After count 13 which saw Independent candidate Mick Wallace elected counting was adjourned.

So far other candidates elected are Labour's Brendan Howlin after count 9 and Fianna Fáil's James Browne on count 10.

Still in the race to fill the remaining two seats are Fine Gael candidates Michael D'Arcy (11,371) and Paul Kehoe (9,593) and Sinn Féin's Johnny Mythen (9,405)..