The Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says he is not ruling out the possibility of an election in 2019.
That is despite Fine Gael and Fianna Fail agreeing to extend the confidence and supply arrangement for another budget.
The leaders of both parties have said an extension was agreed due to the uncertainty posed by Brexit.
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Plans are underway to set up an electoral commission.
A public consultation on a Regulatory Impact Analysis to establish it, is being launched today.
The Junior Minister for Local Government and Electoral Reform John Paul Phelan has announced the plans.
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Flights are being re-routed around the erupting volcano off Indonesia that caused a tsunami at the weekend.
More than 400 people died when part of it collapsed and sent waves onto the islands of Java and Sumatra.
Authorities have raised the alert level to the second-highest, imposing a wider exclusion zone.
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Some 22 Syrian families are being welcomed to Ireland today.
They have been living in a refugee camp in Lebanon since fleeing the conflict in Syria.
In total, 105 people have been resettled to Ireland today, including 58 children.
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American Adventurer Colin O'Brady has become the first person to traverse Antarctica alone without any assistance.
The journey had previously been thought impossible.
Although other adventurers have covered the distance, they either had assistance or were reinforced with supplies.
