Seanad vote LIVE: Recount looms as Hazel Chu and Aubrey McCarthy battle for final seat

Michael McDowell was the first person to be elected to the Seanad after he reached the quota on the first count

Counting in the Seanad elections continues at the RDS, in Dublin.

Counting for all Seanad panels is underway with just one seat filled when counts adjourned on Wednesday night.

The two university panels began counting on Wednesday — the National University of Ireland (NUI) panel and the Dublin University/Trinity College panel. Each of these panels have three seats.