Larkin hangs in as Mathias is eliminated
A glut of transfers from eliminated The Irish People candidate Jacinta Gibbons will keep Independent Ireland Cllr Noel Larkin in the City East race a little while longer.
Cllr Larkin picked up 75 transfers in count eight, leaving him on 543 votes heading into the ninth count at Westside.
Green Party candidate Joyce Mathias has now been eliminated and her 326 votes are being distributed.
Cllr Alan Cheevers has been knocked off the top spot for the time being, with Cllr Declan McDonnell now in the lead on 1,063 votes – six votes ahead.
Caption: Joyce Mathias of the Green Party who has been eliminated on eighth count in Galway City East.
Galway City East 6 seats
Electorate: 18,110
Total poll: 8,102
Spoiled votes: 101
Total valid poll: 8,001
Quota: 1,144
Eighth count
Distribution of Gibbons’ votes
*McDonnell, Declan (Ind) (+21) 1,063
*Cheevers, Alan (FF) (+4) 1,057
*O’Flaherty, Terry (Ind) (+12) 964
*Crowe, Michael (FF) (+5) 759
Burke, Aisling (SF) (+9) 702
Forde, Shane (FG) (+2) 677
Ogbu, Helen (Lab) (+3) 637
*Larkin, Noel (Ind Irl) (+72) 543
Tully, Michael (Ind) (+26) 410
Delaney Heaslip, J (SD) (+2) 374
Keogh, Aisling (FG) (+3) 352
Mathias, Joyce (GP) (+4) 326 ELIMINATED
Non-transferable: 68