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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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