Following this announcement, 16 out of 35 FG TDs (45.7%) will not contest the next General Election.

Joe Carey TD (Fine Gael, Clare) has resigned following his announcement that he will not be seeking reelection.

BREAKING | Mike Nesbitt set to be sole UUP leadership candidate ✍️ Andrew E Madden ➡️ belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politics/… belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politics/…

Nesbitt previously served as Leader of the UUP from 2012 to 2017, and as MLA for Strangford 👇

BREAKING: Claire Hanna is on course to be the next SDLP leader as Colum Eastwood steps down. Only Hanna & the party’s 8 MLAs are eligible to run. Sources say she will stand & there is unanimous support for her among the party's Stormont team. belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-…

BREAKING: Peter Fitzpatrick TD (IND - Louth) will not contest the general election. 3 out of 5 TDs elected in Louth in 2020 are not seeking re-election.

NEW & EXCLUSIVE: Claire Hanna confirms she will seek SDLP leadership role irishnews.com/news/northern-… The Irish News

As he is the only nominated candidated, Mike Nesbitt MLA (Strangford) is the new leader of the Ulster Unionist Party. Agus é an t-aon iarrthóir ainmnithe, tá Mike Nesbitt CTR (Loch Cuan) mar Ceannaire nua an Páirtí Aontachtach Ulaidh.

Nesbitt will formally take his new position on the 14th of September, once the party ratifies his election. Glacfaidh Nesbitt a phost nua go foirmiúil ar 14 Meán Fómhair, théis a dhaingníonn an pháirtí a thoghchán.

POLL/POBALBHREITH - Dáil Éireann FG: 25% (+1) FF: 21% (+1) SF: 18% (-1) SD: 4% (-1) LAB: 4% GP: 4% AON: 3% (-1) PBP-S: 2% INDs & Others: 19% (+1) +/- vs. 1-2 Aug/Lún Via @Ireland_Thinks/Sunday Independent 29-30 Aug/Lún 2024 S: ~1,000 [MoE/LÉ: 2.6%) #Ireland #Poll

POLL/POBALBHREITH - Approval/Sástachas Harris (FG): 53% (-1) Martin (FF): 50% Cairns (SD): 40% (+1) Tóibín (AON): 32% (+1) Bacik (LAB): 32% (+1) McDonald (SF): 31% (-2) O'Gorman (GP): 25% (new) +/- vs. 1-2 Aug/Lún Via @Ireland_Thinks/Sunday Independent 29-30 Aug/Lún 2024 S:

Fianna Fáil senator Shane Cassells is to step down from politics and will not contest the party’s nomination for the next election in Meath West, where he was a TD from 2016-2020. Cllr Aisling Dempsey (daughter of former minister Noel) now set to be the party’s election candidate

NEW: KFM are reporting that Councillor Bill Clear (Naas LEA) has left the Social Democrats and will contest the General Election in Kildare North as an Independent candidate. kfmradio.com/news/localnews…

BREAKING: Gráinne Seoige and Councillor John Connolly to be selected by Fianna Fáil for the Galway West constituency tonight. Three other candidates have pulled out of the race. The party is to select two candidates. Via Irish Times Politics