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WE’RE WELL INTO day three of the general election count.
There’s drama in Tipperary North and Cork North Central – with a recount in Tipp and a recheck of ballots in Cork.
We’ve still seats to fill too in Cavan-Monaghan and Kildare North.
Gone: Health Minister Stephen Donnelly loses his seat in Wicklow >
Now what? Who’s going into this government, then? And who gets to be Taoiseach? >
Big beasts: Former junior coalition members give their advice for government negotiations >
The next Dáil: Here’s who has been elected to the 34th Dáil so far as counting continues >
As they happen: Who’s in? Who’s out? Follow along with The Journal’s real-time results centre >
- Updates from Lauren Boland
On government formation talks, Kerry Independent TD Michael Healy-Rae has said this morning that his “phone is always on”.
The party leaders have my number and my phone is always on. I’ll talk to anybody but I won’t sell my soul and I have three items to discuss before going into government with anyone and that’s KERRY, KERRY and KERRY. https://t.co/0Q6TZWC3aH
— Michael Healy-Rae (@MHealyRae) December 2, 2024
Not too many count centres still active today but our News Correspondent Niall O’Connor has arrived at the at the Nemo Rangers GAA club, where a recount called last night has now commenced.
Good morning from Nemo Rangers GAA club in Cork city where a recount is underway in Cork North Central as People Before Profit’s Mick Barry fights to retain his Dáil seat against Eoghan Kenny of Labour. @thejournal_ie #GE24 pic.twitter.com/fmW7oj4TeW
— Niall O’Connor (@NiallJournal_ie) December 2, 2024
Writing an opinion piece in The Journal this morning, Dr Brendan Flynn of University of Galway says that overall, this election has given us “more of the same”.
“It arguably was an election where reality took a sneaky pre-Christmas holiday. Manifestos tripped over each to promise lavish spending plans combined with a medley of tax cuts in various fetching ideological hues,” Dry Flynn writes.
“The strong whiff of ‘promising cake, and eating it as well’ sat oddly with the rest of the planet careering towards climate melt-down, casual threats of nuclear war on Europe’s periphery, or an impending dismantling of the free trade system, so vital to our economic success over the last decades.”
Of the seats filled at this stage, Fianna Fáil is leading with 43 TDs. Sinn Féin and Fine Gael follow with 36 each.
15 independent candidates have been elected so far.
The Social Democrats have enjoyed a boost to numbers this election, with 11 TDs over the line.
The Labour Party has won eight seats so far while Independent Ireland has won four.
People Before Profit/Solidarity will have at least three TDs in the next Dáil and Aontú will have at least two.
It’s been a challenging election for the Greens, with only one seat won, which was by party leader Roderic O’Gorman.
The 100% Redress party and Workers and Unemployed Action party have each won one seat.
If you were following along with the results over the weekend and you’re looking to catch up on what you missed while you were asleep, we have you covered. Here are all the late-night elections that have happened since around midnight in the early hours of this morning:
The majority of the seats in the 34th Dáil have now been filled across the first two days of counting.
Here’s a full list of all the TDs elected so far on Saturday and Sunday:
And here’s our Results Centre, where you can explore exactly how the votes were distributed in each count in every constituency:
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