Former MEP Clare Daly failed to make waves here after moving from her traditional north Dublin base, while Fianna Fáil's Mary Fitzpatrick, who has been trying to win a seat in this constituency since Bertie Ahern, failed on her fifth attempt to get elected.

Dublin Central is a constituency full of big players in the world of Irish politics. Public Expenditure Minister Paschal Donohoe calls the constituency his home as does Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald.

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.

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.

So convicted criminal, Gerry 'the Monk’ Hutch loses out on the last count. As the ballot boxes were emptied in RDS Simmonscourt yesterday the early tall

LABOUR’S MARIE SHERLOCK has beaten Gerry Hutch to take the final seat in Dublin Central in one of the biggest nail-biters of this general election. The race between the two had come down to the wire: Hutch had been in fourth place in the four-seater constituency throughout the count.

Veteran criminal came close to winning fourth and final seat after getitng almost 10 per cent of first preferences

Independent candidate Gerard Hutch's bid for the Dáil has ended as the Labour Party's Marie Sherlock took the fourth seat in Dublin Central.