2nd Count City Central
It remains neck-and-neck in the battle for the fifth and sixth seats in Galway City Central. Following the distribution of Mike Cubbard’s surplus, five candidates are in the running for the final two seats. Colette Connolly (Ind), Sharon Nolan (Soc Dems), Claire Hillery (Green), and John McDonagh (Lab) are all in the running. Imelda Byrne (FF) is close behind them. Patrick Feeney, Daragh O’Flaherty and James O’Toole have all been eliminated and their transfers are now being counted.
Galway City Central: Electorate: 16,241 Total Poll: 8,146 Spoiled Votes: 144 Total Valid poll: 8,002 Quota: 1,144
First Count:
Byrne, Imelda FF 490 Connolly, Collette Ind 493 Corcoráin, Cormac Ó Aontú 429 Crowe, Ollie FF 1,008 Cubbard, Mike Ind 1,292 ELECTED Fahy, Frank FG 694 Feeney, Patrick Ind 1 Geraghty, Mike Ind 243 Hoare, Eddie FG 854 Lohan, Mark SF 328 Loughnane, Joe PBP 377 McDonagh, John Lab 527 Nolan, Sharon SocDems 515 O’Connor, Martina Greens 544 O’Flaherty, Darragh Ind 83 O’Toole, James Ind 124 Cubbard elected
SECOND COUNT: Distribution of Cubbard’s surplus: Byrne, Imelda FF (+7) 497 Connolly, Collette Ind (+17) 510 Corcoráin, Cormac Ó Aontú (+5) 434 Crowe, Ollie FF (+16) 1,024 Cubbard, Mike Ind ELECTED Fahy, Frank FG (+15) 709 Feeney, Patrick Ind (+1) 2 Geraghty, Mike Ind (+13) 256 Hoare, Eddie FG (+12) 866 Lohan, Mark SF (+8) 336 Loughnane, Joe PBP (+9) 386 McDonagh, John Lab (+20) 547 Nolan, Sharon SocDems (+10) 525 O’Connor, Martina Greens (+8) 552 O’Flaherty, Darragh Ind (+3) 86 O’Toole, James Ind (+4) 128
Non-transferable: 0 Patrick Feeney (Ind), Daragh O’Flaherty (Ind) and James O’Toole (Ind) eliminated.