With 50% of the boxes opened Fianna Fáil’s James Browne has gone to the top of the poll with his running mate Malcolm Byrne also well placed. Fine Gael’s Michael D’Arcy and Paul Kehoe have polled well. Sinn Fein’s Johnny Mythen is doing very well.

The quota is unknown at this point, but it is believed that nobody will be elected on the first count.

James Browne 6,090, Michael Darcy 5,878, Malcolm Byrne 5,234, Paul Kehoe 4,772, Johnny Mythen 3,915,  Mick Wallace 3,364,

Brendan Howlin, 2,686, Aoife Byrne 701, Deirdre Wadding 674, Leonard Kelly 552, Ann Walsh 496, Ger Carthy 410, Julie Hogan 326, Caroline Fox 259,  John Dwyer 120, Emmet Moloney 96, David Lloyd 63.