Irish Greens virtually wiped out in general election rout

Junior coalition partner loses all but one of 12 seats, while gangland figure Gerry Hutch loses election bid

The Green party in Ireland has been virtually wiped out in the general election, and its leader admitted it was entering a period of rebuild" after the electorate removed any prospect of the party re-entering government.

The Greens lost all but one of their 12 seats, with its leader, Roderic O'Gorman, scraping through on the 13th count.