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Final results in from Laois-Offaly and Wicklow

The counts have finally concluded in Laois-Offaly and Wicklow, while a full recount has been ordered in Galway West after 5 candidates had been elected.

In Laois-Offaly, Barry Cowen, fellow Fianna Fáil candidate Sean Fleming, Fine Gael’s Marcella Corcoran Kennedy and Sinn Fein’s Brian Stanley have been elected, along with Charlie Flanagan, who was elected earlier.

In Wicklow, after 19 counts, three Fine Gael, one Labour and one Independent, Stephen Donnelly, have been declared elected.

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