Irish election: Voters' views on Dublin's political impasse

Marie Cullen runs a stall on Moore Street in central Dublin

Last month's general election in Ireland saw the governing coalition led by taoiseach Enda Kenny voted out of office, but no clear winner able to form a new administration.

What do people in the capital make of the political impasse?

Dublin's Moore Street - the place where the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising surrendered - is best-known for its street traders.

Famed for their wit and for striking fair but hard bargains, they had little sympathy for Ireland's politicians seeking to do the same in forming a new government.

Hard-working people are key to Ireland's recovery, says trader Marie Cullen

In front of a fruit stall that looks more like a work of art, such is the pride in its presentation, Marie Cullen says she would rather have a strong government but credits the economic recovery as the work of Ireland's people rather than its politicians: "I think it's actually people that are turning the economy, the public that's turning the economy - not so much the government.

"It's hard-working people that got us out of what we were in in the first place."

"I'd like there to be a strong government but when they get into power, they just forget all about you," says Rose Kinsella, a fourth-generation street trader, manning her vast stall of fruit and vegetables. She says there has been no recovery for her, with more competition from cut-price foreign supermarkets.

"I don't think it makes a difference who's in government, no, definitely not," she says.

"They'll still do the same - they'll bring in something else for us - water charges, you name it. They'll have something up their sleeves for us. It's run by Brussels - and they don't give a damn."

Shay Kenny jokes that he shares the same surname as the ousted leader of the country, emphasising that he is not related by blood or politics. He wants change away from the big parties and voted for Sinn Fein in the election: "I don't want Fianna Fail and Fine Gael again - we're after having that. They have to change it some other way.

"They've done everything wrong. They've done everything to the poorer people who can't get this and can't get that - and people who are only starting, trying to buy houses. And you're paying water charges too."

Chris Murray says expensive rents in Dublin make life very difficult

Chris Murray lives on the minimum wage of €9.15 (£7.10; $10) an hour. With rents in Dublin for apartments typically starting at €1,000 a month due to the housing crisis, he says life is a struggle for him and his friends.

He voted for People Before Profit, a left-wing anti-austerity party which won three seats in the election.

"Most people I've spoken to have very negative attitudes towards the recent government," he says.

"They've got to be more on the people's side and we can come to better solutions and agreements to make Ireland a better place to live.

"Definitely austerity has been a big factor. I work on the minimum wage like many of my friends.

"In the last years I've been renting in very expensive situations. And most of the people around me, including the managers at work, feel that austerity has made a big impact. We need better solutions for Ireland."