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With all boxes now tallied in the Dublin Central constituency, Independent candidate Gerard Hutch looks likely to be in contention for a seat with around 9% of first preference votes.

Irish People's Jina Ahearne and independent Dolores Webster have dropped out of the race on counts four and five. After a long day, the count has now been adjourned to 9.15am tomorrow. Independent candidates Rebecca Hendrick and Richard Murray were eliminated on counts two and three, respectively.

Irish voters are heading to the polls on Friday to elect a new Government, with the two centre parties which have run the country for more than a century and been in coalition together for the past 4 years – vying to stay in power.

Counting is underway across the country in the general election, and you can follow live updates here throughout the day

Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald will top the poll on around 20pc it appears, followed by Fine Gael’s Paschal Donohoe on around 17pc. Gary Gannon of the Social Democrats is polling in third place at 13pc followed by Hutch on 9pc.

Matt Cooper on how Mary Lou has changed her tune on Hutch’s run and why it shouldn’t be ignored. Gerry Hutch’s decision to run in the General Election in the Dublin Central constituency should not be downplayed or ignored.

The convicted Dublin criminal, also known as The Monk, received the fourth-highest first preference vote in the four-seat constituency with almost 10 per cent of the vote

It’s now pretty much a two-way battle between Hutch and Labour’s Marie Sherlock for the fourth seat in the constituency.