The national election exit poll shows the three largest parties are neck and neck in terms of vote share.
The exit poll suggests Sinn Féin has received 21.1% of the vote with Fine Gael marginally behind on 21 and Fianna Fail in third place among the larger parties at 19.5
The Soc Dems lead the smaller parties at 5.8 per cent, Labour has 5 and the Green Party 4.
Aontu is at 3.6. SPBP at 3.1 and Independent Ireland at 2.2.
Independents and Others as a block get 14.6.
35 per cent of those polled wanted to see Micheal Martin as Taoiseach with 34 per cent opting for Mary Lou McDonald – Simon Harris trailed at 27 per ccent.
The poll also showed housing as the biggest issue of the campaign at 28 per cent followed by cost of living at 19 and health at 17.
