Monday 26 May 2014 15.52 Only 30 of the 949 council seats available remain to be filled in the local authority elections.
Fianna Fáil have made significant gains in the election and now hold 260 seats across the country, having received 25.3% of first preference votes.
Independents and Others makes up the next largest grouping, holding 231 council seats following a first preference vote of 28.3%.
Fine Gael support is down by more than a third since the General Election, with the party currently holding 225 seats.
Sinn Féin has also experienced considerable growth and now holds 155 seats and is the largest party on the Dublin City and South Dublin Councils.
Labour has experienced a collapse in support to 7%, holding just 50 seats nationwide. The poor performance from the party has lead to calls from backbenchers for a discussion on party leadership.
Government sources have said that the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste are to meet later today to discuss election results and a possible Cabinet reshuffle.
A number of recounts began this morning around the country.
Turnout nationally stood at 51.6%.
The Labour Party in Kilkenny has conceded defeat in a re-count they had called in the Kilkenny City East electoral area.
Cllr Tommy Prendergast had called the recount last night after there were only five votes between himself and Jimmy Leahy of Fine Gael.
After checking of ballots this morning Mr Prendergast has now officially told the returning officer that the recount can be stopped.
He has conceded defeat. He had received 659 first preference votes.
The count in the Kilkenny City East area will now re-commence with only two of the six seats there so far filled.
Recounts called in Adare-Rathkeale & Greystones LEAs
A full recount of the Adare-Rathkeale electoral area in Limerick has been ordered by one of the candidates.
There are three seats still to be filled in the 40-seat Limerick council.
Counting is continuing in the final electoral area, the six-seater Adare-Rathkeale area, where three candidates have already been elected.
However, non-party candidate Patrick Fitzgerald called for a recount after the seventh count when just ten votes separated him from the next nearest candidate, Rose Brennan of Fine Gael.
The recount is due to get under way at around 1.30pm.
Meanwhile, at the Wicklow count centre in Greystones, a recount is in progress for the Arklow electoral area.
The recounting of votes was requested by Independent candidate Tom Curran, who is the widower of right-to-die campaigner Marie Fleming.
Local Returning Officer Thomas Murphy announced the recount after the ninth count yesterday evening.
At that stage Tom Curran was fighting for the last seat with the Sinn Féin candidate Mary McDonald, with just 13 votes between the two - in favour of McDonald.
Representatives from both sides are monitoring the recount, including Sinn Féin Councillor John Brady (elected in the Bray election area) and Independent TD Stephen Donnelly - who has been supporting Tom Curran's election campaign.
It is expected the count will last until late afternoon at the earliest.
Before the recount was called for Arklow, Fianna Fáil had taken three seats, Fine Gael one seat and Independent candidate Miriam Murphy was well positioned to take the fifth of the six seats on offer.
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