Election results live: Counting resumes with most Dáil seats yet to be filled
Summary
- Counting
- Early indications from
- Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald said
- Taoiseach and Fine Gael leader Simon Harris
- Tánaiste and Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin
- If Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael do return to power, they will undoubtedly need one, if not two, of the Dáil’s smaller parties to reach the required 88 seats to form a majority.
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.