Make-up of Dáil on hold for recounts in 3 constituencies

TWO constituencies were still undergoing recounts last night, with a third beginning this morning, as the wait goes on to see the full make-up of the next Dáil.

A full recount will get under way in Wicklow this morning at the request of outgoing junior minister Dick Roche, who was about to be eliminated after 13 counts.

Mr Roche was just three votes behind the next lowest candidate, his own running mate Pat Fitzgerald, when he formally requested a recount at teatime yesterday.