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European Elections: O'Sullivan unlikely to retain Ireland South seat

European Elections: O'Sullivan unlikely to retain Ireland South seat

The counting of votes will continue again today in the European elections for the Ireland South and Midlands Northwest constituencies.

Its after Dublin's four MEP's were elected last night.

Fine Gael's Regina Doherty ended up topping the poll ahead of Fianna Fail's Chris Andrews, Sinn Fein's Lynn Boylan and Aodhan O'Riordain of Labour.

Counting resumes in Ireland South and the Midlands North West constituencies this morning - Waterford Green MEP Grace O'Sullivan looks set to lose her seat as things stand.

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The outcome of last Friday’s election is still not clear.

In Ireland South, Fine Gael's Sean Kelly is the only candidate to be elected.

The next-placed candidate, Fianna Fáil's Billy Kelleher, is more than 20,000 off the quota.

Behind him, a group of five candidates chasing the remaining three seats are bunched closely together, with around 10,000 votes separating them.

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They are independent Michael McNamara, Fianna Fáil's Cynthia Ní Mhurchu, Independents4Change Mick Wallace, Sinn Féin's Kathleen Funchion and the Green Party's Grace O'Sullivan.

The count will resume at 9am with the distribution of Rabharta candidate Lorna Bogue's 10,826 votes, following her elimination.

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