Election count ends tonight to resume at 9am Sunday

Vote counting will end today after the completion of the fifth count, the elimination of People Before Profit - Solidarity candidate Patrick Curtin, the Returning Officer Michelle O'Connell is set to announce.

The fifth count is expected to end at around 11:30 pm. Both Fine Gael candidate John Cummins and Fianna Fáil candidate Mary Butler are withing three figures of the quota. Their campaign teams are unhappy that the counting will stretch on until tomorrow morning.

Voting will continue tomorrow, Sunday 1 December, at 9 am.