Fianna Fáil has won the final two seats in the General Election, as Niamh Smyth and Brendan Smith were deemed elected in the five-seat Cavan-Monaghan constituency.
Fianna Fáil has 48 seats, Sinn Féin 39, Fine Gael 38, Green one, Labour 11, Social Democrats 11, PBP-Solidarity three, Aontú two, Independent Ireland four, independents 16 and the 100% Redress Party has one seat.
Day three of counting in Election 24 was completed just before 10pm with all 174 seats filled.
Counting for the final two seats continued in Cavan-Monaghan until shortly before 10pm, after Sinn Féin's Matt Carthy was re-elected after the 12th count, while his running mate Cathy Bennett was elected on the 13th count.
A recount that was under way in Cork North-Central ended early after People Before Profit-Solidarity candidate Mick Barry withdrew his request.
The final seat was taken 24-year-old Eoghan Kenny, a first time candidate for the Labour Party.
The question remains, what will happen next as focus turns to government formation?
- Focus has now shifted to government formation with all seats filled.
- Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael now know their combined seat total and that figure will influence their next move.
- Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly failed to secure re-election, losing out to Fine Gael's Edward Timmins.
- Green Party leader Roderic O'Gorman said he had "no regrets" about going into a three-party government in 2020, but said the two main coalition partners did them "no favours".
- All five seats were filled earlier in Kildare North after 12 counts. The Dáil's longest serving TD, Fine Gael's Bernard Durkan, lost his seat there.
- Counting was completed in Louth with the final seats being taken by Fine Gael's Paula Butterly, Labour's Ged Nash, and Fianna Fáil's Erin McGreehan.
- Cavan-Monaghan had a late start but counting completed after just before 10pm.
- In Tipperary North, all seats were filled with Labour's Alan Kelly retaining 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.
- Counting concluded in Cork North Central on the third day.
Sinn Féin's Pearse Doherty attracted the most first preferences or 'Number 1s' in this election, closely followed by Michael Healy Rae.
- Incumbent Independent Thomas Pringle missed out on the last seat in Donegal to Fianna Fáil's Charlie McConalogue.
- Gerard Hutch's Dáil bid ended last night after Labour's Marie Sherlock took the fourth and final seat in Dublin Central.
- Mr Hutch took a vow of silence about the judgment of the Special Criminal Court which found he had control of the guns used in the murder of David Byrne at the Regency Hotel in February 2016.
- While many candidates have celebrating their election, there is a long list of well-known names which failed to retain their seats in Leinster House.
- The Dáil is due to sit for the first time on 18 December, but whether a new government could be formed within that timeframe remains to be seen.
- Count data has shown a huge scale of transfers between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil.
