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.

Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael look set to take all three seats in the constituency but it’s unclear who’ll come out on top.

People across Ireland went to the polls on Friday to vote in the 2024 General Election. A lot has changed since we last went to the polls nearly five years ago. We have survived a global pandemic, saw Donald Trump re-elected US President and watched as two wars broke out.

Irish Examiner reporters Liz Dunphy and David Forsythe give an update on Cork South West and Cork North West as well as some updates from Cork City