The fifth count, declared in the early hours of Sunday morning, saw Fianna Fáil’s Aindrias Moynihan (10,094) and Michael Moynihan (9,057) retain their seats while Fine Gael councillor John Paul O’Shea (9,351) secured his first Dáil seat at the third attempt.

There was an expectation that Aontú’s Becky Kealy (7%) would be the best of the rest but SF’s Nicole Ryan is currently outpacing her on 13%. Counting the Cork-North West vote has been underway for over an hour at Mallow GAA Complex, where all three counts for Cork County are taking place.

Sparkling party poppers exploded across Mallow GAA hall as all three seats were filled for Cork North-West at close to 3am. Fianna Fáil TD Aindrias Moynihan topped the poll with 10,094 followed by first-time TD but long-term Fine Gael councillor and former mayor John Paul O’Shea with 9,