Kathleen Funchion got 61 per cent of transfers from her running mate Paul Gavan’s eliminated share.

‘We are extremely careful,’ returning officer Martin Harvey said on the fourth day of counting in Cork.

Grace O'Sullivan, a Ireland South MEP, says many questions she has been asked when canvassing has been on climate.

Green Party MEP Grace O’Sullivan said: ‘This is a dark day for the European peace project’