Padraig MacLochlainn looks set to take the second Sinn Féin seat in Donegal.
He was first elected to the Dail in 2011 but lost his seat in the 2016 General Election.
The huge surplus from his party colleague Pearse Doherty is expected to take him over the line.
Padraig MacLochlainn, Sinn Fein’s Dail Whip says in terms of forming the next Government it’s all to play for:
