A Sinn Féin surge in Dublin City has left a bruised Labour party with just a fraction of its seats and the loss of some of its high-profile councillors.

Labour look set to be left with just eight seats in Dublin city wards as voters move to Sinn Féin and Independents, according to latest tallies.

Two hundred and forty residents of Priory Hall in North Dublin who were due to move home today, will instead hold a vigil to highlight the failure to allow them back into their homes.