The final seats have now been filled after the counting of General Election votes was completed in the Cavan-Monaghan constituency.
Fianna Fáil has 48 TDs, Sinn Féin 39, Fine Gael 38, Independents 16, Labour 11, Social Democrats 11, PBP-Solidarity three, Aontú two, Independent Ireland four, Green Party one and the 100% Redress Party has one seat.
Brendan Smith and Niamh Smyth, both Fianna Fáil, were the final two TDs elected.
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The counting is done - but the task of putting a government together is really just beginning.
Already there are strong indications that this will take some time.
Some contact between parties of the left is already under way and tomorrow (Wednesday) Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and Sinn Féin will each hold a meeting of their parliamentary parties.
The outcome of the Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael internal meetings could pave the way for some level of engagement before Christmas, but the intense negotiations might not start until January.
At 86, the combined number of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael seats is just two short of a majority.
But up to eight more TDs might be needed to ensure that a working majority can withstand any shocks along the way.
That means a new government would have to get the support of a number of independent TDs or a smaller party.
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Meanwhile, Sinn Féin has written to the leaders of the Labour and the Social Democrats to begin exploring options.
Cavan-Monaghan was the last constituency to compete counting.
Sinn Féin's Matt Carthy was re-elected after the 12th count. His running mate Cathy Bennett was elected on the 13th count.
On the next count, Niamh Smyth and Brendan Smith, both of Fianna Fáil, were deemed elected without reaching the quota.
Three candidates were elected to fill the final seats in five-seater Kildare North this afternoon. They were Sinn Féin's Réada Cronin, Fianna Fáil's Naoise Ó Cearúil and Fine Gael's Joe Neville.
Fine Gael's Bernard Durkan, who was the longest serving TD in the Dáil, lost his seat in Kildare North.
Two candidates were elected in Tipperary North with all seats now filled.
Labour's Alan Kelly retained his seat, while Fianna Fáil's Ryan O'Meara took a seat for his party for the first time after being elected as a councillor earlier this year.
Three candidates were elected in Louth earlier as counting came to a close.
These were first time candidate, Fine Gael's Paula Butterly, as well as Labour's Ged Nash, and Fianna Fáil's Erin McGreehan.
In Cork North Central, People Before Profit-Solidarity's Mick Barry requested a full recount, after there were just 35 votes separating him and Labour's Eoghan Kenny.
Mr Kenny was deemed to have won the fifth and final seat after the 17th count in the early hours of the morning.
A rechecking of ballots began this morning but after rechecking 63% of papers, Mr Kenny had increased his lead over Mr Barry to 39 votes.
Mr Barry withdrew his request this evening, which meant that the final seat was taken by 24-year-old Mr Kenny, a first time candidate for the Labour Party.
In Wicklow, Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly became the second sitting TD to lose their Dáil seat after failing to secure re-election, losing out to Fine Gael's Edward Timmins on the final count in the early hours.
The Green Party's Catherine Martin, who was Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, lost her seat in Dublin Rathdown yesterday evening.
Meanwhile in Donegal, another minister from the outgoing government has managed to hang-on. Fianna Fáil's Charlie McConalogue took the last seat in the constituency shortly before midnight.
His win came at the expense of Independent TD Thomas Pringle.
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The loss of Mr Donnelly is a blow to a Fianna Fáil party that has otherwise enjoyed a successful General Election, securing 48 on the back of a 21.9% first preference vote.
Fine Gael came in second place in terms of first preference votes, on 20.8%, ahead of Sinn Féin on 19%.
With the total number of seats in the Dáil increased from 160 to 174, following the review by the Electoral Commission last year, any potential coalition will need at least 88 TDs.
The Dáil is due to sit for the first time on 18 December, but whether a new government could be formed within that time-frame remains to be seen.
A number of junior ministers failed to hold onto their seats over the weekend, mainly those of a Green persuasion.
Joe O'Brien, Ossian Smyth and Malcom Noonan all suffered from the Green collapse, while in Galway East Fianna Fáil's Anne Rabbitte has also lost her seat.
Overall, the Green Party representation in Dáil Éireann will fall from 12 in 2020 to just one this time around.
Party leader Roderic O'Gorman was re-elected on the final count in Dublin West.
With his predecessor Eamon Ryan not running in this election, all ten of the other sitting Green TDs lost their seats.
Pledging to revive the party in the years ahead, Mr O'Gorman said they would go into "rebuild mode" from next week.
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald contacted the leaders of the Labour Party and the Social Democrats in a first attempt to form an alternative Government.
Labour leader Ivana Bacik said she first wants to hold talks with the Social Democrats and Green Party leader Roderic O'Gorman, and that Labour is unwilling to enter a Fianna Fáil - Fine Gael government alone at this point.
Green shoots for smaller parties
While it has been a disastrous election for the Greens, two other smaller parties have seen their representation in Leinster House grow significantly.
The Social Democrats came into the election with six TDs and have almost doubled that number, with 11 seats.
Róisín Shortall and Catherine Murphy, who co-founded the party, both stepped aside before this election but the party held onto their seats in Dublin North-West and Kildare North through Rory Hearne and Aidan Farrelly respectively.
It comes on a hectic weekend for party leader Holly Cairns, who gave birth to her daughter on Friday, and secured re-election for a second Dáil term in the early hours of yesterday morning.
Her deputy leader, Cian O'Callaghan, has indicated an intention to be active in government formation talks, telling RTÉ News that for smaller parties to enter government, the attitude must be "that we will get policies implemented, we will make changes to people's lives, and we can come out of government stronger."
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One party that has experienced the repercussions of a spell in government before is Labour, who saw their seat numbers decimated in 2016 after a period in government.
This time around there are signs of growth, with eleven seats secured.
Like the Social Democrats, Labour has seen new TDs elected, along with party leader Ivana Bacik, Ged Nash, Alan Kelly and Duncan Smith.
Aontú has seen their number of TDs double, albeit from a low base.
Paul Lawless was elected on the last count in Mayo to join party leader Peadar Tóibín in the Dáil.
Meanwhile, Fine Gael has seen significant renewal of their Dáil team.
The party came into the election on the back of a glut of established TDs announcing that they would not be seeking another term.
That has cleared the decks for a host of new TDs to be elected for the party - with 20 first-timers elected.
A large number of newcomers will represent a Sinn Féin party that has secured 39 seats, however, the party did lose two TDs from their 2020 crop.
Chris Andrews and Martin Browne failed to secure re-election in Dublin Bay South and Tipperary South.
In Donegal, Charles Ward of the 100% Redress party, set up in September 2023 by campaign groups representing homeowners who have been affected by defective concrete products, has been elected.
Independent Ireland have added one seat, through Ken O'Flynn in Cork North-Central, while 16 Independents have been elected also.
Comebacks and departures
The 2024 General Election has also seen a number of political comebacks, with well-known politicians including Pat 'The Cope' Gallagher, Kevin 'Boxer' Moran, Ruth Coppinger, Paul Gogarty and Jerry Buttimer all securing a return to the Dáil after absences.
There was no such luck, however, for a number of former TDs who were seeking to make a return.
Mick Wallace and Clare Daly of Independent4Change, Noel Rock of Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil's Lisa Chambers were all unsuccessful in this regard.
Finally, a number of TDs elected in 2020 have failed to hold onto their seats.
As well as those mentioned above, Alan Farrell of Fine Gael, Right To Change TD Joan Collins, Pauline Tully of Sinn Féin and People Before Profit-Solidarity's Gino Kenny have lost their seats.
Additional reporting Brian O'Donovan, Cian McCormack
