Sunday 25 May 2014 16.28 Over half of the local authority seats are filled as counting continues for a second day in the elections.
So far, 570 of the 949 seats have been filled.
The European Parliament election count is also under way.
Westmeath, Cork and Leitrim county councils are the only councils which have completed their counts.
Independents and Others hold 148 seats having received the highest overall first preference vote of 28.4%.
Fianna Fáil currently leads, with 152 seats so far, with a first preference vote of 24.8%.
Sinn Féin at present holds 119 seats nationwide, having received 15.5% of first preference votes.
Fine Gael holds 116 seats and Labour 35.
Fine Gael received the third-highest first preference vote of 23.8%, while Labour received 7.5% of first-preferences.
Turnout nationally stood at 50.8%.
At least four mayors have lost their seats so far - Mayor of Clare Joe Arkins of Fine Gael, and Lord Mayor of Cork Catherine Clancy of Labour.
Cork County Mayor Noel O'Connor of Fine Gael was also not re-elected.
This afternoon, former Limerick mayor and outgoing Fine Gael Councillor Diarmuid Scully was eliminated following the ninth count in the Limerick West electoral area.
Four former TDs have had successful local elections campaigns so far, with Mary Hanafin and Charlie O'Connor of Fianna Fáil, Ciaran Cuffe of the Green Party and Chris Andrews of Sinn Féin all being elected.
19 former TDs contested the election and a number of these look likely to also take seats,
Elsewhere, Independent candidate Margaret Gormley has topped the poll in Ballymote-Tubercurry, maintaining her record of topping every poll since 1991.
A number of parties have also seen fresh blood emerge, with 21-year-old Stephen Cunningham of Sinn Féin and 23-year-old Fintan Phelan of Fianna Fáil among the youngest candidates to be elected.
Former Mayor of Naas re-elected
Controversial former Mayor of Naas Darren Scully has also been re-elected.
Mr Scully lost the Fine Gael party whip after he made racist remarks about constituents in November 2011.
Speaking on local radio he said that he would no longer represent ''black Africans'' in his community because of ''aggression'' he received when dealing with them.
Mr Scully was restored to the party in November 2013 and tonight was elected on the fifth count in the Naas Electoral Area.
Boxer Kenneth Egan has been elected on the eighth count in the Clondalkin ward in South Dublin County Council.
Meanwhile, the first Anti-Austerity Alliance candidate in Limerick has been elected to the new local authority.
Cian Prendiville was elected following the ninth county in the Limerick City North electoral area where he secured 9% of first preference votes.
He has taken the third seat in the six-seater ward and came in behind Fine Gael Councillor Michael Hourigan who was also elected in the ninth count.
Speaking after his election, Mr Prendiville, a 24-year-old UL graduate, said: "I think it's clear that the people of Limerick and the people of Ireland have sent a clear anti-water tax and anti austerity message to this government.
"If Labour refuse to hear it and keep on going with the water charges we will have to move from a protest vote to a protest movement," he warned.
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