President-elect Catherine Connolly will become president at an inauguration ceremony next month. Photograph: Paul Faith/AFP via Getty Images
The votes have been counted, a new president elected. What happens next?
When Catherine Connolly arrived at Dublin Castle with her family for the declaration of her election as president on Saturday evening, her status immediately changed. The first change means she now has a security detail.
At the castle returning officer Barry Ryan formally declared the result and signed a forma
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