Government comfortably wins confidence motion

The Government has comfortably won a confidence motion this evening.

The backing of a number of Independent TDs ensured the coalition won by a margin of 19.

85 TDs voted in favour of the Government - including 6 Independent TDs.

Independents Joe McHugh, Marc MacSharry, Cathal Berry, Peter Fitzpatrick, Michael Lowry and Sean Canney voted with the Government.