28/02/2016 BBC Newsline

Counting in the Republic's general election will run into tomorrow.

There are twelve seats still to be allocated.

With no party getting an overall majority the state of play

Fianna Fail with forty-two seats, Labour six, Fine Gael forty-six,

Sinn Fein twenty-two seats - independents and others have thirty.

This report from our Dublin Correspondent Shane Harrison

Who will be in government is the question of the moment and the

answer is like a victorious politician, a bit up in the air. On

air and off air today, Sinn Fein were adamant they were not going

into government with either Fianna Fail or Fine Gael. We are clear, we

are not going to go in and betray our old electorate or people who

need a progressive government. We are not going to prop up a

regressive negative old Conservative government. With the result showing

a fractured political landscape, the Taoiseach is keeping his options

open and pointedly not ruling out an arrangement with Fianna Fail. As

Taoiseach I have a duty and responsibility in continuing with

this role to see how best we might be able to put together a government

for the future, because clearly the country needs a government and must

have one. This afternoon a victorious Fianna Fail TD said it

was too soon for the two main parties to come to an arrangement.

Obviously the media are very interested as to whether and opera

will be a Fine Gael or Fianna Fail Coalition and I think it is too

early be talking about that and we should put forward Micheal Martin as

Taoiseach and get support from other Dail deputies. It has been a good

election for independence among them these brothers, both elected in

Kerry. And Good Morning Ulster will be

hearing from the major parties in the Republic tomorrow

as the final votes are counted. That's from 6.30am

on BBC Radio Ulster. The Belfast boxer Carl Frampton has

been celebrating after his win on points over Scott Quigg

in their super-bantamweight unification fight in

Manchester last night. He was given a rousing reception

when he arrived back in Belfast tonight...but earlier our reporter

Thomas Kane caught up with him. Sitting back and savouring the

moment with those closest to him. I do not remember a thing about the

fight, I remember the atmosphere, unbelievable, it sounded like

Belfast, it was crazy, 20,000 people going ballistic. I respect them even

more than before the fight. Sherry the ring with a man for 12 rounds,

you will respect and I have respect for him. What is next? There are

lots of options, my dream is to fight at Windsor Park and defend the

world title. Many of the Euro 2016 heroes were ringside. It will live

with me for the rest of my life. He has supported us, it is about time

we supported him. What a performance. While in the other

dressing room, Wayne Rooney consoled Scott Quigg. Would you like another

go? It was the uppercut, I am talking to you now and I cannot hear

right. Two belts, his unbeaten record intact, is there any stopping

Carl Frampton? In rugby, Cardiff scored two late

tries to snatch a 23-13 victory over Ulster at the Arms

Park this afternoon. Paddy Jackson and Rhys Patchell

traded penalties in an error-filled first half before a 45th-minute try

from Craig Gilroy gave the away side However, Cardiff fought back

through a further Patchell penalty before two quick-fire tries

from Patchell and Aled Summerhill Despite a second successive defeat

against Welsh opposition - Ulster stay fourth

in the Pro12 table. In Gaelic football's National League

there were wins for Donegal, Tributes have been paid to the Irish

actor Frank Kelly who's A veteran of stage and screen,

he was best known for playing the foul-mouthed priest

Father Jack Hackett in the Channel Four

sitcom, Father Ted. It ran for three series

in the mid-nineties Now with the weather,

here's Angie Phillips. Good evening. After a dry start with

patchy frost temperatures will be rising with increasing amounts of

cloud and an increasing breeze. Rain will move into the West later and

could be wintry on the hills. That sets the scene for the start of the

new week, spells of rain and quite windy. That rain spreading across

all pastor in the course of the morning rush hour but not

particularly heavy. That wet and windy weather extends across the

Republic of Ireland into Scotland, some snow on the Scottish mountains,

mainly dry and bright for much of England and Wales but it will cloud

over in western fringes. Still chilly around seven or 8 degrees.

For Northern Ireland come and windy for much of the day and after a

brief lull we get heavier pulses of rain moving on from the West and

that will give us a wet evening, but Ann Meyers night. A different look

to things this week, low pressure, weather fronts, plenty of isobars on

the charts so often windy. That wet and windy weather tomorrow extends

across England and Wales into Tuesday, in behind, still a good

deal of cloud after a mild start, temperatures will start to fall away

and there is showery rain. By the time we get too wet and state,

cooler north-westerly is flooding across the country bringing showers

and they will be wintry even to low levels particularly across parts of

the North and west. Overall, a much more unsettled outlook for the week

ahead. Our next BBC Newsline bulletin

is at twenty five past six I'm Vincent Kearney,

I'm home affairs correspondent