Following a number of tense counts throughout the day, sitting MEPs Clare Daly of Independents 4 Change and the Green Party’s Ciaran Cuffe ended up losing their seats
Dublin became the first constituency to elect all of its MEPs tonight as Fianna Fáil’s Barry Andrews, Fine Gael’s Regina Doherty, Sinn Féin’s Lynn Boylan and Labour’s Aodhán Ó Ríordáin were elected.
Independent Ireland’s Niall Boylan missed out marginally after Mr Cuffe’s transfers benefited Mr Riordain.He told reporters: "This isn't a good day for me. But the issues that we stand for are much bigger than one election, much bigger than one person or indeed one party. "On a personal level. I'm obviously really deeply disappointed. But I had the most amazing people around me, supporting me, both within my team and within my party.Mr O Riordain’s election to Europe will now result in a by-election in Dublin Bay North.In Ireland South, Fine Gael’s Sean Kelly was the only one elected following his success on Monday night.
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