In pictures: Here's some standout photos from a very unusual day in the Dáil

We’ll have to wait until tomorrow morning to see where things stand.

TODAY WAS A very unusual day in the Dáil.

Proceedings in Leinster House were suspended four times throughout the course of a chaotic day in Irish politics, before the session was abandoned completely.

Opposition parties refused to proceed with the business of voting for a new Taoiseach due to the presence of government-supporting TDs in an Opposition group in the Dáil.

Fianna Fáil leader Micheal Martin, who was poised to become the next Taoiseach today after a deal with the Fine Gael party and several independents, criticised the opposition for disrupting protocol amid noisy scenes.

Here are some standout images from a very unusual day in the Dáil:

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Outgoing Taoiseach Simon Harris The Journal The Journal

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In pictures: Here's some standout photos from a very unusual day in the Dáil

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