FF take two seats, FG one in Limerick West

Fianna Fáil has taken a second seat in Limerick West after the third count as John Cregan got past the quota of 10,108, finally polling 10,355.

His party colleague, Niall Collins was earlier elected with 10,326 first preference votes.

Fine Gael’s Dan Neville received 10,018 votes after the count, but as his running mate Michael Finucane was the only candidate left in the running, Mr Neville took the third and final seat.