Sinn Féin had called for a recount of the ballot boxes in the South Ireland Constituency in the European Elections. Ms Ní Riada conceded following the initial stages of a recount in the Ireland South constituency. Sinn Féin had had a tough election and was hoping to hold on to all four of its current MEPs. Dublin's Sinn Fein MEP Lynn Boylan also lost her seat, Matt McCarthy and Martina Anderson kept there seats, but Anderson's seat will be vacated if and when the UK leaves the EU.

An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has given a speech to outline the solution found to retain a soft boarder on the island of Ireland. This was one of three major issues preventing the UK and the EU continuing to phase 2 of the negotiations on the exit of the UK from the EU, AKA Brexit. Citizen Rights and a financial settlement are the 2 other issues. The negotiators can now move on to work out the detail of what has been agreed and to talk about transition phase, free trade and the new relationship between the EU and the UK.

The Prime Minister of Britain has spoken in Florence on the exit of Britain from the European Union. She says this is part of the development and evolution of the EU. She says that Britain will remain a great friend of the EU. She wants to look towards the future of Europe, for all of the citizens of all the nations of Europe. She states that Britain has decided to leave the EU, to become a globally open economic area. She says that this is a defining moment for Britain.

As Britain leaves the EU it will drag Northern Ireland out of the union. Ireland currently have 14 MEPs, 3 each in Northern Ireland and Dublin and 4 each in Southern Ireland and North Eastern Ireland. As part of the Brexit Deal the Northern Ireland Constituency will cease to be part of the EU parliment. The rest of Ireland will take on 2 of those seats, bring representation down by 1 MEP.