SF and Labour neck-and-neck in Louth

Louth is emerging as one of the key marginal constituencies, as ballot boxes are opened and checked at the count centre in Dundalk.

With Labour’s Michael Bell fighting for political survival, and Sinn Fein’s Arthur Morgan hoping for a Dail breakthrough, the destination of the final seat in Louth won’t be known until late tonight, or possibly the early hours of tomorrow morning.