18 of the 49 seats available have been filled as counting continues this afternoon.
A second midlands politican has been elcted to the Seanad.
Green Party's Pippa Hackett has taken a seat on the Agricultural Panel.
Meanwhile, Ronán Mullen has been the first person elected to the NUI panel on the first count with fellow outgoing Senator Michael McDowell almost reaching the quota.
Fine Gael's Jerry Buttimer has been elected on the first count for the Labour panel.
18 of the 49 seats available have been filled as counting continues this afternoon.
Senator Hackett says she ran for the Upper House a number a number of reasons:
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