The current Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly of Fianna Fáil has lost his Dáil seat after being eliminated in Wicklow, reports The Irish Times.
Taoiseach Simon Harris’s running mate Edward Timmins was deemed elected without reaching the quota, securing a second seat for Fine Gael.
You can follow live updates throughout the third day of counting.
Here are the key points after the second day of counting:
- Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has lost his Dáil seat after being eliminated in Wicklow.
- The first counts have been completed in all 43 constituencies. View the national vote share in our constituency map or visit our results hub for a full breakdown in your area.
- The indications from count centres across the country suggest the return of an administration involving Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael currently looks more likely than a government including Sinn Féin.
- Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald said her party’s performance in the election had broken the State’s political mould.
- Taoiseach and Fine Gael leader Simon Harris dismissed talk of a Sinn Féin surge and said he was “cautiously optimistic” about where his party will stand after all the votes are counted.
- Tánaiste and Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin insisted his party has a “very clear route back to government” as he predicted seat gains.
7:41am
Máiréad Farrell, Sinn Féin TD for Galway West, said the election shows people want and need change.
"It's very clear to us as well today that there has been a mould broken in Irish politics and there are clearly now three main parties," she said.
"Even more critically than that, it has delivered quite a strong mandate for parties that aren't Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael and I think today is about speaking to those other parties, to speak about that mandate."
6:21am
Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has lost his Dáil seat after being eliminated in Wicklow, reports The Irish Times.
Fine Gael’s David Maxwell became the first candidate to be elected in Cavan-Monaghan during the marathon 43 hour count shortly before 4:20am.
Maxwell secured 12,353 votes, exceeding the quota of 11,542.
Counting in the Carlow-Kilkenny constituency is now complete, with Fianna Fáil winning three seats - John McGuiness, Peter ‘Chap’ Cleere and Jennifer Murnane O’Connor.
Fine Gael has won a single seat through Catherine Callaghan, while Sinn Féin also has one seat through Natasha Newsome Drennan.
Robert Troy of Fianna Fáil has been deemed elected in Longford-Westmeath after the distribution of Paul Hogan (Independent Ireland)’s votes in the 15th and final count pushed him beyond the quota.
Micheál Carrigy of Fine Gael was also elected despite not reaching the quota as there were no votes left to distribute and the next nearest candidate, Joe Flaherty of Fianna Fáil, had a smaller amount of votes.
This ends the count in Athlone for the Longford-Westmeath constituency with Flaherty losing his seat, and Fine Gael gaining a seat through Micheál Carrigy with Independent candidate Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran also deemed elected.
Sorca Clarke of Sinn Féin took the second seat, gaining 2,353 votes from her running mate Barry Campion.
Sinn Féin TD John Brady has been reelected in Wicklow, and Jennifer Whitmore of the Social Democrats and childcare spokeswoman, has retained her seat.
In Galway West, Independent candidate Noel Grealish has taken the fifth and final seat, edging out fellow Independent Noel Thomas by 9,649 to 8,749 after the 16th Count.
In Donegal, Charles Ward, the candidate who ran under the banner of “100 per cent Redress”, and Fianna Fáil’s Charlie McConalogue have taken the last two seats after Pat the Cope Gallagher of Fianna Fáil was also elected.
In Sligo-Leitrim, the count has concluded with the election of Fianna Fáil’s Eamon Scanlon and Independent Marian Harkin to the final two of four seats.
In Louth, Joanna Byrne (Sinn Féin) is the second TD elected in the five-seater constituency.
Aidan Farrelly has retained the Social Democrats’ seat in Kildare North, elected after passing the quota on the 10th count.
11.47pm
Aidan Farrelly (Social Democrats) elected on count 10 in Kildare North.
11.20pm
Fine Gael is said to be very confident of claiming a second seat in Wicklow at the expense of Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly. Their candidate Edward Timmins is around 1,300 votes ahead of Mr Donnelly after the eighth count.
11pm
Martin Kenny of Sinn Féin elected on count 12 in Sligo-Leitrim. He takes the second of four available seats after Fine Gael's Frank Feighan.
10.50pm
Seats currently declared: 133/174
FF: 34 (+8)
SF: 31 (+1)
FG: 30 (+2)
SD: 9 (+5)
LAB: 8 (+4)
INDIRL: 4 (+4)
PBP-S: 3 (-1)
AON: 2 (+1)
GP: 1 (-10)
INDs: 11 (-6)
10.45pm
Ruairí Ó Murchú of Sinn Féin elected on count 16 in Louth.
10.30pm
Counting is expected to continue overnight in a number of constituencies, including Louth and Kildare North.
There is a full recount taking place in North Tipperary first thing tomorrow morning.
10.24pm
Colm Burke (Fine Gael) elected on count 14 in Cork North-Central.
10.22pm
Ken O'Flynn, of Independent Ireland, has been elected on count 14 in Cork North-Central.
10.19pm
Michael Cahill of Fianna Fáil elected on count 13 in Kerry.
10.15pm
Fianna Fáil Minster for Education Norma Foley is elected on count 13 in Kerry.
9.54pm
Willie O’Dea (Fianna Fáil), Kieran O’Donnell (Fine Gael), Maurice Quinlivan (Sinn Féin), and Conor Sheehan (Labour) have all taken seats in Limerick.
9.45pm
Jerry Buttimer of Fine Gael elected on count 14 in Cork South-Central.
9.43pm
Pádraig Rice of the Social Democrats has been elected on count 14 in Cork South-Central.
9.31pm
Frank Feighan has been elected in Sligo, Martin Kenny of Sinn Féin is close behind so he should be confirmed for the Dáil later.
9.27pm
Catherine Ardagh of Fianna Fáil has been elected to the Dail at her third attempt. She was the first TD elected out of the four-seat Dublin South Central. Sinn Féin pair Aengus Ó Snodaigh and Maura Devane, as well as Jen Cummins from the Social Democrats are expected to follow her into Leinster House.
9.25pm
120 out of the 174 seats have now been filled in the 2024 general election.
Green Party Leader Roderic O'Gorman has so far been the only member of his party to retain his seat in Dublin West.
In Dublin Rathdown, Maeve O'Connell of Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil's Shay Brennan and the Social Democrats' Sinead Gibney have been elected.
Returning to Leinster House, TD Paul Gogarty has won his seat back in the Dublin Mid West region after an absence of 13 years.
Main Parties Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael remain closely tied with final seats in constituencies still to come in.
9.20pm
John McGuinness, Fianna Fáil, elected on count 11 in Carlow-Kilkenny.
9.15pm
Conor Sheehan of Labour elected on count 15 in Limerick City.
It is the honour of my life to be elected to represent the people of Limerick in the 34th Dáil.
I love Limerick and I want the best for it.
Looking forward to getting down to work 🌹 https://t.co/pfc0yBoZjs
— Conor Sheehan (@ConorSheehan93) December 1, 2024
9pm
Denise Mitchell of Sinn Féin elected on count 11 in Dublin Bay North.
8.55pm
Mairead Farrell and Catherine Connolly have taken the first two seats in Galway West on the 11th count.
8.48pm
Aontú's Paul Lawless and Keira Keogh for Fine Gael have got the remaining seats in Mayo.
8.25pm
Paul Murphy has been elected on Count 11 of Dublin South West.
8.20pm
Sinead Gibney of the Social Democrats has been elected in Dublin Rathdown.
8.15pm
Ciarán Ahern (Labour) elected on Count 11 in Dublin South-West.
8.12pm
James Lawless (Fianna Fáil) elected on Count 8 in Kildare North.
8:10pm
Donna McGettigan (SF) and Joe Cooney (FG) fill the remaining two seats in Clare on count 16.
The election of the two completes the General Election count in Ennis. Timmy Dooley (FF) and Cathal Crowe (FF) were elected earlier
7:50pm
In Dublin West, there is relief for the Green Party as their leader Roderic O'Gorman has been elected on count 13, ensuring they will have a seat in the next Dáil.
Also elected on this count is People Before Profit's Ruth Coppinger.
7:42pm
Danny Healy-Rae has retained his seat in Kerry, following Count 10.
In Cork South Central, Sinn Féin TD Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire has retained his seat.
7:30pm
Fianna Fáil Shane Moynihan and Independent Paul Gogarty have been elected in Dublin Mid West.
7.11pm
Shane Moynihan, Fianna Fáil, elected on count 13 in Dublin Mid-West.
7.10pm
Eoin Hayes (Social Democrats) elected on count 12 in Dublin Bay South, with Sinn Féin TD Chris Andrews losing his seat.
7pm
Paul Gogarty, independent, elected on Count 13 in Dublin Mid-West.
6.56pm
Social Democrats candidate Eoin Hayes has overtaken Sinn Féin TD Chris Andrews in the battle for the final seat in Dublin Bay South.
Cllr Hayes received 780 vote transfers from the surplus of Fianna Fáil TD Jim O’Callaghan to hit 6,754 votes.
Mr Andrews received 95 votes to reach 6,258.
Labour leader Ivana Bacik’s surplus is now being distributed and is expected to elect Cllr Hayes.
6.55pm
Fine Gael Senator John McGahon has said he will take a step back from politics.
A video of an alleged assault involving the candidate went viral during the campaign and became a significant focus. Mr McGahon was found not guilty of assault in a criminal trial in 2022, but he was found 65 per cent liable in a subsequent civil trial and was ordered to pay €39,000 in damages.
Mr McGahon thanked his supporters, and wished his running mate Paula Butterly well.
"So for me, this is it, but you know, [I am] really overwhelmed with all of the support, all of the kindness, all of the generosity that the people of Dundalk have given me and I will carry that with me for many, many, many years to come."
He added: "Look, you know, you never say never but what I'm really looking forward to doing is reading a couple of books for the next few days, going on a few long walks, spending as much time with my wife and my family as possible and I'll assess the situation in a couple of days."
6.35pm
Minister for Culture Catherine Martin (Green Party) has lost her seat in Dublin Rathdown, excluded after count 9.
Thank you to the people of Dublin Rathdown who entrusted me to represent them since 2016. Thank you to my campaign team and local members who canvassed with me in #GE24. It wasn't to be this time. I wish all who were successful the very best. Beir bua
— Catherine Martin TD (@cathmartingreen) December 1, 2024
6.20pm
Gavan Reilly of Virgin Media News has made the following seat projection:
#GE24 seat projections as of 5:50pm:
FF 48-52
FG 36-38
SF 39-40
Greens 1
Lab 9-11
SD 9-14
PBP 3-4
Aontu 1-2
IndIrl 4-5
Ind 13-18
Others 0-2 (100%R, RTC)At minimum this puts FF+FG on 84, and (depending on final outcomes) within striking distance of the 88 majority alone...
— Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) December 1, 2024
6.16pm
Emer Higgins of Fine Gael has been elected on count 12 in Dublin Mid-West.
6.15pm
Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns has issued the following statement: "Thanks to the overwhelming mandate we have received, we are now on course to significantly increase our number of TDs. In due course, we will talk to all the other parties about government formation."
6.02pm
In the second day of counting from Friday's general election, there is still much to play for heading into Sunday night. Click here for a guide to the constituencies which are still being contested.
5.55pm
Labour leader Ivana Bacik has said her party’s priority is to build a platform “on the left” before speaking to Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil about going into government.
5.50pm
The deputy leader of the Social Democrats said his party wants to go into government and will talk to other parties, including Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael.
Cian O’Callaghan said he is “delighted” with his party’s performance in the general election, with the Social Democrats set to become the fourth largest party in the Dáil.
5.39pm
Michael Murphy, Fine Gael politician and not Donegal footballer, has just been elected in Tipperary South after exceeding the quota, while Independent candidate Seamus Healy joins him after being elected having not reached the quota after the sixth count. They join Independent TD Mattie McGrath who was elected on the second count in the three seat constituency. https://www.breakingnews.ie/general-election-2024/tipperary-south-constituency-full-details-on-every-count-of-election-2024-results-1701914.html
5.33pm
Conor D McGuinness has been elected in Waterford, giving Sinn Féin a second seat in the constituency, and completing the set there. He saw off the challenge of outgoing independent Matt Shanahan. That fills all four seats for Waterford with the other TDs for the constituency elected earlier being Sinn Féin's David Cullinane, Fine Gael's John Cummins and Fianna Fáil's Mary Butler. Waterford constituency - full details on every count of Election 2024 results
5.18pm
In Wexford, Fianna Fáil's James Browne and Sinn Fein's Johnny Mythen have been elected on the 11th count. They join independent Verona Murphy in the four-seater. With one seat left the returning officer deemed Labour's George Lawlor elected, ending the 2024 Election for the constituency. Wexford constituency - full details on every count of Election 2024 results
5.12pm
Malcolm Noonan of the Green Party has lost his seat in Carlow-Kilkenny, being excluded after count 8.
5.04pm
In Mayo, the 10th count sees Fine Gael candidate Mark Duffy eliminated. His party colleague Keira Keogh has yet to be elected but is expected to take the fourth seat. So in the battle for the final seat it's down to Aontu's Paul Lawless and independent (and former FG) candidate Patsy O'Brien. Both are from the south of the county: one from Knock, the other from outside Claremorris. So it is set to be a very local battle. Mayo constituency - full details on every count of Election 2024 results
5.02pm
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh of Sinn Féin and Mark Wall of Labour have both been elected in Kildare South without reaching the quota. Ní Raghallaigh joins party colleague and Ceann Comhairle Seán Ó Fearghaíl as the second Sinn Féin TD in the constituency.
5.01pm
Fine Gael’s Kieran O’Donnell was re-elected on count 10 in Limerick City, filling the four-seater’s second seat. Maurice Quinlivan of Sinn Féin, who topped the poll in the constituency last year, must wait a little longer to cross the line; he is 8 votes shy of being re-elected.
Three candidates remain in a hotly contested battle for the final fourth seat including sitting councillors Conor Sheehan of Labour, Elisa O’Donovan of the Social Democrats and Fianna Fáil’s Dee Ryan.
4.51pm
Green Party leader Roderic O’Gorman has fallen behind Aontú’s Ellen Troy in Dublin West after the ninth count in the five-seat constituency with only two seats remaining, People Before Profit's Ruth Coppinger has 4,142 votes after the ninth count, O'Gorman has 3,491 and Troy has 3,657.
4.50pm
Fianna Fáil are growing more confident that Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue can hold his seat. However, Pat 'the Cope' Gallagher is all but certain to get over the line first.
4.45pm
Gangland figure Gerry “The Monk” Hutch caused pandemonium when he appeared at the Dublin count centre at the end of his unsuccessful bid to be elected to the Dáil.
His controversial run for election ended with Mr Hutch running away through the RDS car park being followed by the media.
The independent candidate had seemed well poised through much of the lengthy count process to win the final seat in the Dublin Central constituency, but was ultimately overhauled by Labour Party candidate Marie Sherlock.
4.30pm
Two incumbents have been returned to Dáil Éireann from the Roscommon Galway constituency. Independent Ireland's Michael Fitzmaurice, Sinn Féin's Claire Kerrane and first-time candidate for Fianna Fáil Dr Martin Daly have been elected. There had been some speculation before the election that former Fianna Fáil TD and Senator - now independent Eugene Murphy may dilute the Daly vote - but it never materialised.
Roscommon-Galway constituency - full details on every count of Election 2024 results
4.22pm
Speaking after his election, Timmy Dooley told RTÉ: "I'm very pleased. We had a lot of people and I had a lot of support working behind me day and night over the last three months. We canvassed a little bit wider this time, there was more door-knocking done and I think it has paid off." He predicts his colleague Cathal Crowe will be elected "relatively shortly".
Asked if he has hopes of a Cabinet seat, Dooley replied: "I'm around politics long enough that you don't expect anything, but prepare for everything. Every TD elected today will have expectations and hopes."
4.15pm
Liam Quaide of the Social Democrats has been elected on count 11 in Cork East, alongside Noel McCarthy of Fine Gael, and Sinn Féin's Pat Buckley.
4.12pm
Darren O'Rourke of Sinn Féin has been elected in Meath East.
4.10pm
Fianna Fáil's Timmy Dooley has been elected in Clare on the 12th count, after losing his seat in the 2020 general election.
4.05pm
In Cork North Central, the 10th count sees Thomas Gould of Sinn Féin the first TD elected to the five-seater with 10,435 votes.
Padraig O'Sullivan, Ken O'Flynn, Colm Burke and Tony Fitzgerald are currently occupying the four other places in the five-seater constituency. Eoghan Kenny of Labour is just behind.
Pa Daly of Sinn Féin has just been elected in Kerry, and Danny Healy-Rae is currently around 1,400 seats off the quota in Kerry, with his brother Michael already elected along with Mr Daly.
The final three seats in Kerry are being fought for between FF's Norma Foley, Independent Danny Healy-Rae, FF's Michael Cahill and as an outside chance FG's Billy O'Shea.
4pm
In Dublin North West, the ninth count distribution of Noel Rock's votes sees Rory Hearne elected for the Social Democrats, Paul McAuliffe for Fianna Fáil and Dessie Ellis of Sinn Féin taking the third and final seat. Hearne takes the seat of outgoing TD Róisín Shortall. That's another constituency wrapped up for Election 2024. Dublin North West constituency - full details on every count of Election 2024 results
3.45pm
In Dublin South West, Fine Gael's Colm Brophy has taken the second seat, following on from Sinn Féin's Seán Crowe, who took the first seat in the five-seater.
3.40pm
Labour has now also secured a seat in Dublin's Fingal East, with Duncan Smith exceeding the quota. The third and final seat has now gone to Sinn Féin's Anne Graves. It means that outgoing TD Fine Gael's Alan Farrell has lost out in the redrawn constituency.
3.35pm
Labour's Marie Sherlock has seen off the challenge of Gerard Hutch for the final seat in Dublin Central. She secured 1,032 of transfers from Paschal Donohoe, compared to just 127 for Hutch.
Labour’s Marie Sherlock has taken the final seat in Dublin Central #ge24 @IrishTimes pic.twitter.com/OjH8sV3OLA
— Sarah Burns (@sarahburnss_) December 1, 2024
3.30pm
Martin Heydon of Fine Gael has been elected in Kildare South after the 11th count. He took the second seat in the constituency. The first of the four seats went to the outgoing Ceann Comhairle Seán Ó Fearghaíl.
3.20pm
In Dublin Bay South, the ninth count sees Fianna Fáil's Jim O'Callaghan elected. With Fine Gael's James Geoghegan and Labour Ivana Bacik already elected, the final seat here will be between Sinn Féin's Chris Andrews and Soical Democrat Eoin Hayes. With less than 200 between them, it will be very close. Dublin Bay South constituency - full details on every count of Election 2024 results
3.10pm
There's just one vote between Social Democrat candidate Elisa O'Donovan and Labour's Conor Sheehan in Limerick City after the 10th count. Follow along with the count on our Limerick City constituency results page.
3.05pm
Gerard 'The Monk' Hutch has arrived at the RDS ahead of the final count for the Dublin Central constituency in which it is likely Labour's Marie Sherlock will be elected ahead of the Independent candidate. Pascal Donohoe's surplus will decide the final candidate. See the full breakdown of the count on our Dublin Central constituency results page.
2.58pm
Fianna Fáil's James O'Connor has been elected in Cork East.
2.50pm
Outgoing Fine Gael TD Alan Farrell looks like he will lose his seat to Sinn Féin's Ann Graves in Fingal East, while Fianna Fáil's Mary Butler has taken the third seat in Waterford.
2.45pm
Sinn Féin’s Mark Ward has just been elected in Dublin Mid West on count nine, joining party colleague Eoin Ó Broin who was elected in the constituency's first count. Outgoing People Before Profit TD Gino Kenny has been excluded, losing his seat.
2.35pm
Ireland has a new political map with first-preference votes now counted in every constituency.
The national vote share in the general election comes close to what was predicted in opinion polls in the final days of the campaign, with Fianna Fáil slightly ahead of Fine Gael.
Sinn Féin has seen the biggest drop in vote share, down 5.5 percentage points since 2020.
View all the latest results in maps and charts here.
2.25pm
Fine Gael's Paschal Donohoe has now been elected in Dublin Central.
That leaves two candidates fighting to take the final seat – Labour's Marie Sherlock and Independent candidate Gerard 'The Monk' Hutch.
The surplus votes from Mr Donohoe will now be distributed.
See the full breakdown of the count on our Dublin Central constituency results page.
2.20pm
The final seats have been filled in Galway East. After the eleventh count, Fine Gael's Pete Roche and Sinn Féin's Louis O'Hara have been elected.
2.00pm
Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has said he is “wary and cautious” about the filling of the final seats in the election.
He said there was “very little point” in discussing Government formation until seats are finalised.
Speaking at the count centre at Nemo Rangers GAA Club in Cork, he said: “I’ll do my own reflections, think about it. I need a long walk – from an exercise point of view – but also to clear the head and think this one through
“There’s very serious challenges facing the country and we’ve got to keep the country right and put the people before ourselves and before parties.”
Asked if there was trust between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, he said: “I think there’s capacity to get on.”
1.45pm
Labour are increasingly confident Marie Sherlock is picking up enough transfers to overtake Gerard Hutch to get the last seat in Dublin Central.
1.40pm
Fianna Fáil’s Dara Calleary and Alan Dillon of Fine Gael have both just been elected in Mayo’s eighth count.
Their surpluses will now be distributed, with Fine Gael still having two candidates, Mark Duffy and Kiera Keogh, in the running, alongside Independent candidate Patsy O’Brien and Aontú’s Paul Lawless.
1.25pm
Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has said discussions on a rotating Taoiseach are for “another day”.
Speaking after the election of his running mate Seamus McGrath in Cork South Central, Mr Martin said negotiations to form a coalition “took a long time” in 2020.
The agreement involved the leaders of Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil each taking a turn in the office of Taoiseach.
Earlier, Former deputy leader of Fine Gael Simon Coveney said the party would find it a “difficult proposition” to re-enter a coalition without a similar arrangement.
Asked by reporters about those comments, Mr Martin said: “Is Simon acting as mediator now or what? Look, it is all for another day.”
12.55pm
Grace Boland of Fine Gael and Labour’s Robert O’Donoghue have both been elected in Dublin Fingal West, while Mick Wallace has been eliminated in Wexford.
12.45pm
Fine Gael’s James Geoghegan, current Lord Mayor of Dublin, has been elected in Dublin Bay South, while Labour leader Ivana Bacik also exceeded the quota to be elected.
12.25pm
Latest Dublin Central count sees Labour's Marie Sherlock back in the hunt for the final seat against Gerard Hutch. In the distribution of Green Party's Neasa Hourigan, Sherlock picked up 851 votes, with just 26 going to Hutch. This narrows gap between the two to just 1,200. Next is surplus from Gary Gannon and the elimination of Mary Fitzpatrick, which could see Sherlock overtake Hutch.
12.20pm
The first count in Cavan Monaghan has finally been completed. With a quota of 11,542, Sinn Féin's Matt Carthy is closest with 9,363 first preferences. Coming in next is his colleague Cathy Bennett with 6,904. Next is FF's Brendan Smith with 6,653 and then Sinn Féin's third candidate Pauline Tully with 6,455. Of the rest, it is close between Fine Fáil's Robbie Gallagher with 6,273 and Fine Gael's David Maxwell on 6,199. Then it's Fianna Fáil's Niamh Smyth on 5,789. Cavan Monaghan constituency - full details on every count of Election 2024 results
Meanwhile, in Dublin West, Emer Currie has been elected, keeping former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar's old seat in Fine Gael's hands.
12.10pm
Social Democrat’s Gary Gannon has been re-elected on the eighth count in Dublin Central, while Brian Brennan of Fine Gael has gotten over the line in Wicklow-Wexford on the sixth count.
12.00pm
Independent, former Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley has just been elected in Laois, taking the third seat. He was 58 away from the quota but was deemed elected by the Returning Officer regardless.
11.50
Fianna Fáil’s Seán Fleming has just been elected in Laois.
11.45
Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern says the possible election of Gerry Hutch is not because the area is deprived or neglected, but because of his deep roots in the community. "Gerry Hutch has been kind to that community in lots of indirect ways. His family are well known and - if you like it or not- respected by a lot of these people. That's why he got over 3,000 votes. When you do things down the years and the decades, grandma knows, mam knows, and the kids know."
11.40
Independent candidate and former Fine Gael minister, Alan Shatter has been eliminated following the fifth count for Dublin Rathdown, while in Mayo, Lisa Chambers has also been eliminated.
11.19
Over half of Malachy Steenson’s transfers went to Gerard Hutch in the seventh count in Dublin Central, bringing Hutch now to over 2,000 votes ahead of Labour’s Marie Sherlock who has got a big gap to fill if she wants to retain her seat.
Gerard Hutch now sits at 4,995 votes while Marie Sherlock sits at 2,990 votes, with the Green Party’s Neasa Hourigan having been eliminated.
Sherlock will need a lot of transfers from both Hourigan and Fitzpatrick, along with the potential surplus from Social Democrat Gary Gannon, to close the gap. But for now, Hutch seems more likely to take the seat.
11.17
The Labour party could well prove to be kingmakers when it comes to the formation of the next government. Its on track to win between 8 and 10 seats. Labour's Duncan Smith says they want to explore all options once the votes are in. "Our position is very clear: we want to talk to the Social Democrats, any Greens left, others on the left who might want to form a common platform. That's where we are at and it hasn't changed, despite overtures from the big two throughout the campaign."
11.10
Outgoing Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien, of Fianna Fáil, has been re-elected in Dublin Fingal.
11.05
Fianna Fáil's Albert Dolan has been elected in Galway East on what is his 26th birthday.
Mr Dolan will likely be the youngest member of the new Dáil. He made history earlier this year after the local elections by becoming Galway County Council’s youngest ever cathaoirleach aged 25.
The election of the first-time candidate means his running mate Anne Rabitte is unlikely to be re-elected.
11.00
Independent Mattie McGrath has been re-elected on the second count in Tipperary South.
Get details of the full count on our dedicated results page for Tipperary South.
10.50
Outgoing Green TD Brian Leddin has lost his seat in Limerick City after being eliminated on the seventh count.
This election has been one to forget for the Greens.
Minister for Culture Catherine Martin lost her seat in Dublin Rathdown, Marc O Cathasaigh failed to retain his seat in Waterford, while junior minister Ossian Smyth also lost out in Dún Laoghaire.
Junior minister Joe O’Brien lost his seat in Dublin Fingal West, Neasa Hourigan is at risk in Dublin Central, while Wicklow’s Steven Matthews garnered just 4 per cent of first preferences.
Green leader Roderic O'Gorman could hang on in Dublin West, but he may end up as the only TD from his party.
10.30
Gavin Pepper, a prominent anti-immigration activist, has been eliminated on the sixth count in Dublin North-West.
A father of six, the Dublin City councillor was hoping to take a seat from Sinn Féin's Dessie Ellis, who has topped the poll and remains ahead with 6,015 votes.
See the full results from Dublin North-West here.
10.15
Sinn Féin's Rose Conway-Walsh has been elected in Mayo. The outgoing TD exceeded the quota of 11,812 with 11,963 on the sixth count.
See the full breakdown of the count on our Mayo constituency results page.
10.05
Kildare North has finally delivered its first count.
With a quota of 9,505 in the five-seater, James Lawless of Fianna Fáil leads the way with 8,734, ahead of a strong performance by the Social Democrats' Aidan Farrelly, who has secured 7,611 first preferences.
After these two, it is Sinn Féin's Réada Cronin with 6,806, Fianna Fáil's Naoise Ó Cearúil on 5,872, Fine Gael's Joe Neville with 5,533 and his party colleague Bernard Durkan on 4,632.
Get details of the full count on our dedicated results page for Kildare North.
9.30
Our colleagues in the Western People tell us that in the five-seat Mayo constituency, Rose Conway-Walsh, Alan Dillon and Dara Calleary are certain to be elected.
As it stands, Keira Keogh is well situated to take a seat and the final seat is a real toss-up. Although Paul Lawless looks to be in the distance currently, trailing Patsy O'Brien by almost 1,000 votes, there are rumours and murmurs that the Aontú councillor is set to transfer very strongly from Stephen Kerr.
Should Gerry Murray be eliminated next, then the Charlestown-based councillor will surely have a chunk of votes to send down the N17 to Lawless in Knock.
9.20
Here is where things stand as counting resumes in some constituencies.
We have first counts in 41 of the 43 constituencies, with Kildare North and Cavan-Monaghan the only two not to report results yet.
Six constituencies have totally finished counting – most of those are three seaters and one four seat in Dún Laoghaire.
Some 41 of the 174 seats in the Dáil have been filled. So far there are 11 seats for Fianna Fáil, 11 for Fine Gael and eight for Sinn Féin.
9.05
Former taoiseach Bertie Ahern says it will likely be the new year before a new government is formed. He says the priority for the party leaders now will be a "good rest".
"The leaders are all very tired. They'll have their great hurrah during the middle of the week when the new parliamentary parties will meet. I assume it will probably be the following week when they think about how they knock all this together. Hopefully they will do it quicker, but it will probably go into the new year, I'm sure."
9.00
Welcome to live coverage of Election 2024 on breakingnews.ie. We'll be bringing you updates throughout the day here as the count continues in constituencies around the country.
You can also visit our election results hub to get a summary of where things stand, or check out the dedicated page for your own constituency.
