Nulty holds lead after first by-election count

The final tally of the first count in the Dublin West by-election shows that Labour's Patrick Nulty has 24.3% of the votes with Fianna Fáil's David McGuinness close by on 21.7%.

Socialist Ruth Coppinger is third on 21%, while Fine Gael's Eithne Loftus is lagging on 14.8%, Sinn Féin is on 9% and the Greens are on 5%.