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All eyes are on Gerry Hutch in Dublin Central following Independent candidate Malachy Steenson’s elimination on Saturday evening. Tallies suggest Hutch will receive over 1,000 transfers from Steenson. Independent Mattie McGrath has been elected in Tipperary South.

The count has resumed for Dublin South Central at 10am this morning as no candidates were elected yesterday. Irish People's Jina Ahearne and independent Dolores Webster have dropped out of the race on counts four and five. After a long day, the count has now been adjourned to 9.15am tomorrow.

With all boxes now tallied in the Dublin Central constituency, Independent candidate Gerard Hutch looks likely to be in contention for a seat with around 9% of first preference votes.

Irish voters are heading to the polls on Friday to elect a new Government, with the two centre parties which have run the country for more than a century and been in coalition together for the past 4 years – vying to stay in power.

Local TD Gary Gannon said the gangland figure’s popularity is down to media attention and long-held hurt in the community.

Counting is underway across the country in the general election, and you can follow live updates here throughout the day