Seats filled: 0 2:25pm Tallying enters final stages as Fine Gael look set to secure two seats Just 29 boxes have yet to be tallied in an election that looks set to see Fine Gael follow through on its pre-election target in delivering two seats in Longford-Westmeath.

Sinn Féin could well finish first in the popular vote for the second time in a row, but face another five years in opposition

Transfers are now likely to play a significant role in the eventual make-up of a coalition Government, which may require at least four parties.

Anger is the overriding feeling in Kerry Fine Gael as candidate Billy O’Shea looks unlikely to retain the seat for his party.One FG member criticised the lack of cohesion within the party saying the campaign was ‘on the back foot’ from the beginning.