Galway City: Full recheck and recount for East and Central
A full recount will take place in Galway City Central, Returning Officer Gary McMahon has confirmed. Labour Party candidate John McDonagh made the request after the ninth count, which was the distribution of Ollie Crowe’s surplus. After that count Mr McDonagh was on 763 votes, trailing Green Party candidate Martina O’Connor by eight. The recount will happen tomorrow. A full recount of Galway City East has been called by Sinn Féin city councillor Maireád Farrell, who was 17 votes behind Eoin Hanley of the Social Democrats candidate who took the last seat. That recount will proceed this tonight. Counting in City West is continuing.
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, Colette 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, Colette 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.
THIRD COUNT: Distribution of Feeney’s, O’Flaherty’s and O’Toole’s votes: Byrne, Imelda FF (+19) 516 Connolly, Colette Ind (+16) 526 Corcoráin, Cormac Ó Aontú (+19) 453 Crowe, Ollie FF (+12) 1,036 Cubbard, Mike Ind ELECTED Fahy, Frank FG (+12) 721 Geraghty, Mike Ind (+17) 273 Hoare, Eddie FG (+15) 881 Lohan, Mark SF (+6) 342 Loughnane, Joe PBP (+10) 396 McDonagh, John Lab (+32) 579 Nolan, Sharon SocDems (+9) 534 O’Connor, Martina Greens (+19) 571 Non-transferable: 30 Eliminated: Mike Geraghty Geraghty’s 273 votes to be transferred
FOURTH COUNT: Distribution Geraghty’s votes: Byrne, Imelda FF (+19) 535 Connolly, Colette Ind (+25) 551 Corcoráin, Cormac Ó Aontú (+28) 481 Crowe, Ollie FF (+17) 1,053 Cubbard, Mike Ind ELECTED Fahy, Frank FG (+36) 757 Hoare, Eddie FG (+56) 937 Lohan, Mark SF (3) 345 Loughnane, Joe PBP (+17) 413 McDonagh, John Lab (+23) 602 Nolan, Sharon SocDems (+5) 539 O’Connor, Martina Greens (+19) 590 Non-transferable: 25 Eliminated: Mark Lohan Lohan’s 345 votes to be transferred
FIFTH COUNT: Distribution of Lohan’s votes: Byrne, Imelda FF (+16) 551 Connolly, Colette Ind (+39) 590 Corcoráin, Cormac Ó Aontú (+12) 493 Crowe, Ollie FF (+12) 1,065 Cubbard, Mike Ind ELECTED Fahy, Frank FG (+23) 780 Hoare, Eddie FG (+14) 951 Loughnane, Joe PBP (+55) 468 McDonagh, John Lab (+34) 636 Nolan, Sharon SocDems (+37) 576 O’Connor, Martina Greens (+28) 618 Non-transferable: 75 Eliminated: Joe Loughnane
SIXTH COUNT: Distribution of Loughnane’s 468 votes: Byrne, Imelda FF (+17) 568 Connolly, Colette Ind (+58) 648 Corcoráin, Cormac Ó Aontú (+24) 517 Crowe, Ollie FF (+7) 1,072 Cubbard, Mike Ind ELECTED Fahy, Frank FG (+10) 790 Hoare, Eddie FG (+16) 967 McDonagh, John Lab (+20) 656 Nolan, Sharon SocDems (+165) 741 O’Connor, Martina Greens (+66) 684 Non-transferable: 85 Eliminated: Ó Corcoráin
SEVENTH COUNT: Distribution of ó Corcoráin’s 517 votes: Byrne, Imelda FF (+41) 609 eliminated Connolly, Colette Ind (+53) 701 Crowe, Ollie FF (+88) 1,160 ELECTED Cubbard, Mike Ind ELECTED Fahy, Frank FG (+43) 833 Hoare, Eddie FG (+56) 1,023 McDonagh, John Lab (+38) 694 Nolan, Sharon SocDems (+21) 762 O’Connor, Martina Greens (+36) 720 Non-transferable: 141 Eliminated: Byrne
Eighth COUNT: Distribution of Byrne’s 609 votes: Connolly, Colette Ind (+99) 800 Crowe, Ollie FF (+88) 1,160 ELECTED Cubbard, Mike Ind ELECTED Fahy, Frank FG (+94) 927 Hoare, Eddie FG (+85) 1,108 McDonagh, John Lab (+65) 759 Nolan, Sharon SocDems (+31) 793 O’Connor, Martina Greens (+49) 769 Non-transferable: 186 Ollie Crowe’s surplus of 16 to be distributed
NINTH COUNT: Distribution of Crowe’s surplus of 16 votes: Connolly, Colette Ind (+3) 803 Crowe, Ollie FF ELECTED Cubbard, Mike Ind ELECTED Fahy, Frank FG (+4) 931 Hoare, Eddie FG (+2) 1,110 McDonagh, John Lab (+4) 763 Nolan, Sharon SocDems (+1) 794 O’Connor, Martina Greens (+2) 771 Non-transferable: 0 Eliminated: John McDonagh McDonagh has called for a full recount