Fine Gael's James Geoghegan has been elected as the new Lord Mayor of Dublin

Voting will take place on Friday for 949 seats across the State’s 31 local authorities.

The DUP has been boycotting devolved government for the past year, pressing the UK government to address their concerns around Brexit’s Northern Ireland Protocol.

Peadar Tóibín contended no other country in the world would allow the political and economic chaos that Northern Ireland faces.

The Sinn Féin vice president launched her party’s manifesto for the 2023 local polls.

The local government elections in Northern Ireland will take place on May 18.

The need for more housing to be made available has been thrown into sharp focus particularly over the weekend with the Government’s lifting of the eviction ban.