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THE 174 SEATS of the 34th Dáil have now been filled after the conclusion of a long count in Cavan-Monaghan.
Here’s what the next Dáil will look like:
Carlow–Kilkenny
John McGuinness (Fianna Fáil) elected on the 11th count
Catherine Callaghan (Fine Gael) elected on the 14th count
Peter ‘Chap’ Cleere (Fianna Fáil) elected on the 15th count
Jennifer Murnane O’Connor (Fianna Fáil) elected on the 16th count
Natasha Newsome Drennan (Sinn Féin) elected on the 16th count
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Cavan–Monaghan
David Maxwell (Fine Gael) elected on the tenth count
Matt Carthy (Sinn Féin) elected on the twelfth count
Cathy Bennett (Sinn Féin) elected on the thirteenth count
Niamh Smyth (Fianna Fáil) elected on the fourteenth count
Brendan Smith (Fianna Fáil) elected on the fourteenth count
Clare
Timmy Dooley (Fianna Fáil) elected on the thirteenth count
Cathal Crowe (Fianna Fáil) elected on the fifteenth count
Donna McGettigan (Sinn Féin) elected on the sixteenth count
Joe Cooney (Fine Gael) elected on the sixteenth count
Cork East
James O’Connor (Fianna Fáil) elected on the tenth count
Pat Buckley (Sinn Féin) elected on the twelfth count
Noel McCarthy (Fine Gael) elected on the twelfth count
Liam Quaide (Social Democrats) elected on the twelfth count
Cork North-Central
Thomas Gould (Sinn Féin) elected on the tenth count
Padraig O’Sullivan (Fianna Fáil) elected on the twelfth count
Colm Burke (Fine Gael) elected on the fourteenth count
Ken O’Flynn (Independent Ireland) elected on the fourteenth count
Eoghan Kenny (Labour) elected on the seventeenth count
Cork North-West
Aindrias Moynihan (Fianna Fáil) elected on the sixth count
John Paul O’Shea (Fine Gael) elected on the sixth count
Michael Moynihan (Fianna Fáil) elected on the sixth count
Cork South-Central
Micheál Martin (Fianna Fáil) elected on the first count
Séamus McGrath (Fianna Fáil) elected on the tenth count
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Sinn Féin) elected on the sixteenth count
Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael) elected on the eighteenth count
Pádraig Rice (Social Democrats) elected on the eighteenth count
Cork South-West
Michael Collins (Independent Ireland) elected on the eighth count
Holly Cairns (Social Democrats) elected on the tenth count
Christopher O’Sullivan (Fianna Fáil) elected on the eleventh count
Donegal
Pearse Doherty (Sinn Féin) elected on the first count
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Sinn Féin) elected on the second count
Pat ‘The Cope’ Gallagher (Fianna Fáil) elected on the 15th count
Charles Ward (100% Redress) elected on the 16th count
Charlie McConalogue (Fianna Fáil) elected on the 16th count
Dublin Bay North
Cian O’Callaghan (Social Democrats) elected on the eighth count
Denis Mitchell (Sinn Féin) elected on the 11th count
Naoise Ó Múirí (Fine Gael) elected on the 16th count
Barry Heneghan (Independent) elected on the 16th count
Tom Brabazon (Fianna Fáil) elected on the 16th count
Dublin Bay South
Ivana Bacik (Labour) elected on the ninth count
James Geoghegan (Fine Gael) elected on the ninth count
Jim O’Callaghan (Fianna Fáil) elected on the tenth count
Eoin Hayes (Social Democrats) elected on the twelfth count
Dublin Central
Mary Lou McDonald (Sinn Féin) elected on the third count
Gary Gannon (Social Democrats) elected on the eighth count
Paschal Donohoe (Fine Gael) elected on on the tenth count
Marie Sherlock (Labour) elected on the eleventh count
Dublin Fingal East
Darragh O’Brien (Fianna Fáil) elected on the seventh count
Ann Graves (Sinn Féin) elected on the eleventh count
Duncan Smith (Labour) elected on the eleventh count
Dublin Fingal West
Louise O’Reilly (Sinn Féin) elected on the fourth count
Grace Boland (Fine Gael) elected on the sixth count
Robert O’Donoghue (Labour) elected on the sixth count
Dublin Mid-West
Eoin Ó Broin (Sinn Féin) elected on the first count
Mark Ward (Sinn Féin) elected on the ninth count
Emer Higgins (Fine Gael) elected on the eleventh count
Shane Moynihan (Fianna Fáil) elected on the thirteenth count
Paul Nicholas Gogarty (Independent) elected on the thirteenth count
Dublin North-West
Dessie Ellis (Sinn Féin) elected on the ninth count
Rory Hearne (Social Democrats) elected on the ninth count
Paul McAuliffe (Fianna Fáil) elected on the ninth count
Dublin Rathdown
Neale Richmond (Fine Gael) elected on the first count
Sinéad Gibney (Social Democrats) elected on the tenth count
Maeve O’Connell (Fine Gael) elected on the tenth count
Shay Brennan (Fianna Fáil) elected on the tenth count
Dublin South-Central
Catherine Ardagh (Fianna Fáil) elected on the fourteenth count
Jen Cummins (Social Democrats) elected on the fifteenth count
Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Sinn Féin) elected on the fifteenth count
Máire Devine (Sinn Féin) elected on the fifteenth count
Dublin South-West
Sean Crowe (Sinn Féin) elected on the sixth count
Colm Brophy (Fine Gael) elected on the seventh count
John lahart (Fianna Fáil) elected on the tenth count
Ciarán Ahern (Labour) elected on the eleventh count
Paul Murphy (People Before Profit) elected on the eleventh count
Dublin West
Jack Chambers (Fianna Fáil) elected on the first count
Paul Donnelly (Sinn Féin) elected on the first count
Emer Currie (Fine Gael) elected on the second count
Ruth Coppinger (people Before Profit) elected on the thirteenth count
Roderic O’Gorman (Green Party) elected on the thirteenth count
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Dún Laoghaire
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Fine Gael) elected on the first count
Richard Boyd-Barrett (People Before Profit) elected on the seventh count
Cormac Devlin (Fianna Fáil) elected on the seventh count
Barry Ward (Fine Gael) elected on the seventh count
Galway East
Seán Canney (Independent) elected on the sixth count
Albert Dolan (Fianna Fáil) elected on the eighth count
Louis O’Hara (Sinn Féin) elected on the 11th count
Peter Roche (Fine Gael) elected on the 11th count
Galway West
Mairéad Farrell (Sinn Féin) elected on the 11th count
Catherine Connolly (Independent) elected on the 11th count
John Connolly (Fianna Fáil) elected on the 14th count
Hildegarde Naughton (Fine Gael) elected on the 14th count
Noel Grealish (Independent) elected on the 16th count
Kerry
Michael Healy-Rae (Independent) elected on the first count
Pa Daly (Sinn Féin) elected on the seventh count
Danny Healy-Rae (Independent) elected on the eleventh count
Norma Foley (Fianna Fáil) elected on the thirteenth count
Michael Cahill (Fianna Fáil) elected on the thirteenth count
Kildare North
James Lawless (Fianna Fáil) elected on the eighth count
Aidan Farrelly (Social Democrats) elected on the tenth count
Réada Cronin (Sinn Féin) elected on the twelfth count
Joe Neville (Fine Gael) elected on the twelfth count
Naoise Ó Cearúil (Fianna Fáil) elected on the twelfth count
Kildare South
Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Fianna Fáil) elected automatically
Martin Heydon (Fine Gael) elected on the eleventh count
Mark Wall (Labour) elected on the twelfth count
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh (SF) elected on the twelfth count
Laois
William Aird (Fine Gael) elected on the fifth count
Seán Fleming (Fianna Fáil) elected on the eighth count
Brian Stanley (Ind) elected on the eighth count
Limerick City
Willie O’Dea (Fianna Fáil) elected on the sixth count
Kieran O’Donnell (Fine Gael) elected on the tenth count
Maurice Quinlivan (Sinn Féin) elected on the thirteenth count
Conor Sheehan (Labour) elected on the fifteenth count
Limerick County
Patrick O’Donovan (Fine Gael) elected on the first count
Richard O’Donoghue (Independent Ireland) elected on the ninth count
Niall Collins (Fianna Fáil) elected on the 13th count
Longford–Westmeath
Peter Burke (Fine Gael) elected on the first count
Sorca Clarke (Sinn Féin) elected on the 13th count
Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran (Independent) elected on the 14th count
Robert Troy (Fianna Fáil) elected on the 15th count
Micheál Carrigy (Fine Gael) elected on the 15th count
Louth
Ruairí Ó Murchú (Sinn Féin) elected on the sixteenth count
Joanna Byrne (Sinn Féin) elected on the seventeenth count
Ged Nash (Labour) elected on the twentieth count
Erin McGreehan (Fianna Fáil) elected on the twentieth count
Paula Butterly (Fine Gael) elected on the twentieth count
Mayo
Rose Conway-Walsh (Sinn Féin) elected on the sixth centre
Dara Calleary (Fianna Fáil) elected on the eighth count
Alan Dillon (Fine Gael) elected on the eighth count
Kiera Keogh (Fine Gael) elected on the eleventh count
Paul Lawless (Aontú) elected on the eleventh count
Meath East
Helen McEntee (Fine Gael) elected on the fifth count
Darren O’Rourke (Sinn Féin) elected on the 10th count
Thomas Byrne (Fianna Fáil) elected on the 13th count
Gillian Toole (Independent) elected on the 13th count
Meath West
Johnny Guirke (Sinn Féin) elected on the third count
Peadar Tóibín (Aontú) elected on the fourth count
Aisling Dempsey (Fianna Fáil) elected on the fifth count
Offaly
Carol Nolan (Independent) elected on the fifth count
Tony McCormack (Fianna Fáil) elected on the seventh count
John Clendennen (Fine Gael) elected on the seventh count
Roscommon–Galway
Michael Fitzmaurice (Independent Ireland) elected on the first count
Claire Kerrane (Sinn Féin) elected on the seventh count
Martin Daly (Fianna Fáil) elected on the seventh count
Sligo–Leitrim
Frank Feighan (Fine Gael) elected on the 11th count
Martin Kenny (Sinn Féin) elected on the 12th count
Eamon Scanlon (Fianna Fáil) elected on the 13th count
Marian Harkin (Independent) elected on the 13th count
Tipperary North
Michael Lowry (Independent) elected on the first count
Alan Kelly (Labour) elected on the tenth count
Ryan O’Meara (Fianna Fáil) elected on the tenth count
Tipperary South
Mattie McGrath (Independent) elected on the second count
Michael Murphy (Fine Gael) elected on the sixth count
Séamus Healy (Independent) elected on the sixth count
Waterford
David Cullinane (Sinn Féin) elected on the first count
John Cummins (Fine Gael) elected on the ninth count
Mary Butler (Fianna Fáil) elected on the tenth count
Conor D. McGuinness (Sinn Féin) elected on the twelfth count
Wexford
Verona Murphy (Independent) elected on the first count
James Browne (Fianna Fáil) elected on the eleventh count
Johnny Mythen (Sinn Féin) elected on the eleventh count
George Lawlor (labour) elected on the eleventh count
Wicklow
Simon Harris (Fine Gael) elected on the first count
Jennifer Whitmore (Social Democrats) elected on the ninth count
John Brady (Sinn Féin) elected on the eleventh count
Edward Timmins (Fine Gael) elected on the thirteenth count
Wicklow–Wexford
Brian Brennan (Fine Gael) elected on the sixth count
Malcolm Byrne (Fianna Fáil) elected on the sixth count
Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin (Sinn Féin) elected on the sixth count
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