Sources: RTÉ
Phil Hogan says Fine Gael and the Labour Party have agreed a draft of a proposed Programme for Government as talks between the political parties resume at Government Buildings in Dublin following the recent general election. 2011-03-5
Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny receives international congratulations from Angela Merkel, David Cameron and José Manuel Barroso, with Cameron inviting him to 10 Downing Street. 2011-02-27
PBPA candidate Richard Boyd Barrett of the United Left Alliance, and son of actress Sinéad Cusack, defeats former minister and deputy Fianna Fáil leader Mary Hanafin in the Dún Laoghaire constituency. This leaves Fianna Fáil with one representative in the capital city (Brian Lenihan Jnr) and no Fianna Fáil women at all in the 31st Dáil. 2011-02-27
As the ruling Fianna Fáil party faces national wipeout, outgoing Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan, Jnr is saved by his own personality. He takes the final seat in the Dublin West constituency, the only Fianna Fáil candidate elected from 47 seats across the capital, with his brother Conor Lenihan and aunt Mary O'Rourke losing out in their bids for re-election elsewhere. 2011-02-26
The votes are counted, with exit polls predicting Fine Gael and the Labour Party to do well while the ruling Fianna Fáil is expected to do poorly. 2011-02-26
John Gormley, leader of the ruling coalition's Green Party and former Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, is eliminated in the Dublin South–East constituency. 2011-02-26
The first seat of the general election goes to Labour Party finance spokeswoman Joan Burton, who tops the poll in the Dublin West constituency. Leo Varadkar of Fine Gael and Joe Higgins of the Socialist Party take the second and third seats respectively in this four-seat constituency. 2011-02-26
Outgoing Tánaiste Mary Coughlan becomes the biggest loser of the Fianna Fáil meltdown, as her seat in the Donegal South–West constituency goes to Independent Thomas Pringle. 2011-02-26
Brian Cowen resigns by requesting the dissolution of the 30th Dáil, allowing a general election to take place, the first such election of the eurozone debt crisis. 2011-02-1
Taoiseach Brian Cowen promises to dissolve Dáil Éireann next Tuesday and to announce the date of the Irish general election, 2011. 2011-01-28