At a glance - talking points from Presidential Election results day.
Left-wing alliance
When Catherine Connolly strode purposefully into St Patrick's Hall to be declared the winner, politicians from the left-wing parties which had worked both cohesively and coherently for her were in close quarters.
The leaders of Sinn Féin, Labour, the Social Democrats, People Before Profit-Solidarity and Greens all agreed that this was "Catherine's day."
Yet they couldn't have been unaware of political message which was being projected: a left-wing political collective had contributed significantly to a left-wing politician making it back to the Áras.
Before the declaration was made, they stood in an arc in front of the stage as the cameras flashed: a visual representation of that success.
It was also a political pulse to the electorate that they might be able to do it again - replicate the cohesion in a General Election, and put both Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael out of office.
Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael
For Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael this election was a disaster.
There are big questions to answer for both.
It is a resounding defeat for Fine Gael, whose campaign never really took off.
For Fianna Fáil, they had to endure the embarrassment of Jim Gavin's name remaining on the ballot paper.
Tenth President
Independent Catherine Connolly will become Ireland's tenth president, with an overwhelming level of support.
In her victory speech at Dublin Castle, Ms Connolly vowed to be an "inclusive" president for all, saying that together, the Irish people can "shape a new Republic".
Fine Gael's Heather Humphreys conceded defeat around lunchtime and said Ms Connolly would be a "president for all".
Spoiled votes
An Coimisiún Toghcháin has said there "will clearly be a need for deeper and further reflection" after a record number of nearly 13% of voters spoiled their ballots in the 2025 Presidential Election.
As the votes were sorted from boxes around the country, it became immediately apparent that many voters deliberately chose to use their ballot paper for a protest.
With all 43 constituencies counted, the total number of spoiled or invalid ballots is 213,738 or 12.9% of voters.
The number of votes deliberately spoiled soared compared to previous years and has never been seen at such a scale in an Irish election.
Voters wrote many things on their papers, concerning immigration, crime and lack of choice.
Fianna Fáil expenses
Since Jim Gavin quit the race as Fianna Fáil candidate, much speculation focused on whether he would still garner enough votes to allow Fianna Fáil get some of its significant expenditure on his ill-fated campaign back.
In this election, a candidate who gets 12.5% of the vote is entitled get expenses repaid.
However, Fianna Fáil will miss out on the €250,000 reimbursement as Mr Gavin won just 7.2% of first preferences.
Galway West by-election
Catherine Connolly will be elected president which means a by-election for her Dáil seat will also have to take place.
She remains a TD until she is inaugurated on 11 November, but from that day there is a vacancy in the five-seater Galway West constituency.
The thinking of Government parties at this juncture is that they will hold off calling that by-election until near the end of the six-month period permissible under law.
That is to avoid a winter election and, more importantly, to allow time for anti-government sentiment expressed in the presidential vote to dissipate.
It means the by-election could be held as late as next May, which leaves plenty of time for Government and Opposition parties to decide on candidates and strategies in a bid to take Catherine Connolly's seat.
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