THREE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT SEATS FILLED IN THE NORTH WEST

Date Published: 09-Jun-2009
The final three European parliament seats have been taken in the North West.Independent Marian Harkin topped the poll taking the first seat on almost 122 thousand votes.Fianna Fáil's Pat 'the Cope' Gallagher and Fine Gael's Jim Higgins took the second and third.All three were elected after the sixth count just before 4am.
