Galway West 10th Count: Edging towards final two seats
The count in Galway West is edging slowly towards filling the final two seats - with the redistribution of Noel Grealish’s (Ind) surplus failing to carry any of the remaining candidates across the finish line. Sitting TD Catherine Connolly (Ind) took 109 votes from Grealish’s surplus on the tenth count. She now leads the field as the redistribution of Mairéad Farrell’s (SF) surplus gets underway. The two sitting Fine Gael TDs - Seán Kyne and Hildegarde Naughton - remain in play, with Naughton the likely candidate to hold one seat for the party. Social Democrats candidate Níall Ó Tuathail is currently 122 votes behind Kyne, but transfers from Farrell will determine which candidate will be eliminated on the next count.
Electorate: 104,825 Total Poll: 60,764 Spoiled: 423 Total valid poll: 60,341 Quota: 10,057
TENTH COUNT Distribution of Grealish surplus of 336:
Cuív, Éamon Ó (FF): ELECTED Grealish, Noel (Ind): ELECTED Farrell, Mairéad (SF): ELECTED Connolly, Catherine (Ind): +109 (8,831) Naughton, Hildegarde (FG): +107 (7,473) Kyne, Seán (FG): +62 (6,461) Ó Tuathail, Niall (Soc Dem): +58 (6,339)
Non-transferable: 0
Farrell’s surplus of 283 to be redistributed for 11th count
NINTH COUNT Distribution of Ó Cuív’s surplus of 1,863:
Cuív, Éamon Ó (FF): ELECTED Grealish, Noel (Ind): ELECTED Farrell, Mairéad (SF): ELECTED Connolly, Catherine (Ind): +633 (8,722) Naughton, Hildegarde (FG): +357 (7,366) Kyne, Seán (FG): + 350 (6,399) Ó Tuathail, Niall (Soc Dem): +302 (6,281)
Non-transferable: 211
Tenth count redistribution of Grealish surplus of 336
EIGHTH COUNT Transfer of Crowe’s 5,671 votes:
Cuív, Éamon Ó (FF): +2,710 (11,910) ELECTED Grealish, Noel (Ind): +1,091 (10, 393) ELECTED Farrell, Mairéad (SF): +327 (10,340) ELECTED Connolly, Catherine (Ind): +464 (8,089) Naughton, Hildegarde (FG): +379 (7,009) Ó Tuathail, Niall (Soc Dem): +229 (5,979) Kyne, Seán (FG): +220 (6,049) Ninth count redistribution of Cuív surplus of 1,853 Non-transferable: 251
SEVENTH COUNT Transfer of O’Reilly’s 4,230 votes
Cuív, Éamon Ó (FF): +183 (9,200) Farrell, Mairéad (SF): +380 (10,013) Grealish, Noel (Ind): +134 (9,302) Connolly, Catherine (Ind): +964 (7,625) Naughton, Hildegarde (FG): +603 (6,630) Kyne, Seán (FG): +270 (5,829) Ó Tuathail, Niall (Soc Dem): +1,437 (5750) Crowe, Ollie (FF): +116 (5,671) ELIMINATED
Crowe’s 5,671 votes to be distributed
Non-transferable: 143
SIXTH COUNT Transfer of Cubbard’s 2,097 votes
Cuív, Éamon Ó (FF): +124 (9,017) Farrell, Mairéad (SF): +729 (9,633) Grealish, Noel (Ind): +552 (9,168) Connolly, Catherine (Ind): +633 (6,661) Naughton, Hildegarde (FG): +142 (6,027) Kyne, Seán (FG): +82 (5,559) Crowe, Ollie (FF): +171 (5,555) Ó Tuathail, Niall (Soc Dem): +256 (4,313) O’Reilly, Pauline (Green): +132 (4,230) ELIMINATED O’Reilly’s 4,230 votes to be redistributed Non-transferable: 86
FIFTH COUNT Transfer of McNelis 1,593 votes
Cuív, Éamon Ó (FF): +68 (8,893) Farrell, Mairéad (SF): +90 (8,904) Grealish, Noel (Ind): +75 (8,616) Connolly, Catherine (Ind): +253 (6,028) Naughton, Hildegarde (FG): +218 (5,885) Kyne, Seán (FG): +132 (5,477) Crowe, Ollie (FF): +74 (5,384) O’Reilly, Pauline (Green): +287 (4,098) Ó Tuathail, Niall (Soc Dem): +264 (4,057) Cubbard, Mike (Ind): +105 (2,097) ELIMINATED Cubbard’s 2,097 votes to be distributed
Non-transferable: 27
FOURTH COUNT:
Transfer of Ó Corcoráin 1,118 votes: Cuív, Éamon Ó (FF): +269 (8,825) Farrell, Mairéad (SF): +70 (8,814) Grealish, Noel (Ind): +345 (8,541) Connolly, Catherine (Ind): +82 (5,775) Naughton, Hildegarde (FG): +22 (5,667) Kyne, Seán (FG): +31 (5,345) Crowe, Ollie (FF): +103 (5,3\\10) O’Reilly, Pauline (Green): +45 (3,811) Ó Tuathail, Niall (Soc Dem): +32 (3,793) Cubbard, Mike (Ind): +62 (2,802) McNelis, Níall (Lab): +16 (1,593) ELIMINATED Non-transferable: 41 McNelis’ 1,593 now to be distributed
THIRD COUNT:: Transfer of Loughnane and Burke’s 957 votes: Farrell, Maireád (SF): +258 (8,744) Cuív, Éamon Ó (FF): + 22 (8,556) Grealish, Noel (Ind): +37 (8,196) Connolly, Catherine (Ind): +215 (5,693) Naughton, Hildegarde (FG): +28 (5,645) Kyne, Seán (FG): +22 (5,314) Crowe, Ollie (FF): +27 (5,207) O’Reilly, Pauline (Green): +111 (3,766) Ó Tuathail, Niall (Soc Dem): +131 (3,761) Cubbard, Mike (Ind): +43 (2740) McNelis, Níall (Lab): +23 (1,577 Cormac Ó Corcaráin (Aontu) +21 (1,118) ELIMINATED Non-Transferable: 19 Ó Corcoráin 1,118 now to be distributed
SECOND COUNT: Transfer of Darragh O’Flaherty’s 318 votes: Cuív, Éamon Ó (FF): + 12 (8,534) Farrell, Maireád (SF): +22 (8,486) Grealish, Noel (Ind): +116 (8,159) Naughton, Hildegarde (FG): +8 (5,617) Connolly, Catherine (Ind): +39 5,478 Kyne, Seán (FG): +8 5,292 Crowe, Ollie (FF): +5 5,180 O’Reilly, Pauline (Green): +5 3,655 Ó Tuathail, Niall (Soc Dem): +7 3,630 Cubbard, Mike (Ind): +21 2,697 McNelis, Níall (Lab): +6, 1,554 Corcoráin, Cormac Ó (Aontu): +39 1,097 Burke, Conor (Sol): +17 512 ELIMINATED Loughnane, Joe (PBP): +8 445 ELIMINATED Non-transferable: 5 Loughnane and Burke 957 votes to be distributed
FIRST COUNT Cuív, Éamon Ó (FF): 8,522 Farrell, Mairéad (SF): 8,464 Grealish, Noel (Ind): 8,043 Naughton, Hildegarde (FG): 5,609 Connolly, Catherine (Ind): 5,439 Kyne, Seán (FG): 5,284 Crowe, Ollie (FF): 5,175 O’Reilly, Pauline (Green): 3,650 Ó Tuathail, Niall (Soc Dem): 3,623 Cubbard, Mike (Ind): 2,676 McNelis, Níall (Lab): 1,548 Corcoráin, Cormac Ó (Aontu): 1,058 Burke, Conor (Sol): 495 Loughnane, Joe (PBP): 437
Flaherty, Darragh (Ind): 318 ELIM