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You can see every candidate elected so far here. And here.
You can read the updates from our earlier liveblog here.
We’ll be with you all evening with the updates as they happen.
9 Feb 2020
4:32PM
Sean Murray here and I’ll be with you till the bitter end this evening (or whenever all the count centres close for the night).
Need to know when we should be getting the results in? They’ll start coming in thick and fast from around 5pm onwards. Here’s a piece on when we can expect what.
9 Feb 2020
4:33PM
And we have our first TD in the 33rd Dáil.
It’s Sinn Féin’s Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire.
He topped the poll in Cork South Central ahead of Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin and Fine Gael minister Simon Coveney.
He told PA: “I’m delighted, absolutely delighted, it’s a huge mandate that we’ve got. We haven’t expect this kind of vote but when you see this is replicated across the state there is an enormous appetite for change.
“There are thousands of young people out there who don’t have any prospect of having a home of their own, and for them and countless others, they saw in our policies a radical alternative, and they voted for it in numbers, true in Cork and across the state. We want the opportunity now to implement out solutions.”
She said that “Sinn Fein went to the people and we convinced them in very, very large numbers that we are the alternative, that we are the vehicle for change”.
Fine Gael’s Damien English should do well on transfers. And he’ll need them if he’s to keep his seat, with Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín and Fianna Fáil’s Shane Cassells currently in 2nd and 3rd place.
Solidarity-PBP’s Gino Kenny looks in trouble to retain his seat in Dublin Mid West.
Along with two Sinn Féin, it’s likely Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael will win the remaining seats.
He tweet this earlier:
Not looking good in getting re-elected. We done all we could over the past four weeks/years. Proud to have played a part in the legalisation of medical cannabis which will have a profound difference to many people. For me activism doesn’t begin and end at Leinster House.✊🏼
Our reporter Ceimin Burke is out in Galway for the counts there.
He’s been talking to independent Noel Grealish who looks set to retain his seat.
Grealish has been saying his track record as a TD is the reason for his success and not his high profile opposition to the Direct Provision Centre in Oughterard.
Noel Grealish has just arrived into the Galway West count centre and he is a happy man. Says his track record as a TD is the reason for his success and not his high profile opposition to the Direct Provision Centre in Oughterard pic.twitter.com/5NUap5lkkV
If I had to go with my gut feeling, I’d have said Ó Broin definitely wasn’t the type to have his supporters lift him on their shoulders when he won the seat.
Yui Mok / PA Images
Yui Mok / PA Images / PA Images
After weeks of saying that he absolutely, unequivocally, would never in a million years go into coalition with Sinn Féin, here’s what Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has been saying down in Cork.
He said: “The election result has happened, we will listen to people, we have listened to the people, they have voted in the main for three main parties. There’s other parties like the Greens doing well and independents.
“That said, one’s policies and one’s principles don’t change overnight, and there are serious policy issues and for any government to sustain into the future. There has to be a coherent sustainable programme for government that can be implemented and delivered.
“There is significant incompatibility in terms of the policy platforms of ourselves and Sinn Fein. We just have to put that marker down. People have one good feat and will win well in terms of different constituencies, I respect that, I acknowledge that, but our policies, our positions and principles haven’t changed overnight or in 24 hours.”
Back to Galway now, and here’s some more of what Noel Grealish has been telling our reporter Ceimin Burke.
An opinion poll for TG4 had predicted he could’ve been in trouble with his seat.
“That poll motivated the team. It got us motivated more going out on doors and we did a very intensive, personal campaign in the east side of the city and in the city.
“I believe there might be a casualty in a senior Fine Gael TD, I’m sorry to hear that but politics is a tough game, rough and tumble. There’s winners and there’s losers but I’d like to be in the winners enclosure.”
9 Feb 2020
5:13PM
We have a first count in the hotly contested Dublin Bay South. The quota is 7,919.
Green Party leader Eamon Ryan has topped the poll and been elected with 8,888 votes.
Housing minister Eoghan Murphy has gotten 6,346 first preference votes while his party colleague Kate O’Connell could be in trouble with 4,624.
Chris Andrews is in the mix and looks set to win a seat for Sinn Féin with 6,361 first preference votes but Fianna Fáil’s Jim O’Callaghan is trailing with 5,474 votes.
9 Feb 2020
5:15PM
Here were the scenes when Ryan was declared elected. The Greens are hoping to reach double figures and their party leader getting re-elected is a good start.
Our reporter Conor McCrave is in the Meath East centre for us.
And it’s looking like bad news coming for Minister for Social Protection Regina Doherty.
From the Louth count centre to the Meath East centre where Sinn Féin’s Darren O’Rourke, outgoing minister Helen McEntee, and Fianna Fáil’s Thomas Byrne look set to take the three seats in the constituency. It will, of course, mean outgoing minister Regina Doherty is out. #GE2020pic.twitter.com/UHd5TJR63u
We have a first count in Wexford coming in. The quota is 12,513.
Sinn Féin’s Johnny Mythen – who lost his council seat last year – has absolutely romped home. The Comeback Kid got over 18,000 first preference votes. He’s Sinn Fein’s 5th TD.
Labour leader Brendan Howlin is short of the quota on 9,223
Fianna Fáil’s James Browne and Malcolm Byrne are in the mix for a seat with 8,058 and 6,145 respectively.
Fine Gael ministers Michael D’Arcy (6,472) and Paul Kehoe (6,337) are also in the running but it’s all to play for in the five-seater.
Verona Murphy, meanwhile, looks set to lose out with 5,825 first preference votes.
Mythen’s victory for Sinn Féin in Wexford really is stunning.
Mythen's 18k+ vote today is the second largest ever recorded in Wexford behind only Denis Allen of FF from the 1936 bye election who got 51% of the vote and 23,263 first preferences
“To hell with the planet & the fellas that say we must save the planet & forget about the people. I’m not one of those people, I make no apologies to anyone for that. I’m sticking with the people” #GE2020#VMnewspic.twitter.com/Y3wtdqp7ea
Away from the election, an orange weather warning has just been issued for six counties.
A status orange wind warning has been issued for tomorrow from 6 a.m. until 8 p.m., for counties Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Sligo, Clare and Kerry. The existing yellow warning has been extended to 8 p.m. also.#StormCiara.https://t.co/ozrQHtoOktpic.twitter.com/EMtkT7b0Dt
This is crazy stuff. David Cullinane has topped the poll in Waterford for Sinn Féin.
He got almost double the quota.
Double. The. Quota.
Here’s a video from the local radio station WLR.
BREAKING - The first TD has been elected for Waterford following the first count. Sinn Fein's David Cullinane secured 20,569 first preference votes and so has been returned as a TD for Waterford. pic.twitter.com/hVak4z7kko
Farrell says Sinn Féin's electoral success is a reaction to the deep inequality in society.
"We have children homeless in Galway city, we have it across the state. I think people just can't get their head around that. That's just simply wrong."
Independent Alliance junior minister Kevin Boxer Moran has told RTÉ it’ll be a “miracle” if he keeps his seat.
The former Independent Alliance Junior Minister Kevin Boxer Moran has said it would be "a miracle" if he did not lose his seat now in the Longford-Westmeath constituency." pic.twitter.com/fxTSkjAsBZ
The Taoiseach casting his vote yesterday. Damien Storan / PA Images
Damien Storan / PA Images / PA Images
More on what Leo Varadkar had to say now.
Speaking at his count centre in Dublin, he said his party Fine Gael was “not compatible with Sinn Fein”.
“We are willing to talk to other parties about how we could form a government and give this country a government that can spend the next five years dealing with the problems that we have had to tackle for the past few years.”
Asked if he will speak to Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald after she had reportedly reached out to other parties, he said: “No, not at this stage anyway”.
He added: “She has not been in touch with me yet, we would talk on occasion. I understand she has said she is seeking to form a left-wing coalition which does not include Fianna Fail or Fine Gael.
“I am not sure that is possible on the numbers so it is going to be a number of weeks before we are in a position to form a government.”
As we were saying earlier, Christy Burke could be in with a shot in Dublin Central on the back of Mary Lou McDonald’s transfers.
And I think we’re about to have another Sinn Féin TD…
9 Feb 2020
6:45PM
It’s Aengus Ó Snodaigh in Dublin South Central.
He’s also got almost double the quota.
Solidarity-People Before Profit’s Bríd Smith (who’s likely to benefit from Sinn Féin transfers), Fine Gael’s Catherine Byrne and Fianna Fáil’s Catherine Ardagh in the running for the remaining seats.
The Green Party’s Patrick Costello is in the mix, but independent Joan Collins is at risk of losing her seat in the four-seater.
9 Feb 2020
6:47PM
And here are.
Yet more Sinn Féin TDs.
This time in Mayo.
Rose Conway Walsh has been elected on the first count.
Sinn Féin’s Louise O’Reilly has retained her seat in Dublin Fingal.
Her party colleague Maurice Quinlivan has also just won a seat in Limerick City with traditional poll topper Willie O’Dea just short of the quota for Fianna Fáil.
Varadkar said it was the position of Fine Gael that “a forced marriage would not result in a good government”.
9 Feb 2020
7:09PM
The loudest roar so far has to be in Cork South West when Michael Collins won the seat.
“If I could continue please,” the returning officer said, to no avail.
9 Feb 2020
7:11PM
Another Sinn Féin seat.
This time it’s Darren O’Rourke, elected on the second count in Meath East.
The first candidate past the post in Meath East is Sinn Féin’s Darren O’Rourke, elected on the second count. He was joined by the party’s deputy leader Michelle O’Neill. #GE2020pic.twitter.com/wKgFA3pusb
It had been believed that the election here might not have gone ahead at all after the sudden death of candidate Marese Skehan earlier this week. She was still on the ballot and received 182 votes.
As expected, Michael Lowry has topped the poll and has been elected to the 33rd Dáil.
9 Feb 2020
7:19PM
Shane Ross is speaking to RTÉ Radio One.
“My own position is worse than precarious,” he says. “It’s disappointing but it’s what happens. It’s a volatile constituency.
“I was a poll topper last time and the time before. I certainly won’t be elected. That’s absolutely fine. It’s not completely unexpected.
“What will I take away? It’s been a very interesting four years. We’ve achieved a great deal… we had a huge influence on the government.”
9 Feb 2020
7:21PM
Christina Finn has more from the RDS.
She’s hearing there was no slap down of Sinn Féiners for the outburst of the the song Come Out Ye Black and Tans this morning.
“The team were just told to calm it down as it was early in the day and shouldn’t have been getting ahead of themselves. Also told the song was a chart topper.”
With Ross eliminated, Catherine Martin has won a seat in Dublin Rathdown for the Greens.
Fine Gael’s Josepha Madigan and Neale Richmond are looking good to take the remaining seats there, but where Shane Ross’ transfers go will be interesting.
Sorcha Nic Cormaic is currently in fourth place there for Sinn Féin.
Look at them go in #cwkk We’ll have a first count in no time with the rate they’re going! Filmed by Neilus the Barista #GE2020pic.twitter.com/V7W5F4MvVg
Independent Michael Fitzmaurice has a statement in after retaining his seat in Roscommon-Galway.
He’s suggesting that everyone should come together to try form a government.
“The mathematics that are showing up at the moment on a national level may be problematic when it comes to forming a government, but it is my view that there is a responsibility on all of us who are given a mandate by the people to go into the negotiations and make an honest effort to reach an agreement,” he says.
“I hope that nobody ducks and dives if they are given that opportunity.
9 Feb 2020
8:02PM
Okay, here’s every elected so far:
Sinn Féin
Kathleen Funcion – Carlow-Kilkenny
Pat Buckley – Cork East
Thomas Gould – Cork North Central
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire – Cork South Central
Mary Lou McDonald – Dublin Central
Louise O’Reilly – Dublin Fingal
Eoin Ó Broin – Dublin Mid-West
Mark Ward – Dublin Mid-West
Dessie Ellis – Dublin North-West
Aengus Ó Snodaigh – Dublin South Central
Seán Crowe – Dublin South-West
Paul Donnelly – Dublin West
Brian Stanley – Laois-Offaly
Maurice Quinlivan – Limerick City
Imelda Munster – Louth
Ruairí Ó Murchú – Louth
Rose Conway-Walsh – Mayo
Darren O’Rourke – Meath East
Johnny Guirke – Meath West
David Cullinane – Waterford
Johnny Mythen – Wexford
Green Party
Eamon Ryan – Dublin Bay South
Catherine Martin – Dublin Rathdown
Fine Gael
Michael Ring – Mayo
Independents
Michael Fitzmaurice – Roscommon-Galway
Michael Collins – Cork South West
Michael Lowry – Tipperary
9 Feb 2020
8:05PM
We’ve a first count in from Dublin Bay North, with the quota of 11,935.
Yet another seat for Sinn Féin.
Denise Mitchell has topped the poll with 21,344.
Fine Gael’s Richard Bruton is just short of the quota on 11,156.
Others in the mix for a seat include Fianna Fáil’s Sean Haughey and Green David Healy.
Independent Sean Canney has been elected in Galway East.
Dublin Central, meanwhile, is heating up.
Christy Burke is RIGHT in contention now in Dublin Central after the distribution of Mary Lou McDonald's mammoth surplus… only 300 votes between 4th and 6th places now, in a constituency of four #ge2020
He says that he expects Fine Gael to get in the high 30s in terms of seats.
Paschal Donohoe says they’ll have to await the view of the people - but there is no change on the stance on Sinn Fein #GE2020 He thinks mid to to high 30s for FG pic.twitter.com/In20AEmJUU
Solidarity-People Before Profit’s Bríd Smith – after benefitting hugely from Sinn Féin transfers of over 4,000 votes – has been re-elected in Dublin South Central.
The Tanaiste Simon Coveney has again ruled out any coalition with Sinn Fein.
“I’ve said many times that I just don’t believe that the policy platform that Sinn Fein are outlining, and the approach and the policies that Sinn Fein and Fine Gael have committed to are compatible,” he said.
“I don’t think that government would work, I think the Taoiseach described it as a marriage that will be forced rather than one that will work.
“I think we have responsibility to follow through on the commitments that we made during this campaign and we’ll do that.
“I’ve always said our priority is to try and form a government that didn’t involve Fianna Fail or Sinn Fein but that clearly – the numbers don’t look like that’s going to be possible.”
The Green Party’s Ossian Smyth has won a seat in Dun Laoghaire.
It’s incredibly tight there with Fianna Fáil’s Cormac Devlin still in the hunt for the final seat.
9 Feb 2020
8:54PM
Fine Gael’s Paschal Donohoe has admitted there’s an appetite for change in Ireland that his party needs to “reflect on and respond back to”.
Minister for Finance, Paschal Donohoe admits there's an appetite for change in Ireland that Fine Gael needs to "reflect on and respond back to"#GE20202#FineGaelpic.twitter.com/1uZiKdpnpy
Gerry Adams has been having a go at Simon Coveney for ruling out going into government with Sinn Féin.
I’m disappointed that Simon Coveney says Fine Gael won’t talk to Sinn Féin. Obviously a misguided effort to wrong foot Fianna Fáil. But I thought he was better than that. Incompatible policies fair enough. But has he learned nothing from the DUP? Sinn Féin voters lesser voters?
Fianna Fáil’s Robert Troy and Joe Flaherty looking good for two seats. Kevin Boxer Moran has a fight on his hands for the final seat with some Fine Gaelers to be eliminated that’ll likely transfer heavily to each other.
9 Feb 2020
9:30PM
And Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has also finally been elected.
Hours and hours after Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire was the first TD in the country elected in Cork South Central, the Fianna Fáil leader has joined him on the sixth count.
9 Feb 2020
9:31PM
Independent councillor Christy Burke is right in there with a shout in Dublin Central.
But he’s taking nothing for granted.
Christy Burke says he’s been here before and he’s taking nothing for granted. Here he tells us about what he got up to today #GE2020pic.twitter.com/kzsxfddnZL
Yui Mok / PA Images
Yui Mok / PA Images / PA Images
Micheál Martin has been talking about going into government with Sinn Féin again.
“I think people are jumping the gun in terms of interpreting what I said today, as I said one doesn’t change one’s policies and principles overnight,” he said.
“That said, today’s a day to let the election happen, let the election unfold, let people enjoy their elections and so on. In the cold light of day, tomorrow and the day after, we will assess where we are, because I am not taking anything for granted because I know that some people are saying we could be anything from 40 to 46, I have been in touch with colleagues, there is a lot now riding on transfers and distributions … places like Wexford and Donegal.
“I am very conscious our first priority is to assess how we are doing and how we’ll actually do, we’ll know all that tomorrow.”
9 Feb 2020
10:20PM
Michael Healy-Rae is talking to RTÉ News.
Asked if his brother Danny will get back in, he said “please god, yes”.
He’s feeling confident, and is happy to play a role with whoever forms the government in the next Dáil.
“We’re now faced with a situation of working with whatever’s there,” he says, adding that he and his brother will do their best for the people of Kerry.
After a fierce amount of counting, Dublin Bay North, Dublin North West, Dublin Central and Dublin South Central counts have been suspended until 10am tomorrow. #GE2020#hometimepic.twitter.com/S1pSpBpvI2
Paul Murphy looks set to win a seat in Dublin South West and he’s predicting his colleague Ruth Coppinger will be back again after she lost her seat in Dublin West this evening.
Solidarity with @RuthCoppingerTD and @solidarityie. Ruth remains an exceptional socialist fighter for workers, women and the planet. Her role in Repeal, from building on the streets to the Oireachtas committee, was outstanding. She'll be back in the Dail.
Excellent use of the phrase “chill vibes” by our reporter Ceimin Burke out in Galway West.
Galway West now just one of three constituencies around Ireland that has yet to elect a TD. Most here accept that we won't see it happen tonight. Chill vibes pic.twitter.com/Rzw4VUoGrg
She’s told Newstalk that she was “extremely disappointed” to lose her seat, as she had been a socialist voice in the Dáil, raising issues like workers’ and women’s rights.
She said it was an “extremely difficult” and “quite diverse” constituency, but said S-PBP would discuss possible government formation with all the parties.
9 Feb 2020
11:17PM
Also speaking on Newstalk, Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan said that it wasn’t a “good evening”, when greeted on air by Susan Keogh, but it was an “absolutely brilliant evening”, because a Fine Gael or FIanna Fáil TD wouldn’t be serving in his constituency of Roscommon-Galway.
He said that based on the results so far, there would be another election in 3 months’ time.
Another count, another one without a TD elected coming in Galway West.
Looks like they’re going to give up for the night there soon. Likely the first TD elected will be a Sinn Féin candidate. They’re just shy of 30 with 29 seats so far – already the party’s best ever performance.
Last count of the day incoming shortly and... let's just say, if you were waiting up to see the first candidate elected you might as well just go to bed now. #GalwayWest#GE2020
Here’s how the three main party leaders celebrated winning their seats earlier.
Niall Carson / PA Images
Niall Carson / PA Images / PA Images
Yui Mok / PA Images
Yui Mok / PA Images / PA Images
Liam McBurney / PA Images
Liam McBurney / PA Images / PA Images
10 Feb 2020
12:31AM
The rhetoric from Fianna Fáil about Sinn Féin has been softening all day.
Pat the Cope Gallagher is on course to win a seat in Donegal.
He’s been telling RTÉ News he believes that all parties “should enter into discussions with each other”.
Asked about the possibility of a coalition with Sinn Féin, Fianna Fáil’s Pat The Cope Gallagher says he thinks “all parties should enter into discussions with each other” #GE2020pic.twitter.com/qktqVCdYel
Solidarity-PBP’s Gino Kenny admitted defeat earlier in the day in Dublin Mid West.
He ain’t gone yet.
It looks like I might still be in with a shout, battling with FF's John Curran for the last seat. The count is resuming at 10am tomorrow. The Phoenix is rising again..
And we’re gonna call that a wrap for this evening.
They’re still counting in several places but with less than half of seats filled, tomorrow (today, I suppose) is going to be a momentous day.
Thanks for joining us throughout the evening, and check back in tomorrow where we’ll have all the breaking news, insights and analysis from #GE2020.
I’m off to get some sleep. Bye, all!
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Content presented to you on this service can be based on limited data, such as the website or app you are using, your non-precise location, your device type, or which content you are (or have been) interacting with (for example, to limit the number of times a video or an article is presented to you).
Use precise geolocation data 39 partners can use this special feature
With your acceptance, your precise location (within a radius of less than 500 metres) may be used in support of the purposes explained in this notice.
Actively scan device characteristics for identification 23 partners can use this special feature
With your acceptance, certain characteristics specific to your device might be requested and used to distinguish it from other devices (such as the installed fonts or plugins, the resolution of your screen) in support of the purposes explained in this notice.
Ensure security, prevent and detect fraud, and fix errors 77 partners can use this special purpose
Always Active
Your data can be used to monitor for and prevent unusual and possibly fraudulent activity (for example, regarding advertising, ad clicks by bots), and ensure systems and processes work properly and securely. It can also be used to correct any problems you, the publisher or the advertiser may encounter in the delivery of content and ads and in your interaction with them.
Deliver and present advertising and content 87 partners can use this special purpose
Always Active
Certain information (like an IP address or device capabilities) is used to ensure the technical compatibility of the content or advertising, and to facilitate the transmission of the content or ad to your device.
Match and combine data from other data sources 64 partners can use this feature
Always Active
Information about your activity on this service may be matched and combined with other information relating to you and originating from various sources (for instance your activity on a separate online service, your use of a loyalty card in-store, or your answers to a survey), in support of the purposes explained in this notice.
Link different devices 46 partners can use this feature
Always Active
In support of the purposes explained in this notice, your device might be considered as likely linked to other devices that belong to you or your household (for instance because you are logged in to the same service on both your phone and your computer, or because you may use the same Internet connection on both devices).
Identify devices based on information transmitted automatically 75 partners can use this feature
Always Active
Your device might be distinguished from other devices based on information it automatically sends when accessing the Internet (for instance, the IP address of your Internet connection or the type of browser you are using) in support of the purposes exposed in this notice.
Save and communicate privacy choices 54 partners can use this special purpose
Always Active
The choices you make regarding the purposes and entities listed in this notice are saved and made available to those entities in the form of digital signals (such as a string of characters). This is necessary in order to enable both this service and those entities to respect such choices.
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