Galway West 2nd Count: Loughnane eliminated
Solidarity/People Before Profit’s two Galway West candidates have been eliminated in Galway West.
Joe Loughnane’s 445 votes will now be redistributed in the third count, as will Conor Burke’s 512 votes.
Mr Loughnane’s campaign was embroiled in controversy as people went to the polls yesterday following claims of misconduct on social media - with his party calling for people to vote for Mr Burke instead.
The redistribution of Independent candidate Daragh O’Flaherty’s 318 votes saw sitting TD Noel Grealish (Ind) gain an additional 116 votes, with both Catherine Connolly (Ind) and Cormac Ó Corcoráin adding 39 to their respective totals.
Seats: 5 Electorate: 104,825 Total Poll: 60,764 Spoiled: 423 Total valid poll: 60,341 Quota: 10,057
SECOND COUNT: Transfer of Daragh 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, Maireád (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, Daragh (Ind): 318 ELIM Completed tallies in Galway West indicate that Fianna Fáil stalwart Éamon Ó Cuív will top the poll once again with just under 15% of the first preference vote.