
Transfers will tell the tale.
Ballybrittas woman Patricia Ryan will be elected for Sinn Fein in Kildare South, with 22% of the vote.
Primed for the other two seats are Labour's Mark Wall on 18% and Fine Gael's Martin Heydon on 17%.
Fianna Fail has two candidates in the race, with outgoing TD Fiona O'Loughlin in a real battle to catch up from just 12%.