Matt Carthy elected to the Dail

Sinn Féin's Matt Carthy has been elected to the Dail. He has taken the second seat in the Cavan-Monaghan constituency. The result of count 12 is as follows:

Niamh Smyth FF 10783, Brendan Smith FF 10522, Cathy Bennett SF 10102, Sarah O'Reilly Aontu 8998. 3,579 surplus votes from Matt Carthy now in play here for count 13. The finish line is near with 3 more seats up for grabs and 4 candidates left.