With the majority of boxes tallied in Galway West, Catherine Connolly looks set to pick up around four in every five first preference votes @CTribune #Aras25

Presidential favourite Catherine Connolly arrives at the Galway West count centre #aras25 ⁦@CTribune⁩

Catherine Connolly way out in front in the first boxes tallied in Galway West. Spoiled votes ahead of Fine Gael’s Heather Humphries in some boxes on the east side of the city #aras25 @CTribune

Counting underway for Galway West at the Lawn Tennis Club - Catherine Connolly’s own constituency #aras25 @CTribune

Gardaí have been called to City Hall as protesters calling on Galway City Council to ‘Save Pálás’ - the city’s jinxed arthouse cinema - have invaded the foyer. The Council’s monthly meeting is temporarily adjourned. @CTribune

Counting wraps up at 3.15am in Salthill! Noel Grealish (Ind) takes the final seat in #GalwayWest without reaching the quota. Five seats have now been filled: Mairéad Farrell (SF); Catherine Connolly (Ind); John Connolly (FF); Hildegarde Naughton (FG); and Noel Grealish (Ind).

Heading into the last count at #GalwayWest as the distribution of Hildegarde Naughton's surplus of 895 gets underway at 2.20am. 659 votes separate Noel Grealish (Ind) and Noel Thomas (Ind Irl). Grealish is expected to take the seat #GE24 @CTribune

FF’s John Connolly has taken the third seat in #GalwayWest on the 14th count, the seat previously held by retiring FF stalwart Éamon Ó Cuív. Outgoing Government Chief Whip Hildegarde Naughton (FG) was re-elected on the same count. Now distributing Connolly’s 941 surplus @CTribune

Crawling towards the third of five seats being filled at #GalwayWest. The thirteenth count will distribute Catherine Connolly's (Ind) surplus #GE24 @CTribune

Mairéad Farrell (SF) and Catherine Connolly (Ind) take the first and second seats in #GalwayWest following the 11th count. Farrell’s surplus of 563 will now be distributed #GE24 @CTribune