morning in a bid to elect Micheál Martin as taoiseach before the new cabinet can be appointed.

The Irish Independent’s live blog has you covered for all news and views on the attempt to elect a government today.

Key updates

Opposition leaders to send ‘agreed text’ to government leaders

Dáil witnessed ‘stunt politics on speed’ – Harris 

Opposition accused government of “riding roughshod” over them after a day of Dáil chaos

Breakdown in proceedings was ‘subversion of Irish Constitution’ – Martin 

Fine Gael leader Simon Harris described the scenes in the Dáil on Wednesday as “unprecedented” and “unseemly”, while Fianna Fáil leader said it was a “subversion of the Irish Constitution”.

Mr Martin accused the Opposition of engaging in a…



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Dáil debacle: early morning meeting between coalition and opposition in bid to resolve chaotic rows and elect taoiseach
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