Sinn Féin's Thomas Healy has topped the poll in the first count of the Sligo-Drumcliffe electoral area.
He is within 141 votes of reaching the quota of 1511.
The total poll was 9192 with a valid poll of 9065.
Count 1 result in full:
Marie Casserly (Ind) 1173
Tom Fox (FG) 1038
Amanada Gallagher (Ind) 257
Nigel Gallagher (Ind) 433
Donal Gilroy (FF) 1275
Thomas Healy (SF) 1370
Seamus Kilgannon (FF) 925
Colm McGurran (FF) 332
Ciara McLoughlin (FG) 840
Thomas Walsh (FG) 1220
Corey Whyte (Ind) 202.
As no candidate reached the quota on this count 1, the candidate with the lowest number of votes, Corey Whyte, has been eliminated and his votes are being distributed.
View all the count info here.