National breakdown of seats
With all bar four of the 43 constituencies in the General Election finished counting, the country’s political scene has undergone a sea change.
Fine Gael is the largest party for the first time in its history and destined for coalition with Labour or heading a government propped up by Independents.
At 4.30pm with recounts granted in Galway East and West and seats still vacant in Wicklow and Laois-Offaly, 150 of the 165 seats have been filled and the state of the parties was as follows:
Fine Gael: 68
Labour: 35
Fianna Fail: 17
Independents: 13
Sinn Fein: 13
United Left Alliance: 4
FINE GAEL: 68
James Bannon (LdWM); Seán Barrett (DL); Tom Barry (CorkE); Pat Breen (CE); Richard Bruton (DubNC); Ray Butler (MW); Jerry Buttimer (CorkSC); Catherine Byrne (DubSC); Joe Carey (CE); Paudie Coffey (WD); Aine Collins(CNW); Seán Conlan (CavMn); Noel Coonan (TN); Simon Coveney (CorkSC); Michael Creed (CNW); Lucinda Creighton (DubSE); Jim Daly (CorkSW); John Deasy (WD); Jimmy Deenihan (KNWL); Patrick Deering (CwKk); Regina Doherty (ME); Paschal Donohoe (DubC); Bernard Durkan (KN); Damien English (MW); Alan Farrell (DubN); Frank Feighan (RosSL); Frances Fitzgerald (DubMW); Peter Fitzpatrick (Lth); Charlie Flanagan (LsOff); Terence Flanagan (DubNE); Brendan Griffin (KyS); Noel Harrington (CorkSW); Brian Hayes (DubSW); Tom Hayes (TS); Martin Heydon (KS); Phil Hogan (CwKk); Heather Humphries (CavMn); Derek Keating (DubMW); Paul Kehoe (Wx); Enda Kenny (MO); Anthony Lawlor (KN); Peter Matthews (DubS); Shane McEntee (ME); Nicky McFadden (LdWM); Dinny McGinley (DonSW); Joe McHugh (DonNE); Tony McLoughlin (SlNL); Olivia Mitchell (DubS); Mary Mitchell-O'Connor (DL); Michelle Mulherin (MO]; Dara Murphy (CorkNC); Eoghan Murphy (DubSE); Denis Naughten (RosSL); Dan Neville (LIM); Michael Noonan (LimC); Kieran O'Donnell (LimC); Patrick O'Donovan (Lim); Fergus O'Dowd (Lth); John O'Mahony (MO); Joe O'Reilly (CavMn); John Paul Phelan (CwKk); John Perry (SNthL); James Reilly (DubN); Michael Ring (Mo); Alan Shatter (DubS); David Stanton (CorkE); Liam Twomey (Wx); Leo Varadkar (DubW).
LABOUR: 35
Tommy Broughan (DubNE); Joan Burton (DubW); Eric Byrne (DubSC); Michael Conaghan (DubSC); Ciara Conway (Wd); Joe Costello (DubC); Robert Dowds (DubMW); Eamon Gilmore (DL); Dominic Hannigan (ME); Brendan Howlin (Wx); Kevin Humphreys (DubSE); Alan Kelly (TN); Seán Kenny (DubNE); Kathleen Lynch (CorkNC); John Lyons (DubNW); Michael McCarthy (CorkSW); Michael McNamara (CE); Eamonn Maloney (DubSW); Gerald Nash (Lth); Derek Nolan (GalW); Aodhán O'Riordáin (DubNC); Jan O'Sullivan (LimC); Willie Penrose (LDWM); Ann Phelan (CwKk); Ruairi Quinn (DubSE); Pat Rabbitte (DubSW); Brendan Ryan (DubN); Seán Sherlock (CorkE); Roisin Shortall (DubNE); Arthur Spring (KNWL); Emmett Stagg (KN); Joanna Tuffy (DubMW); Jack Wall (KS); Alex White (DubS). Ciaran Lynch (Cork South Central)
FIANNA FAIL: 17
John Browne (Wx); Dara Calleary (MO); Niall Collins (Lim); Timmy Dooley (CE); Billy Kelleher (CorkNC); Seamus Kirk (Lth); Brian Lenihan (DubW); Charlie McConalogue (DonNE); Michael McGrath (CorkSC); John McGuinness (CwKk); Micheál Martin (CorkSC); Michael Moynihan (CorkNW); Eamon O'Cuiv (GalW); Seán O'Fearghaíl (KS); Willie O'Dea (LimC); Brendan Smith (CavMn); Robert Troy (LdWM).
SINN FEIN: 13
Gerry Adams (Lth); Seán Crowe (DubSW); Pearse Doherty (DonSW); Dessie Ellis (DubNW); Martin Ferris (KNWL); Pádraig MacLochlainn (DonNE); Mary Lou McDonald (DubC); Sandra McLellan (CorkE); Caoimhghin O'Caoláin (CavM); Jonathan O'Brien (CorkNC); Peadar Tobin (MW)
INDEPENDENTS: 15
Richard Boyd Barrett (DL); Joan Collins (DubSC); Luke 'Ming' Flanagan (RosSL); Tom Fleming (KyS); John Halligan (Wd); Seamus Healy (TS); Michael Healy-Rae (KyS); Michael Lowry (TN); Finian McGrath (DubNC); Mattie McGrath (TS); Catherine Murphy (KN); Maureen O'Sullivan (DubC); Thomas Pringle (DonSW); Shane Ross (DubS); Mick Wallace (Wx).
SOCIALIST PARTY: 2
Clare Daly (DubN); Joe Higgins (DubW).
