And a projection…

…from Adrian Kavanagh – he works fast! – on foot of the latest poll:

Fianna Fail 32, Fine Gael 51, Sinn Fein 27, Labour Party 8, Independents and Others 40.

80 is the crucial number in a 158 member Dáil. No one there or nearly there yet. But not entirely difficult to see some cobbling together of numbers from Ind/Others and FG to get the next government going. Though it would be fairly unstable and FF/FG would remain the most obvious configuration. Or an FG minority government. Here’s a question an intrepid reporter might put to the LP. Would they serve with FG in an FG led coalition with Renua Ireland in it?