At a glance: The story so far as counting continues

As the counting of votes continues across the country the declarations so far have confirmed that the line up in the new Dáil will be much changed.

More than 40 new TDs have won seats including Fianna Fáil's Seamus McGrath, Fine Gael's James Geoghegan, Sinn Féin's Ann Graves, Labour's Ciarán Ahern and Sinéad Gibney for the Social Democrats.

But winners mean there are also losers and chief among them are the Green Party whose leader Roderic O'Gorman is the only one of its 12 TDs to survive.

Other members of the 20 outgoing TDs to miss out so far are; Fianna Fáil's Anne Rabbitte, Fine Gael's Alan Farrell, Sinn Féin's Chris Andrews, People Before Profit-Solidarity's Gino Kenny, and Joan Collins of Right to Change.

That number though could rise, with Fianna Fáil's Stephen Donnelly under pressure in Wicklow.

Comeback kids include Independent and former Green TD Paul Gogarty, as well as Fianna Fáil's Timmy Dooley and People Before Profit-Solidarity's Ruth Coppinger.

However, Fine Gael's Noel Rock and Fianna Fail's Lisa Chambers have missed out

Among the most watched out for results was in Dublin Central, where Labour's Marie Sherlock beat Independent Gerry Hutch to the final seat by just over 800 votes, after significant transfers and Laois, where Independent former Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley retained his seat.

Fianna Fáil's Gráinne Seoige also lost out in Galway West, while former Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley retained his seat in Laois.

Following the eighteenth count, all five seats have now been filled in Cork South Central.

Both Fine Gael's Jerry Buttimer and the Social Democrats' Pádraig Rice were elected in this count.

- 146 out of 174 Dáil seats have been filled so far on the second day of counting in General Election 2024.

- Fianna Fáil are on 38 seats, with Sinn Féin on 34 and Fine Gael on 31.

In Louth, Fine Gael candidate John McGahon said he will be taking a step back from politics for the foreseeable future and now plans to spend more time with his family.

Speaking at the Louth constituency count centre in Dundalk this evening, Senator McGahon said he plans to assess his options over the coming days.

Outgoing Minister of State for the Green Party Malcolm Noonan has lost his seat on the eighth count in Carlow-Kilkenny.

Fianna Fáil has secured two seats in Kerry where Education Minister Norma Foley will be joined by Michael Cahill.

Fine Gael has been left with no seat in the constituency after Billy O'Shea lost out.

Sinn Féin's Conor D. McGuinness has taken the fourth seat in Waterford, which means the party now has two seats in the four seater constituency.

In North Tipperary a full recount has been called. It arose after the ninth count when the two lowest candidates were separated by 7 votes.

A recheck of the 5,000 eliminated votes of Phyl Bugler (FG) put Smith ahead with one vote. A second recheck put Smith ahead by two votes.

The recount starts at 11am tomorrow.

Sinn Féin's Rose Conway-Walsh was the first TD to be elected today after the sixth count in Mayo. The party also took a seat in Wicklow-Wexford, where Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin was elected. Louis O'Hara was elected in Galway East, Seán Crowe took a seat in Dublin South-West and Mark Ward was elected in Dublin Mid-West.

- Outgoing Minister for Housing Darragh O'Brien kept his seat in Dublin Fingal East, while Fianna Fáil also saw Mary Butler retain her seat in Waterford.

New candidate Albert Dolan celebrated his birthday and his election in Galway East, Seán Fleming was elected in Laois, Malcom Byrne in Wicklow-Wexford, James O'Connor in Cork East, Séamus McGrath in Cork South-Central and Dara Calleary in Mayo. In a blow for the party, junior minister Anne Rabbitte lost her seat in Galway East.

- The outgoing Minister for Public Expenditure, Paschal Donohoe, has retained his seat in Dublin Central, while James Geogheghan also took a seat for Fine Gael in Dublin Bay South. The party's Brian Brennan and Grace Boland were elected in Wicklow-Wexford and Dublin Fingal West respectively. Alan Dillon has taken a seat in Mayo, John Cummins has been elected in Waterford and Peter Roche was elected in Galway East.

- Independent Mattie McGrath kept his seat in Tipperary South, and was later joined by another Independent, Séamus Healy, while former Sinn Féin TD and now running as an independent Brian Stanley took the third and final seat in Laois.

- Gary Gannon of the Social Democrats was re-elected in Dublin Central. in Dublin North West, his party colleague Rory Hearne retained retiring Róisín Shortall's seat.

- Labour Party leader Ivana Bacik was the first Labour TD to be elected when she retained her seat in Dublin Bay South. The party's Robert O'Donoghue has also been elected in Dublin Fingal West. Labour's Marie Sherlock took the fourth seat in Dublin Central following the distribution of Paschal Donohoe's votes, resulting in the end of Gerard Hutch's - also known as 'The Monk' - bid to enter the Dáil.

- It looks likely at this stage that Fianna Fáil will come back as the biggest party, with strategists hoping for up to 48 seats.

- The Green Party has taken heavy losses and still hasn't seen any TDs elected so far. Patrick Costello lost his seat in Dublin South-Central this afternoon. Neasa Hourigan was excluded in her Dublin Central constituency this morning.

- With all 43 first counts in, first preference vote for main parties is Fianna Fáil 21.9%, Fine Gael 20.8% and Sinn Féin 19.0%.

- A recount of count 13 in Louth is under way following a request by Aontú's Michael O'Dowd.