ireland. breaking news that marie sherlock the labour candidate has been tipped to take the fourth seat in thel constituency. otherwise, fianna fail, one of the outgoing government parties has 21 seats, and fina gael has 20 seats and sinn fein has 14. i am joined by the dublin reporter who can bring us an update. a lot of commotion here going on. update. a lot of commotion here auoin on. , update. a lot of commotion here uuoinon. , ,, going on. yes, marie sherlock will be the _ going on. yes, marie sherlock will be the second _ going on. yes, marie sherlock will be the second female - will be the second female labour_ will be the second female labour td. will be the second female labourtd. labourare will be the second female labour td. labour are quietly hopeful— labour td. labour are quietly hopeful in this election that they— hopeful in this election that they can _ hopeful in this election that they can do better as one of they can do better as one of the smaller centre—left parties that seems to be doing quite well— that seems to be doing quite well with both the labour and social— well wi

to vote — voted for parties and candidates that were not from the outgoing government, there's something in that, right? there's something democratically clear. sinn fein is already the largest party in northern ireland. if mary in dublin, she'll push hard for a referendum on irish unity. cheers. but the centrist parties who led the last irish government have ruled out sharing power with sinn fein. the current prime minister, known as the taoiseach, is sounding hopeful of a return. i signed up to campaign in an election to put my party in government and to play a positive role in our country for the next number of years so, of course, we'll act responsibly in the days ahead. cheering and applause. the other main coalition party during the last five years is also raising the prospect of another term. there will be sufficient safe seats, it seems to me, that aligns with the core principles that i articulated at the outset of this campaign and throughout the campaign around the pro—enterprise economy, around a positively pro—european union position. the final results won't be known for at least a day yet. the counting staff are calculating winners and losers through a complex system of proportional representatio

mary, surrounded by the sacred, francis has not forsaken his sense of humor, even when discussing serious subjects like the migrant crisis. my grandparents were catholic, emigrated from northern ireland in the 1930s toamily too fled fascism. and you have talked about with migrants, many of them children, that you encourage governments to build bridges, not walls. >> translator: migration is something that makes a country grow. they say that you irish migrated and brought the whiskey. and that the italian migrated and brought the mafia. it's a joke. don't take it badly. but migrants suffer a lot. they suffer a lot. >> i grew up in texas, and i don't know if you've heard, but the state of texas is attempting to shut down a catholic charity on the border with mexico that offers undocumented migrants humanitarian assistance. what do you think of that? >> translator: that is madness, sheer madness. to close the border and leave them there, that is madness. the migrant has to be received. thereafter you see how you're going deal with them. maybe you have to send them back. i don't know. but each case ought to be considered humanely, right? >> a few months after becoming pope, francis went to a small itali

to ireland. we spoke to the sinn fein — to ireland. we spoke to the sinn fein leader _ to ireland. we spoke to the sinn fein leader mary - to ireland. ght. she hopes to put together a coalition government as well. she will also come knocking at your door. what is your view of going into government with sinn fein? taste going into government with sinn fein? ~ . . going into government with sinn fein? ~ ., ., , fein? we have made it very clear, fein? we have made it very clear. our— fein? we have made it very clear, our first _ fein? we have made it very clear, our first priority - fein? we have made it very clear, our first priority is - fein? we have made it very clear, our first priority is a l clear, our first priority is a government of the left, government of the left, government of the left, government of change. i appreciate the numbers may not be there — appreciate the numbers may not be there the moment, but our priority— be there the moment, but our priority will always be to seek to improve ireland. the same two _ to improve ireland. the same two parties have had 100 years and you — two parties have had 100 years and you ca

to ireland for the christmas period. we were due to sail from holyhead to dublin. families like marynd 12 hours via pembroke dock on monday. it's not ideal and, yeah, it's going to be a long journey when we get there. obviously, the kids will be exhausted. and we had a few plans booked for the first day, but, you know, we just need to reschedule those. but it will be ok. although they can still reach ireland, they're still yet to hear if and when they'll be coming home. on average, two million passengers use holyhead each year, but, every day, there are also usually over 1,000 lorries and trailers making the crossing. but at the moment, nobody�*s going anywhere. this haulage company's depot on the island is full of vehicles, as you can see. and, of course, it shouldn't be, especially at this time of year. and even though there are alternative routes available from liverpool and pembroke dock over the irish sea, this company, bm transport, says it's still only able to operate at half capacity. every day that goes by at the present time, we're having shipments not being delivered on ti