The second day of vote counting will see a more complete picture of what the next Dáil will look like emerge with – hopefully – most of the seats filled by the late evening.
It already seems certain that Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael will form part of a future government with a combined seat total of in excess of 80.
Senior sources are suggesting that they will most likely seek a coalition deal with both Labour and the Social Democrats in the coming weeks.
But there are a lot of votes still to count before then. And there was a lot of counting happening overnight too.