As the dust settles on the Electoral Commission's mammoth constituency review, political parties are evaluating the winners and losers.
And as predicted, Sinn Féin is viewed as having gained advantage from the revisions.
The party will expect to gain a TD in every one of the four additional three-seat constituencies.
In addition, its ambitions will have been heightened in several of the new five seaters - especially in Dublin where the party will aim to coast an urban wave of support.
Sinn Féin may well push for three seats out of five in the newly-enlarged Dublin Mid-West.
That constituency delivered two out of four in 2020, driven by the popularity of the high-profile housing spokesperson Eoin Ó Broin.
Other targets include Cork South-Central and Dublin West.
And Sinn Féin already has momentum with a consistent lead across opinion polls putting it at around the mid-30s in support.
That is well ahead of Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil, but those parties are also not unhappy with today's announcement.
"Swings and roundabouts," according to one observer.
However, for smaller parties, there is disappointment as they feel they will be squeezed out in three-seaters.
Green Party TD Steven Matthews said today that will impact diversity and reduce proportional representation.
The problem for the Green Party is that the 2020 election saw many of its victorious candidates scrape into the final seat.
And in the upcoming contest, they will not have the benefit of an unused Sinn Féin surplus as that party will not repeat its mistake of fielding too few candidates.
On the upside, Minister for Children Roderic O'Gorman will be glad of the allocation of an additional seat for Dublin West as he faces a battle with both Sinn Féin and former Socialist Party TD Ruth Coppinger who tweeted today "game on".
Labour has suffered some setbacks in the redrawing. Deputy Duncan Smith will move to Dublin Fingal East but faces a serious challenge in a three-seater versus his current berth in the five-seat Dublin Fingal constituency.
He will face off against Minister for Housing Darragh O'Brien and Fine Gael's Alan Farrell alongside a likely Sinn Féin contender.
Elsewhere, Labour TD for Cork East Seán Sherlock has seen his base of Mallow moved into Cork North-Central.
Some expect the long-standing TD to move constituency in the next general election and he is understood to be analysing the changes.
For the Social Democrats, there were not too many changes for sitting TDs.
Cork South-West remains the same which is good news for leader Holly Cairns.
There is a question mark over the intentions of Kildare North's Catherine Murphy with some predicting that the additional seat could cement a decision by her to stay on.
In Dublin Bay North, Cian O'Callaghan will be relieved that his key areas of Howth and Sutton have remained in the constituency.
For People Before Profit, its main challenge remains despite today's redrawing.
It cannot count on those extra 2020 Sinn Féin votes to get its TDs over the line.
Dublin South Central TD Bríd Smith has already announced that she will retire from politics after the next election.
In that constituency, Aenghus Ó Snodaigh will be expected to bring in a running mate and the party may even seriously challenge for three seats.
There are challenges too for Independents including Kildare South's Cathal Berry.
His base around Portarlington has been split in two - North going to Offaly while South goes to Laois - while his other key areas remain in Kildare South.
The upshot though is that all parties now know the parameters of the individual contests that will form the next general election and it is indeed game on.
