Irish general election: Latest results and analysis as they happened

Summary

A second day of counting has concluded after Ireland's general election
All of the Dáil's 160 seats left have been filled, but negotiations to establish a government could be prolonged
Sinn Féin topped the polls with 24.5% of first-preference votes, compared to 22.2% for Fianna Fáil and 20.9% for Fine Gael
But Sinn Féin ran fewer candidates than its rivals, so no one party is able to win enough seats for an outright majority in the main house of the Irish parliament

Live Reporting

This stage is the most complexpublished at 15:40 Greenwich Mean Time 10 February 2020
Chris Page
BBC News Ireland correspondent
The main count centre in Dublin is much less busy than it was 24 hours ago.
But every now and again, a crowd gathers round the central podium to witness the moment a candidate is deemed elected to the 33rd Dáil.
It’s at these stages that the counting process can be at its most complex – with transfers being allocated, and tense waits for some politicians in tight races for the final seats in each constituency.
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Current projections predict Fianna Fáil is still likely to end up as the largest party – but only just.
With almost three quarters of seats declared – Sinn Féin remains out in front – still riding the wave of its victory in the first preference vote.
Richard Bruton elected in Dublin Bay Northpublished at 15:34 Greenwich Mean Time 10 February 2020
Richard Bruton, minister for communications, climate action and environment and Fine Gael candidate, has been elected in Dublin Bay North. It is only the second seat in that constituency.
Mr Bruton is the younger brother of John Bruton, a former Taoiseach and European Union ambassador to the United States.
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The leadership question continuedpublished at 15:29 Greenwich Mean Time 10 February 2020
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The leadership questionpublished at 15:26 Greenwich Mean Time 10 February 2020
Fine Gael's James Reilly has questions over Leo Varadkar's leadership.
Mr Reilly served as minister for health from 2011 to 2014 and minister for children and youth affairs from 2014 to 2016.
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I'll be backpublished at 15:22 Greenwich Mean Time 10 February 2020
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Paschal Donohoe is electedpublished at 15:15
Fine Gael candidate and minister for finance Paschal Donohoe has been elected in Dublin Central without reaching the quota on the ninth count.
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Alan Kelly has been electedpublished at 15:05 Greenwich Mean Time 10 February 2020
Labour candidate Alan Kelly, who previously served as Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government as well as deputy leader of the Labour Party from 2014 to 2016 during the Fine Gael and Labour coalition, has been elected.
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The election result is just the beginning...published at 14:54 Greenwich Mean Time 10 February 2020
It's likely we're set for months of tense, bitter negotiation at the height of government. And to think things were supposed to settle down for a little bit (just a little bit!) post-Brexit...
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Onus on Sinn Féin to 'take up the mantle'published at 14:51 Greenwich Mean Time 10 February 2020
According to Labour Party's Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, his party shouldn't be involved in any coalition talks. He says responsibility for forming a government rests with the party who received the highest number of first preference votes.
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Slow and steady... keep 'er lit!published at 14:50 Greenwich Mean Time 10 February 2020
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'A seismic election shift'published at 14:50 Greenwich Mean Time 10 February 2020
Deputy First Minister and Sinn Féin deputy leader Michelle O'Neill says the party will bring its desire to hold an Irish unity referendum within five years into any coalition talks in the Republic of Ireland.
Unionists react to Sinn Féin's rise in popularitypublished at 14:42 Greenwich Mean Time 10 February 2020
TUV leader Jim Allister claims that Irish prime minister Leo Varadkar "validated and sanitised" Sinn Féin by insisting that the party was "fit for government in Northern Ireland".
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UUP leader Steve Aiken said the results show "a fracturing of the traditional Fianna Fail/Fine Gael duopoly".
Green shoots in the later countspublished at 14:30 Greenwich Mean Time 10 February 2020
A joy of the single transferable voting system is the resurgence of candidates in the later counts.
In what has been a sterling election for the Green Party, it now looks like Patrick Costello could pick up a seat in Dublin South Central.
Former housing minister back in Dáilpublished at 14:28 Greenwich Mean Time 10 February 2020
Fine Gael's housing minister Eoghan Murphy is back in the Dáil, but his running mate, Kate O'Connell, has lost her seat.
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Sinn Féin's Chris Andrews secured the last seat in Dublin Bay South.
'Sometimes you succeed and sometimes you don't'published at 14:22 Greenwich Mean Time 10 February 2020
A big loss for Fianna Fáil as Fine Gael candidate and former gaelic footballer Alan Dillon takes the seat in Mayo ahead of former frontbencher Lisa Chambers.
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Another first for Sinn Féinpublished at 14:15 Greenwich Mean Time 10 February 2020
In a historic day for Sinn Féin, another first.
Claire Kerrane has won the final seat in Roscommon-Galway, marking the first time the party has taken a seat in Roscommon since the foundation of the Irish state.
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Hanging on the telephone?published at 13:58 Greenwich Mean Time 10 February 2020
Labour leader Brendan Howlin said Sinn Féin's Mary Lou McDonald had tried to telephone him.
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But he was doing a live television interview when she rang ... now, he told RTÉ, he has received a text asking to speak to him about the possibility of forming a government.
'I didn't make that promise'published at 13:48 Greenwich Mean Time 10 February 2020
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Down but not outpublished at 13:34 Greenwich Mean Time 10 February 2020
In a lesson in keeping the faith, Solidarity-PBP TD Gino Kenny has retained his seat in Dublin Mid-West at the ninth count.
Shortly after midnight on Sunday he stated his chances of re-election were "not looking good".
Proving friendly to transfers from other left-leaning candidates, he takes the fourth seat in a constituency alongside Emer Higgins of Fine Gael, and Eoin Ó Broin and Mark Ward of Sinn Féin.
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'Pay a fair share'published at 13:24 Greenwich Mean Time 10 February 2020
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