The Taoiseach has formally called the general election.
Enda Kenny travelled to Áras an Uachtaráin, where President Michael D Higgins dissolved the Dáil.
Polling will take place on Friday the 26th of February. The 32nd Dáil is due to meet on March 10th.
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Polling will take place just 23 days from today, meaning this will be one of the shortest campaigns in modern times.
Here are the events as they happen this morning:
