More than half of Donegal votes counted, Doherty leads

With 51% of votes counted in the Donegal South West by-election, Sinn Féin's Pearse Doherty has garnered 39.5% of the vote.

Fianna Fáil's Brian O'Domhnaill has won 20.3% of the votes, Fine Gael's Barry O'Neill 19.8%, Labour's Frank McBrearty 20.3% and Independent Thomas Pringle 9.9%.