Matt Carthy believes his party has a fighting chance of taking three seats in the Cavan-Monaghan constituency.
The Sinn Fein director of elections told Northern Sound he is "happy" with the results so far.
Sinn Fein has already taken first, second and fourth position in the tallies, which Carthy believes has put his party in a "strong position" even though there is a "long road ahead."
Speaking to Northern Sound, Matt Carthy said; "There are 10 candidates who have a conceivable route to winning a seat in Cavan-Monaghan constituency. It's going to be really interesting but we're very happy so far”.
In #CavanMonaghan tally topper @mattcarthy tells @JoeFinneganShow on ##SSNSGE24 party has “a fighting chance” for a 3rd seat but with transfers going in various directions and several candidates within a few 100 votes of each other the last 2 seats will be difficult to call. pic.twitter.com/SGdNFUqfxE
— Michael Fisher (@fishbelfast) November 30, 2024
“We have two seats more or less confirmed at this point but we would love to take home the third."
Carthy added this constituency will take a few days to deliver the five TD's and sleeping bags will be needed.
