Fianna Fáil picks up four more Seanad seats

Fianna Fáil has picked up four more Seanad seats this morning in the industrial and commercial panel.

Kieran Phelan, Mary White, Denis O'Donovan and Larry Butler were all deemed elected, along with Fine Gael duo Joe O'Reilly and Paudie Coffey.

With 36 of the 43 vocational panel seats now filled, Fianna Fáil has 18, Fine Gael 12, Labour five and Sinn Féin one.