Both the Taoiseach and Tánaiste are congratulating Catherine Connolly on her Presidential election win.
The Independent TD will be declared President-elect this evening when all the results are in.
31 out of 40 first counts have been completed.
The results so far show Catherine Connolly has nearly 65% of first preference votes counted, Heather Humphrey's has over 28% while Jim Gavin has just over 7%.
155,467 votes are spoiled so far with some people writing Brad Pitt and Dustin the Turkey on the ballots.
We're hoping for a first count in around 5 or 6 PM.
