Roscommon/Galway: Fitzmaurice to comfortably top the poll
Poll-topper Michael Fitzmaurice is set to repeat his achievement this time out in Roscommon/Galway – with over 10,000 first preferences based on a tally of 84 per cent of the boxes.
The Galway man is comfortably ahead of fellow TD, Sinn Féin’s Clare Kerrane, who is closing in on 7,000 votes with 104 out of 124 boxes tallied.
The battle remains for the third seat, with Dr Martin Daly currently holding that spot with 6,500 first preferences, ahead of Senator Aisling Dolan with just under 4,400.
Senator Eugene Murphy – running as an Independent after being left off the Fianna Fáil ticket – is a further 1,000 votes behind Senator Dolan. So the last seat looks like a battle between two Galway candidates, with the odds still favouring the Ballygar GP.
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Roscommon/Galway Tally
104 out of 124 boxes tallied (84%open)
Beirne (NP):168
Corcoráin (AON):664
Daly (FF):6,500
Daly-Finn (FG):1,673
Dolan (FG):4,366
Fitzmaurice (II):10,011
Kerrane (SF):6,912
Mannion (PBP):710
Murphy (NP):3,372
O Connor (GP):364
Sweeney (TIP): 179
Caption: Michael Fitzmaurice...set to top the poll.