FIANNA FÁIL AND Fine Gael look set to bring home two of the European Parliament seats in Dublin after the first count on Sunday night showed their candidates with a significant lead over all the others.
Barry Andrews (FF) topped the poll with 62,147 votes, closely followed by Regina Doherty (FG) with 61,344. The quota is 75,345.
However there looks likely to be a dogfight for the final two MEP positions in the constituency, with four candidates jostling for a seat.
There are just several thousand votes separating Lynn Boylan of Sinn Féin (35,431), Ciarán Cuffe of the Green Party (32,204), Labour’s Aodhán Ó Riordáin (30,733) and Niall Boylan of Independent Ireland (30,637).
Current MEP Clare Daly is in 7th place after the first count with 26,855 votes, followed by Brid Smith (21,577).
There had been 23 candidates running in the Dublin constituency – a record, but still slightly lower than the numbers running in the two other European constituencies, Ireland South and Midlands-Norht West.
The count at Dublin’s RDS has adjourned for the night and will resume on Monday morning when the lowest-polling candidate will be eliminated and his votes distributed.
First count:
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