How it started ...
All the five seats in Mayo, the largest constituency geographically, have been filled.
Three of the outgoing TDs were re-elected, while Fine Gael's previous poll-topper Michael Ring did not contest this election.
The big question this weekend at the count centre in the TF Royal Theatre in Castlebar was where would the massive first preference votes of the former minister go, as some of his backing had been on a personal basis and not along party lines.
After a day of counting on Saturday, none of the candidates reached the quota of 11,812, with seven excluded from the race before counting adjourned.
Shortly after proceedings resumed on Sunday morning, Sinn Féin's Rose Conway-Walsh became the first candidate to be elected a TD in Mayo, after count six.
As well as retaining her seat, the outgoing TD was also the first woman to top the poll in Mayo, which was expanded to a five-seater.
At around lunchtime, Fine Gael’s Alan Dillon and Fianna Fáil’s Dara Calleary were also re-elected.
The two outgoing Ministers of State retained their seats after count eight.
It took until count 11 for the remaining two seats to be decided, shortly before 9pm on Sunday night.
Fine Gael’s Keira Keogh, who narrowly missed out on a seat in the local elections, took the fourth seat.
The Westport woman had been backed by Mr Ring and made it a double victory for the party in Mayo.
The fifth and final seat went to Aontú’s Paul Lawless, who previously stood in the 2020 general election.
He was deemed to be elected without reaching the quota, following the elimination of Independent candidate Patsy O'Brien, a former Fine Gael councillor, and that followed the elimination of Fine Gael candidate Mark Duffy after the 10th count.
Fianna Fáil’s Lisa Chambers was unsuccessful in her bid to retake the seat she lost in 2020. The high-profile Senator was eliminated after count seven in Castlebar.
How it ended ...
