Here's What Happened Today: Monday

Here’s all the news from the count centres, the Brexit party, and Maria Bailey’s extraordinary radio interview.

NEED TO CATCH up? TheJournal.ie brings you a round-up of today’s news.

IRELAND

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Mairead McGuinness (FG), and the Greens’ Ciarán Cuffe were the first MEPs to be elected in Ireland’s European elections
Limerick voted in favour of a directly elected mayor while Cork and Waterford have rejected the proposal
Ian Bailey went on trial in France for the murder of Sophie Tuscan du Plantier
Tributes were paid to Garda John McCallion the second garda to die over the weekend
Fine Gael TD Maria Bailey defended her action against a hotel over falling off a swing, in an extraordinary interview with RTÉ Radio this morning
Two people died after a serious crash on the N80 between a car and lorry.

WORLD

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#BREXIT: An unexpected surge in support for Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party in the European election has seen Conservatives and Labour support decimated.

#THE CONTINENT: Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has lost a no-confidence vote in parliament – removing him from office days after a hidden-camera sting forced his deputy to resign.

PARTING SHOT

There’s nothing quite like the Irish sense of humour in the middle of a crisis or scandal.

From Ciarán Cuffe saying “we’ve seen many swings this weekend” after being elected as an MEP, to “she can make another personal injury claim for that car crash interview“, people rose to the occasion and gave us a bit of a break from the rumble-tumble of the election results.

Listening to that Maria Bailey interview and let me just say that if my career ever hinged on answering the question "how can you sit on a swing with bottles in both hands and presume you won't fall?" then I would probably take a step away from the spotlight for a bit.
— The author, Séamas O'Reilly (@shockproofbeats) May 27, 2019

Séamas It Ever Was / Twitter

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This sound mash-up in particular, deserves a mention.

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