Slow race towards European Parliament restarts this morning as counts in Dublin, Midlands-North-West and Ireland South resume
Dublin European election count : Barry Andrews and Regina Doherty are way out ahead, though it will take a while for them to reach the quota yet. Photograph: Sam Boal/Collins Photos.restarts this morning, when counting resumes in the three constituencies. There’s not a chance the process will be concluded today but by Tuesday tonight we should have a better idea on at least some of those who will go to Brussels for the next five years as Ireland’s representatives.
If she can get that strong transfer, she should get far enough ahead of the chasers to give her the third seat. So that’s one thing to watch for; if she doesn’t, there’s no guarantees.’s Aisling Considine, who will be eliminated after Doolan, and has almost 14,000 votes to distribute. That will put him ahead of the chasing pack.
The seats will be decided by the patterns of the transfers. What to watch for? There are maybe between 70,000 and 80,000 votes on the right, and maybe 50,000 non-Sinn Féin votes on the left. Funchion desperately needs votes from her running mate Paul Gavan. Votes from Labour’s Niamh Hourigan and Susan Doyle of the Social Democrats could help O’Sullivan catch and pass out the chasing group. But in such vast constituencies, geography often plays a role in transfers, too.
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