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By Simon McGarr ⋅ June 6, 2009 ⋅

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7:45 AM: Stephen Spillane At count centre, good crowd here at neptune #le09
7:45 AM: barratree Heavy security presence at the fingal count . . . Just in case #le09
7:46 AM: squidlimerick ooh ooh forgot the hastag. off to #le09 count
7:51 AM: BrianGreene drill given to all party tally folk fingal count centre north county dublin. its well full here #le09 we tally Euros too!
7:51 AM: niamhvus Arriving at my first ever count #le09
7:51 AM: squidlimerick ooh ooh forgot the hastag. off to #le09 count
7:53 AM: Suzy Byrne Good Morning all – we expect things to start getting busy here from 11 am but of course we’ll bring you anything we get before then. We’ll be taking info by text, twitter, and directing people to blogs, video, flikr, qik and other output.
7:57 AM: Suzy Byrne For those who want to plan their day – Newstalk Coverage underway from 10am and runs till 8 pm today. RTE Radio 1 goes on air at 11am. TV beings for one hour at 1 and then from 4 – 6pm.
7:57 AM: TheEmergency Tis D-day folks. Watch out for @TheEmergency throughout Newstalk’s results coverage today. #emer #le09
7:57 AM: Suzy Byrne Irish Election Liveblog – bit.ly – or tweet using tag #le09 – other content will be found during day on irishelection.com
7:58 AM: Suzy Byrne Morning all – 6 minutes to opening of the boxes. Good luck to all the candidates and tallyers #le09
8:01 AM: chistorra Doors open in the Waterford Election Sorting office. #LE09
8:08 AM: barratree on data entry duty for castleknock ward. Great collective effort here #le09
8:08 AM: Suzy Byrne Bye-election in Dublin South – Collective tally – from first 100 boxes 70% going to Lee.
8:11 AM: TheEmergency Tally: 7/10 1st prefs for Geo Lee in 1st 10 boxes open in Dublin South byelection #le09
8:15 AM: deebdublin newstalk reporting 7/10 first pref going to George Lee in Dublin South according to very early tallies
8:15 AM: PJ Coogan At Neptune Stadium .. then moving to City Hall later.. we have reporters at all Cork Ce
8:16 AM: PJ Coogan sorry for early typos !! Will get the hang of it – should have a tally pattern for Cork City Council by 9.45
8:17 AM: Suzy Byrne Great stuff PJ – thanks.
8:17 AM: eoinpurcell i know lee is going to win, but really 70% of the poll. Those Tallies must be off #le09
8:19 AM: eoinpurcell That said, I’m not on hand to see so I’d be wiser to hold back judgment! #le09
8:20 AM: Suzy Byrne In review of campaign Brendan O’Brien on Newstalk admits to getting out of his car and measuring the Fianna Fáil election logo to prove it was smaller than in previous years. No tapes needed we all know it was – if it was there at all.
8:21 AM: Suzy Byrne Mary Hanafin said that some candidates made logo smaller than the FF official template.
8:23 AM: RTE_Elections Counting is geting under way this morning in the local elections and the two bye-elections tinyurl.com
8:23 AM: TheEmergency Mary Hasafin on Newstalk admits some FF candidates shrank party logo as stipulated by template for posters. #le09
8:24 AM: JoeBrennan At the opening of the boxes in Letterkenny, looks like it’s going to be a long day and ages before we even start to tally
8:25 AM: skearon Online from the Wicklow County Council Count Centre, will be posting regular updates from the Tally
8:25 AM: RTE_Elections Details of the RTE/Sunday Independent exit poll carried out with Lansdowne research by will begin to emerge from 11am
8:27 AM: Suzy Byrne 1/3 of boxes open in Dublin South – Lee Polling well – one box is 200plus for Lee, White 91, Brennan 55. (Newstalk)
8:29 AM: Suzy Byrne Dublin Central – 45% turn out. Only one box open. FG Paschal Donoghue polling 40% out of first box.
8:30 AM: stephencrowley will be reportig from my local count and the new V ex Green result. it should be depressing either way #le09 at 1pm
8:30 AM: TheEmergency Dub south Lee tally v high with 1/3 boxes open. #le09
8:31 AM: adam_douglas3 counting has begun – early indications not promising
8:32 AM: caseyorla Tally- Ganley & Higgins , 50-50 in Loughrea boxes
8:34 AM: igaeilge #le09 is there any FF candidate who didn’t shrink the party logo? igaeilge.wordpress.com
8:35 AM: MickFealty Looks like George Lee is walking home in Dublin South… Gorgeous timing George #FG #le09
8:38 AM: aoifecarroll Tallying North Inner City boxes in Central by election-3 horse race in my boxes Bacik, o’sullivan, Donohue #Le09
8:44 AM: igaeilge #le09 Mary Hanafin admits some FF candidates shrank the FF logo on election posters. understatement of the week. any FF candidate who didnt
8:44 AM: RTE_Elections A web cam has been set up in the RTÉ Radio centre – watch the election programmes as they broadcast live from 11am at www.rte.ie/live
8:45 AM: damienmulley Gorgeous George seems to be on to a winner #Le09
8:45 AM: barratree should mention that thats after the blakestown boxes so very skewed #le09
8:46 AM: barratree higgins past 1000 after 10 boxes for castleknock #le09
8:47 AM: PJ Coogan nothing concrete in Cork City yet .. FF had 13 seats on City Council – party people say they will be pleased if they hold 10..
8:55 AM: TheEmergency On @satedition Olivia Mitchell FG TD in Dub south describes apparent Lee landslide as boxes open. #le09
8:56 AM: irishelection As George Lee runs away with Dub South we have the live blog here url.ie #LE09
8:57 AM: paul_cawley sounds like George Lee is doing extremely well [via: Newstalk] #le09
8:57 AM: BrianGreene tallying balbriggan boxes
8:57 AM: abigailrieley Sorry, last name on that Rt was Donoghue. So 4 Nth Inner City by election tally it’s Labour, Ind, FG according to tally.
9:00 AM: TheEmergency RT @BrianGreene: fingalcoco.ie webcasting count #le09
9:00 AM: TheEmergency RT @9th_Centre: COUNTCAM One of Sligos main counting centres live cam (not on yet of course-council) www.sligococo.ie #le09
9:01 AM: cianflah 13% open in South Inner City in Dublin – Humphreys (Lab) on 23% Doolan (SF) 16% Flynn (Ind) 13% Noone (FG) 12% Ryan (FF) on 10% and Parodi on 8%
9:02 AM: RTE_Elections Early indications suggest Fine Gael’s George Lee is set for a massive victory in the Dublin South bye-election
9:02 AM: caseyorla RTE news – George Lee dead cert to take Dub South seat, #le09
9:04 AM: monaghanpenguin Donnybrook has huge vote for Ryan + Mitchell in Euros Very heavy Fine Gael in locals. O’Callaghan + Donnelly reasonable showing for FF #LE09
9:05 AM: sligococo 10:00pm European votes being split for transfer to Castlebar
9:05 AM: RTE_Elections Dublin Central is proving a lot harder to call, although Fine Gael’s Paschal Donohue has performed very well in some areas
9:06 AM: Simon McGarr I want a sound off- everyone who’s at a count today is getting auto added. So everything you say is getting sucked in, hashtags or no. Hands up whose twitter is being given the Royal Road!
9:06 AM: Robbiecousins Bee Gee Mossy Ahern must be gutted. Tragedy, Maurice, Bertie and Noel won’t get to reform the band
9:07 AM: RTE_Elections The ballot boxes have been open for just over an hour
9:08 AM: Suzy Byrne Dublin Central On 31 percent of boxes – 21 percent Donohue 20% bacick O’Sullivan on 20% Burke on 9. These are north inner city boxes.
9:08 AM: Suzy Byrne Pat Rabbitte predicts George Lee’s Ascension into heaven before noon…
9:10 AM: krayZpaving SEIC tally, 26% complete: Humphreys 27%; Doolan 15%; Noon 11%; Parodi 10%; Ryan 8%; Uzell 7%; all Pearse St boxes in plus a few #le09
9:10 AM: Robbiecousins First tally on Newstalk gave 7 to 1 in favour of G. Lee. That is impressive
9:10 AM: themayonews Figures from tally of four boxes – Barrett 69; Courtney 17; Crowley 59; Deere 69; Durcan 112; Gavin 87; Guthrie 78; Henaghan 82 #elections
9:10 AM: eoinpurcell Anyone got a tally on FGs pc in central yet? #le09
9:12 AM: Suzy Byrne Colm Keaveney (Labour) topping the poll in Galway county. Tuam Local Electoral Area
9:12 AM: dickobrien Pascal Donohue looking good in Dublin Central, wtih 18% boxes open, but mostly inner city boxes opened so far. No Drumcondra boxes yet.
9:16 AM: joescanlon I have dial up, very slow edge iPhone connection, and the four Irish channels on tv, what’s my best way to keep tabs on the count? #le09
9:16 AM: krayZpaving The tally men do their magic in the bullpens for SWIC, SEIC & Pembroke-Rathmines. #le09 mypict.me
9:17 AM: cianflah Lee on 52% with White and Brennan on 20% roughly. Newstalk say he will romp hme on first count
9:18 AM: Suzy Byrne Tom Reilly coming 2nd in Tuam – the man with no FF logo until Irishelection.com pointed it out.
9:19 AM: Suzy Byrne Brian Hayes says Lee is on 52 percent of vote – predicts win on first count #le09
9:19 AM: krayZpaving The tally men do their magic in the bullpens for SWIC, SEIC & Pembroke-Rathmines. #le09 mypict.me
9:19 AM: PJ Coogan labour could take second seat in Cork City NW .. new FG man Barry Keane also polling well here..
9:22 AM: cianflah Early days in Pembroke: McCartan 21%, Eoghan Murphy 20%, Dermot Lacey 13% Garrett Tubridy 6%, Oisin Quinn 7%
9:22 AM: krayZpaving 4% of boxes tallied in Dublin Euros: de Rossa & Mitchell home and dry. FF polling 21% between the two. No geographical info. #le09
9:26 AM: krayZpaving Great performance by Kevin Humphreys of @labour in Pearse St & Ringsend – more than 1.5 quotas in those boxes #le09
9:30 AM: cianflah Fianna Fail vote has completely collapsed in Louth
9:38 AM: themayonews Michael Kilcoyne looks like he is going to top the poll in MCC Castlebar Electoral Area, along with doubling the quota in the Cbar TC.
9:39 AM: RTE_Elections Kilkenny city: Fianna Fail vote holding up and may match the 34% first preferences the party received in the city in last local elections
9:44 AM: themayonews Early indications in Westport TC. Martin Keane looks like he is going to top the poll with new FG man Christy Hyland polling very strongly
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9:45 AM: themayonews In Europe, FF
look in trouble here in Mayo, and may not hold on to their seat. Early predictions are for Higgins, Harkin and Ganley.
9:47 AM: ubfid @naoisen Looks like I was wrong, then: Ganley may make it after all #ep09
9:47 AM: ubfid @krayZpaving Looking good for Eoin Ryan, if those figures persist #ep09
9:48 AM: stevenconlon #le09 Count suspended in Letterkenny – stray votes found
9:48 AM: TheEmergency Erk. =>RT @naoisen: Declan Ganley polling ahead of Harkin in Donegal. #Le09
9:48 AM: fintanr Ivan Yates talking on Newstalk about El Berts shafting of Mary Fitzpatrick, cut off quickly by the presenters #le09
9:48 AM: TheEmergency Seem to remember you calling @declanganley as having a good shout from way back in NW @naoisen #le09
9:49 AM: squidlimerick watching things nationally, FF poll 15 percent in Dublin Central (estimatye) #le09
9:49 AM: EmilyTully Donegal: Tallymen tell me Pat the Cope is polling well as is Declan Ganley who at this point is polling ahead of Marian Harkin #le09
9:50 AM: krayZpaving Kilkenny City showing @labour not doing as well as expected, while Fianna Fail holding their vote from last time. #le09
9:51 AM: fintanr 22% Donohoe, 21% O’Sullivan, 19% Bacik from newstalk tallies #le09
9:51 AM: Bazalini I think its early door to be counting Donohue out. Alot of FG boxes to be open yet
9:52 AM: Suzy Byrne Agreed Bazalini – Phibsboro/Cabra/Drumcondra boxes not opened yet in Dublin Central
9:52 AM: TheEmergency Dub central tally Fg 22% maureen o’sullivan 21 lab 19 FF 15.maureen o’sullivan thought 2 b well placed to get transfers from 1st slims #le09
9:53 AM: themayonews In Ballina TC, the four who look safe after the early tallies are Mulherin (FG), O’Malley (FF), McAndrew (FF) and Ginty (Ind).
9:55 AM: Suzy Byrne Joe Higgins coming in on 27% of a fifth of boxes tallied in Fingal – no surprise there #le09
9:55 AM: Suzy Byrne Ivan Yates gets his finglas mixed up with Fingal casting aspersions of FInglas as SF stronghold #le09
9:55 AM: thusspakeblixa #le09 Joe Higgins at 27% in Fingal -Newstalk
9:55 AM: squidlimerick They’ll be bitching in City hall about being there until 4am. their own falt for leaving the count so late #le09
9:57 AM: TheEmergency Joe Higgins polling strongly – tally from fingal. Neck + neck with FG. SF way back figs based on 20% of boxes & it’s higgins country #le09
9:57 AM: Stephen Spillane FG polling well in cork city south west lea. Buttimer looks like topipng poll #le09
9:57 AM: handylearn Irish byelection dublin central: tally results. doohan.org
9:57 AM: dickobrien Dublin SEIC tally has Humphreys at 28.3%. Mannix Flynn polling very well at 10.7%. Doolan at 12.1%.
10:00 AM: RTE_Elections An RTÉ exit poll on the local elections shows a big drop in support for Fianna Fáil, and significant gains for both Fine Gael and Labour
10:01 AM: themayonews Early indications in Ballina County Council are Fine Gael looking to retain four, Annie May Reape might take the only seat for FF #elections
10:02 AM: RTE_Elections Exit poll suggests Fianna Fáil will get just 24% of the vote, 8 points lower than their result five years ago
10:02 AM: themayonews Gerry Ginty looks like he could take the final seat for Ballina County from Johnnie O’Malley #elections
10:02 AM: Bazalini Listening to Pat Rabitte here, I seem to remember him in previous elections calling results that no-one ever saw. I’d give alot of credibilty to him.
10:02 AM: PJ Coogan lord mayor of Cork Brian Bermingham (FG) in trouble … also Donal Counihan FF… his immediate predecessor ..
10:02 AM: RTE_Elections Exit poll: Fine Gael is on 34%, 6.5% ahead of 2004, while Labour jumps five and a half points to 17%
10:02 AM: Robbiecousins Really thought Ivana would split Maureen’s vote. But doesnt look like it.
10:02 AM: thusspakeblixa #le09 MOS leading followed by Donohoe, Bacik, Ahern and Burke respectively
10:03 AM: RTE_Elections Exit poll: Greens will get 3%, Sinn Féin 9%, and Independents and others 13%
10:05 AM: krayZpaving SEIC tally: 61% tallied; Humphreys 30%; Noone 13%; Flynn 12%; Doolan 11%; Parodi 11%; Ryan 9%; Wheeler 5%. 2 quotas for @labour so far #le09
10:06 AM: jonathangrimes Isn’t this a great day to be following the election count? Perfect weather altogether #le09
10:06 AM: clicky_here RT @RTE_Elections: Exit poll: Greens will get 3%, Sinn Féin 9%, and Independents and others 13% #le09
10:07 AM: MickFealty George Lee on 54 Brennan 17 (I think) Lee’s worst box 42 best 70… first candidate whose won on 1st preferences since 1984 #le09
10:07 AM: themayonews The safe seats in Ballina Town Council actually look like Mulherin, Ginty, Johnnie O’Malley, Barry McLoughlin and Peter Clarke #elections
10:07 AM: RTE_Elections Dublin South tally sees George Lee taking the Dail seat on the first count with 54%
10:08 AM: clicky_here Count & results timetable: www.irishtimes.com MEP results tomorrow at 9p.m. #le09
10:09 AM: kingkane Could Maurice Ahern’s council seat be at risk? #le09
10:10 AM: squidlimerick Kilmallock Heffernan (labour) and Houlihan polling well after 11 boxes open le09
10:10 AM: squidlimerick Castleconnel Wade and Teefy heading the poll #le09
10:10 AM: thusspakeblixa #le09 Limerick- FG up in City and County, could gain 2-3 seats
10:10 AM: EmilyTully FG polling well for the locals in Donegal #le09
10:11 AM: JoeLeogue No FF backlash evident in Lismore Town Co. – 1 of 3 candidates tops poll, others strong #le09
10:11 AM: pedrorq @jonathangrimes where can I follow the election count online? #le09
10:14 AM: themayonews Fine Gael candidates polling very strongly in Westport Town with a possibility of them taking five seats.
10:14 AM: swearimnotpaul @RTE_elections You should keep using the #le09 hashtag.
10:15 AM: krayZpaving RT @MickFealty: RTE Poll FF 24 Labour 17 FG 34 Greens 3 SF 9 LE09
10:15 AM: thusspakeblixa #le09 Ivan Yates and Pat Rabbitte predict that this couldd be the worst FF showing EVER
10:15 AM: Bazalini Any idea Suzy where Dublin Central is with the % boxes counted.
10:15 AM: aoifecarroll Central 74 %tally Ahern 13%, Bacik 18%, Burke 12%, Donohue 24%, Geary 3%, O’Sullivan 25 %#Le09
10:19 AM: RTE_Elections Maureen O’Sullivan (Ind) predicted to win Dublin Central to succeed Tony Gregory
10:19 AM: cianflah Figs from Muhuddart LAb: 25, SP: 20, SF: 13, FG: 16, FF: 19, 1k betwe three african candidates
10:20 AM: Bazalini Dermot Ahern – not denying its time to panic……….
10:21 AM: thusspakeblixa #le09 BIG gains for Socialist Party in Fingal. Could quadruple seats – Newstalk
10:21 AM: cianflah 30% tally in Fingal: E Byrne 5%, De Burca 5%, De Rossa 19, Higins 23.5%, Mitchel 18%, Simons 3%, Ryan 11.5%,
10:21 AM: Simon McGarr @Unarocks I have €20 at 7/1 on IB so I’m particularly exercised on her behalf. But the early tallies point to Maureen O’Sullivan win #le09
10:21 AM: thusspakeblixa #le09 No Green councillors?
10:22 AM: RTE_Elections Dublin Central: FG’s Paschal Donohoe polled strongly to top 24% – Tallies
10:22 AM: squidlimerick illigan expected to top poll in Limerick City East. Scully (FG) leading in City South #le09
10:22 AM: Simon McGarr Burke will break for O’Sullivan more than Bacik. Any guesses on Ahern’s transfers? #le09
10:22 AM: EvertB RT @EmilyTully: Ganley polling strong in Galway, Sligo and Donegal – could take a seat #le09
10:23 AM: cianflah Ahern’s transfers could be everywhere – though they were encouraging on the doors to support O Sulivan I hear since they think they can get it bck off her next time.
10:24 AM: EmilyTully Ganley on 31% in Sligo – Pat the Cope on 6% #le09
10:24 AM: Simon McGarr De Udder Brudder’s voters would all need to be closet Ivana fans to carry her into the lead. #le09
10:24 AM: kingkane Some of Ahern’s will go to Donohue but more to O’Sullivan. I would presume SF go to Sullivan more but could Bacik catch her? #le09
10:25 AM: squidlimerick Live 95FM : coming with health warning euro vote looks like Crowley (FF) Bourke (FG) and Kelly (Labour) #le09
10:25 AM: TheEmergency Early calls for O’Sulllivan in dub central. Seems tiny bit previous but wud be achievement #le09
10:26 AM: thusspakeblixa #le09 Labour, FG and Labour up in Dublin. Labour go up to 24% in Artane, FG at 27%. 27% in SE Inner-City, SF also up.
10:28 AM: RTE_Elections EP election: Marian Harkin (Ind) set to top poll in North-West
10:28 AM: cianflah FF on 7% in Dundalk, FG on 19% SF 23%
10:28 AM: RTE_Elections EP election: Declan Ganley (Libertas) polling better than expected in North-West
10:28 AM: TheEmergency Boyd-Barrett showing strongly in Dun Laoghaire and may make it this time. #le09
10:28 AM: stevenconlon #le09 Euro tallys: Inishowen Donegal box: 1st FF, 2nd SF, 3rd Harkin, 4th Ganley, 5th FG
10:29 AM: thusspakeblixa #le09 Big FG gains in Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown. People Before Profit doing well in Ballybrack.
10:29 AM: thusspakeblixa #le09 Dun Laoighaire/Ratdown – Joe Higgins picking up a lot of votes in Dundrum (!) Richard Boyd-Barrett polling well in Dun Laoghaire
10:29 AM: themayonews In Castlebar TC, new FG candidate Caroline Heston has polled very well and looks like taking a seat.
10:30 AM: paulmullin Donegal Town Council count has been suspended as stray votes have been found in Letterkenny? #le09
10:30 AM: janeruffino Did the rap video hurt or help Alan Kelly? If we send Ganley to Europe will they kick us out? #le09
10:30 AM: faduda New blog post: What The Tallyman Saw (Kildare #le09) faduda.ie
10:31 AM: themayonews In Castlebar MCC area, its looks like Burke and Kenny (FG), McDonnell (FF) and Kilcoyne and Durcan (Ind) are now safe.
10:31 AM: RTE_Elections EP election: Nessa Childers (Lab) & Mairead McGuinness (FG) to top poll in East
10:31 AM: Stephen Spillane Topping poll: cork south west: buttimer fg, cse, mcgonigle fg, csc kingston lab. #Le09
10:32 AM: RTE_Elections EP election: Liam Aylward (FF) & John Paul Phelan (FG) in battle for last East seat
10:33 AM: PJ Coogan poll toppers Cork City Council wards .. Mick Barry SP, John Kelleher Lab, Jonathan O’Brien SF, John Buttimer FG, Laura McGonigle FG, Lorraine Kingston Lab. Labour in line for second seat in SW Ward..
10:34 AM: imurphy @BrianGreene Fair play to Fingal CoCo they’ve been embracing webcasting for a while now. Where exactly is the count taking place? #le09
10:34 AM: thusspakeblixa Cork CC- South Central FF down 11% and Green down 5%. Both down all over Cork City. Mick Barry of Socialists set to top Northside poll #le09
10:34 AM: janeruffino We’re thinking of going to the RDS later this afternoon, in the hope of a good old-fashioned, bloodspattery faction fight. Wanna come? #le09
10:34 AM: themayonews And it will be a battle royal for the final two seats, internally, between Gavin, Feeney, Crowley (FF) and McCormack, Guthrie (FG).
10:35 AM: thusspakeblixa Green vote down 60% in some areas – Newstalk #le09
10:36 AM: RTE_Elections Bye-elections: Dermot Ahern concedes that Fianna Fáil will not win either contest
10:37 AM: swearimnotpaul RT @RTE_Elections EP election: Childers (Lab) & McGuinness (FG) to top poll in East. Phelan FG and Aylward FF to battle for third seat #le09
10:37 AM: kingkane FG in with a real shout of a gain in Artane – whitehall. #le09
10:37 AM: krayZpaving RTE predict McGuinness & Childers to take seats in Ireland East. Aylward & Phelan fighting for 3rd. Delighted. #le09
10:37 AM: damianobroin quote of the day Noel Whelan: what looks like Ganley’s bald head may be Marian Harkin’s cheek (his health warning on euro tallies) #le09
10:37 AM: Simon McGarr Abandoning Newstalk for RTE radio. #le09
10:38 AM: thusspakeblixa Joe Higgins topping polls in Balbriggan, Lusk & Rush. #le09
10:39 AM: samuelbowman @spiller2 Any news on SF in Cork City SE? #le09
10:39 AM: CllrJoeRyan FG forecast Labour to hold 5 seats on Wexford Borough Council & Lawlor 2 gain in County
10:40 AM: krayZpaving @CllrJoeRyan Well done Wexford Labour! #le09
10:42 AM: thusspakeblixa Drogheda North- FF set to lose both seats on council. FF holding seats in Kells. Labour looking good in Navan. #le09
10:42 AM: fintanr v. poor Dublin Central turnout, 45% reported. Disappointing so few people choose to vote – don’t complain if you don’t vote #le09
10:43 AM: thusspakeblixa Nessa Childers topping polls, followed by Mairead McGuiness and Brian Aylward #le09
10:43 AM: Simon McGarr Pat Leahy, Conventional Wizard, Tips Eoin Ryan for MEP seat Pfft. #le09
10:44 AM: Suzy Byrne Jim Glennon says that Maurice Aherns’ Council Seat is under threat
10:45 AM: Stephen Spillane Buttimer, fg south west, kingston lab south central have passed quotas on tally. #le09
10:46 AM: cianflah Fianna Fail polling well in rural Roscommon, new canditate Laurance Fallon FG polling well in the area. Tally results show that Independent HAC Pau|la Mc Namara will top the poll in Mid Roscommon Electoral Area.
10:46 AM: thusspakeblixa Jim Higgins, Marian Harkin and Declan Ganley topping polls in Mayo #le09
10:46 AM: nmcgivney George Lee at 54% Dub South and is incredibly also pulling ahead in Dub Central, in Meath and Cavan/Monaghan and as MEP NW cand. #le09
10:47 AM: Stephen Spillane Buttimer, fg south west, kingston lab south central have passed quotas on tally. #le09
10:47 AM: PJ Coogan FF likely to take no seat in CSW ward..
10:49 AM: lexia On my way to Blogger HQ. #le09
10:49 AM: Suzy Byrne Mannix Flynn predicted to take Daithi Doolan’s seat in Dublin South Inner City #le09
10:49 AM: Simon McGarr Dermot Aherne doesn’t think that actual electoral results are a good indication of how FF is doing. But… but… what other yardstick are we using?
10:50 AM: cianflah SP set to take balbriggan seat with tery kelleher
10:50 AM: janeruffino Dublin SE: looking like Humprhies stays, Mannix ousts SF, and Parodi could be in, despite stupidly coverage of her in the media. #le09
10:51 AM: RTE_Elections EP election: Proinsias De Rossa (Lab) & Gay Mitchell (FG) to take seats in Dublin
10:51 AM: RTE_Elections EP election: Joe Higgins (SP), Eoin Ryan (FF) & Mary Lou McDonald (SF) in battle for final Dublin seat
10:54 AM: cianflah Dublin South West Inner City tally: Ardagh FF 9%, Byrne FG 17%, Connell NP 3%, Gallagher LAB 19%, MArtin Hogan GP 8%, MacVeigh (PBP) 8%, Moynihan LAB 18%, Ni Dallaigh SF 12%. Anita Reilly FF7%, SZCZECINSKI 1%
10:54 AM: cianflah Clare Daly will top swords poll for SP some day for them in Fingal
10:56 AM: EmilyTully Ganley on 31 %in Sligo – Pat the Cope on 6 %#le09c
10:56 AM: Simon McGarr De Udder Brudder’s voters would all need to be closet Ivana fans to carry her into the lead. #le09
10:56 AM: Jnisbet This is more intense than a full body wash with wire wool and dettol! #le09
10:57 AM: Killian2009 Waiting on the master tally but numbers so far are not good.
10:57 AM: irishelection RT @emilytully Ganley on 31 %in Sligo – P|at the Cope on 6/% #LE09
10:57 AM: Stephen Spillane Topping poll: cork south west: buttimer fg, cse, mcgonigle fg, csc kingston lab. #Le09
10:57 AM: JoeLeogue Will any local election see a lower first pref count than Prendeville (Ind) in lismore town who tallied a total of 5? #le09
10:59 AM: cianflah Final Tally for South East Inner City: Quota will be 1854
Doolan on 1096 11.8%, Flynn on 1,364 14.7%, Humphreys 2,500 27.4%,
11:00 AM: themayonews Therese Ruane and Harry Barrett also have polled respectably and could be involved in the race for the final seat in Castlebar.
11:00 AM: Campaign_Watch Mitchell, De Rossa to take Dublin seats, Higgins, Ryan and McDonald in battle for third spot #le09 #ie09
11:00 AM: RachelMorrogh Sitting in the haidresser, absorbed by tweets on #le09
11:01 AM: krayZpaving SEIC 100% tally: Crosby 3%; Doolan 12%; Flynn 15%; Humphreys 27%; Noone 13%; Parodi 10%; Ryan 8%; Uzell 3%; Wheeler 6% #le09
11:02 AM: Suzy Byrne We pause for the Angelus at blogger hq and reach for the jellies #le09
11:04 AM: TheEmergency RT @nmcgivney: Follow the real deal here. It’s 100% live 100% of the time. www.irishelection.com #le09
11:05 AM: themayonews Looks like a battle between Indepedent Gerry Ginty and FF duo Michael Loftus and Johnnie O’Malley for the last seat in Ballina. #elections
11:05 AM: SimonHaden Green seat on Ennis Town Council looks safe. But Ennis Co Co seat will be down to the wire.
11:05 AM: Suzy Byrne @SimonHaden any news on Enistymon? Anne Marie?
11:07 AM: MickFealty @suzybie That erectile dysfuncion advert was a bit unnerving so close to the Angelus… Or am I just gettin old? #le09
11:07 AM: cianflah Patrick Nulty set to get in on first count in mulhuddart – first time candidate swept in with party support
11:08 AM: Suzy Byrne John McGuinness son will top poll in Kilkenny – 2 quotas
11:09 AM: Bazalini Very slow scribble room – if you want a hand with Modulation I’d gladly help
11:09 AM: enormous @suzybie good. Mannix had the absolutely best election posters #le09
11:10 AM: eoinpurcell loving the radio cam! It’s the business #le09
11:10 AM: Suzy Byrne Hello to the 200 people watching the liveblog – feel free to leave comments, news, opinions!
11:11 AM: TheEmergency Greens might have no councillors. Will they get the hint finally? #le09
11:11 AM: aoifac Any tallies in from Dun Laoghaire constituency? #le09
11:12 AM: LAMcEvoy Any news on Artane ward yet #le09
11:12 AM: RTE_Elections EP election: FF’s Brian Crowley to top the poll in the South constituency
11:12 AM: Suzy Byrne Gareth Tubridy at 5 percent
11:14 AM: omegar24 Listening to election results on Newstalk. Via Satelite Television! Glad i thought of that, else i was spending the day in the Car!! #LE09
11:14 AM: BrianGreene @briangreene on 5% 65% of boxes opened (tally) #le09
11:14 AM: Iceman Any DSC tallies?
11:15 AM: Stephen Spillane Sorting finished. Moving to city hall shortly. 1st result for south west expected at around 5. Others similar. #Le09
11:15 AM: Suzy Byrne Dublin South Central? @Iceman? early South West City stuff way back will look for update.
11:16 AM: Stephen Spillane Sorting finished. Moving to city hall shortly. 1st result for south west expected at around 5. Others similar. #Le09
11:16 AM: TheEmergency George obviously knows how to work a Luas stop. Oh, and a constant TV presence for years. winner of Celebrity Election. #le09
11:16 AM: BrianGreene @briangreene on 5% 65% of boxes opened (tally) #le09
11:17 AM: RTE_Elections EP election: Former GAA head Sean Kelly (FG) to take second seat in South
11:17 AM: SimonHaden Clare CC Ennistymon area – I spoke to AM Flanagan and some positive tallies so probably fighting for last seat. So maybe a gain for Greens !
11:17 AM: Iceman Crumlin Kimmage is what i’m looking for?
11:18 AM: Suzy Byrne @SimonHaden – if you speak with her again tell her I said hello!
11:19 AM: Suzy Byrne @Iceman Heard Upton and Byrne were safe – nothing else so far – will keep looking.
11:19 AM: keatingciara #le09 anyone heard anything out of clare??
11:19 AM: samuelbowman @sheehanpaul Too right. Decades of hectoring anybody in power followed by the most craven two years in their party’s history. #le09
11:19 AM: sheehanpaul Looks like those greens are getting the hammering they deserve. I hope Dan Boyle and co are finished #le09
11:19 AM: Elrobo RTE’s coverage and discussion far out weighs Newstalks today
11:19 AM: RTE_Elections Green Party TD Ciaran Cuffe has said the party’s performance in the elections opens up the question of whether they should be in Government
11:19 AM: irishelection @Fergal Trim Electoral Area – 2 FF safe, 1 FG safe no seat for labour as last seat likely to go for FG too. #le09
11:20 AM: dannyboy anybody got any idea how conway-walch is doing in belmullet-achill
11:20 AM: barratree O’Gorman (Greens) on 9.2% with all but one box in #le09 #fb
11:20 AM: eoinpurcell Any danger that Higgins FG won’t take seat in north west? #le09
11:20 AM: EmilyTully #le09 Ganley and Harkin in joint 3rd place in the Donegal Euro tally
11:20 AM: keatingciara #le09 eoghan murphy might take seat off edie wynne. Tubs not polling well FF might well split vote and lose a seat, no news on labour nos?
11:21 AM: Mark_Coughlan Shay Brennan is “in it for the longhaul” and would consider Senead. #le09
11:22 AM: Iceman Crumlin/Kimmage – Byrne Lab, Collins – PBP. Safe. Ardagh FF, McGinley, FG, McHugh SF & Upton Lab in a battle for final two seats.
11:23 AM: irishelection Midday update with some nuggets from live blog url.ie @Suzybie working the liveblog url.ie #LE09
11:23 AM: themayonews Despite a high-profile campaign, Labour Town Councillor, Keith Martin looks like he’ll be fighting for the last seat on Westport town Co …
11:24 AM: cianflah From TAllaght – SP should keep their seat Dermot Looney (LAb) in fight with FF for final seat
11:26 AM: Johnp63 Just looking at list of parties and realized for the first time no PDs listed. Wonderfull #le09
11:27 AM: RTE_Elections Local elections: Tallies show Fine Gael outperforming Fianna Fail in many areas with Independent candidates also doing extremely well
11:27 AM: Bazalini Higgins is home in a boat
11:28 AM: Mark_Coughlan Net connection not great in RDS, taking pics.. waiting on Lee announcement. #le09
11:28 AM: samuelbowman Ex-PDs doing well in Galway East #le09
11:28 AM: samuelbowman @Johnp63 Oh harsh, at least we gave people somebody to hate! The Greens just don’t fill the “coldhearted villain” role as well #le09
11:28 AM: RTE_Elections Local elections: Fianna Fail polling just above 20% in many areas, but better in Clare, Tipperary, Leitrim, Longford, Kilkenny and Carlow
11:29 AM: wendylimerick Any news on Rebecca Moynihan (Lab) in Dublin?
11:29 AM: Iceman A boat fair play but will hw get elected?
11:29 AM: cianflah Rte news are wrongly reporting that mark deareys wife took a town council seat. Its his sister in law
11:29 AM: samuelbowman Cork’s 96fm are saying Cork SE (my ward) might return only 1 FF cllr. Never been so proud to be from Ballintemple! #le09
11:30 AM: RTE_Elections Local elections: Fine Gael are polling well over 30% in places such as Cork city, Waterford, Limerick and Galway
11:30 AM: sarahphelan Any updates on macroom area vote count? #le09
11:31 AM: Stephen Spillane Party vote in south west: fg 36.44%, ff 25.49%, lab 22.64%, sf 10.91%, gp 4.52%. 75% Tally #le09
11:31 AM: RTE_Elections Local elections: Labour is doing well in some urban areas like Dublin city, and county Waterford
11:31 AM: politicalthicko are there any fianna fail councillors being elected who aren’t a TDs son or daughter? #le09
11:32 AM: Dublin 12 How is Ballyfermot Jackson doing
11:32 AM: Iceman A right kick in the teeth for FG if they do not win DC bye-election.
11:32 AM: davidcochrane Are my comments coming up?
11:33 AM: Iceman Stop whinging David. Lol.
11:33 AM: Elrobo Former PDs are doing well though, according to RTE
11:33 AM: EmilyTully #le09 Mary Coughlan “reduction in FF vote in Letterkenny expected, taken aback by Pat the Cope’s votes so far and surprised by Ganley”
11:33 AM: RTE_Elections Bye-elections: If Fine Gael’s George Lee wins Dublin South on the first count, it will be the first such victory for the party since 1975
11:34 AM: Alexia Golez Coughlan on Highland Radio “great to see our two people doing strong” “expectation that JHiggins would do better, but has not transferred and Ganley coming through.. quite a mix between Local Elections and FG doing well, but not transferring to the Euros”
11:35 AM: Iceman No i do not think so. No meltdown for FF, pity. Now the Greens will possibly fall apart.
11:35 AM: irishelection @mark_coughlan pic?
11:37 AM: Mark_Coughlan Conor Lenihan just arrived and kissed Shay Brennan on the forehead. Odd.
11:38 AM: Iceman Michael Martin saying his Brothers are on a knife edge to win seats in Cork. A good day.
11:38 AM: Bazalini Anyone who says FF are not in meltdown are living on Cloud Cuckoo land
11:38 AM: Dublin 12 Vincent Jackson was around D12 yesterday in a bus owned by Cathloic Youth Care (CYC) that was sponsored by AIB. Wonder was the driver also employed by CYC. Did not think the use of youth service facilities funded by one of our wonderful banks could be used to support an election campaign.
11:39 AM: politicalthicko shay brennan on radio 1 the election “was a fantastic experience” – he’s clearly into S&M #le09
11:39 AM: fintanr local independent vote is completely unsustainable in a GE… does this render a large part of local results irrelevant for analysis? #le09
11:40 AM: wendylimerick LOL @Conor Lenihan just arrived and kissed Shay Brennan on the forehead. Odd.
11:40 AM: Iceman Ballyfermot tallies anyone?
11:41 AM: stevenconlon #le09 EP elections tally Letterkenny area have FF at 32.1%, SF at 22.87%, Harkin in 3rd (no numbers), Libertas 11.30%
11:41 AM: jonathangrimes RT @TheEmergency: Greens might have no councillors. Will they get the hint finally? #le09
11:41 AM: Elrobo Shay Brennan congratulating Lee already on Radio 1
11:41 AM: stevenconlon #le09 EP elections tally Letterkenny area have FF at 32.1%, SF at 22.87%, Harkin in 3rd (no numbers), Libertas 11.30%
11:41 AM: eoinpurcell is liveblog picking up the twitter posts correctly #le09
11:41 AM: samuelbowman SBrennan’s not that bad, tbh, I am a bit sorry it was him that got a beating. His dad was a gent and he’s not the worst of FF at all #le09
11:42 AM: eoinpurcell @davidcochrane Figured, but the tallies (incomplete as they are) suggest some higher Ganley support than expected! #le09
11:43 AM: Campaign_Watch Maurice Ahern concedes defeat in Dublin Central #le09
11:43 AM: Campaign_Watch Dublin Central tallies: O’Sullivan 26%, Donohoe 22%, Bacik 17%, Burke 14%, Ahern 12%, Geary 3% #le09
11:44 AM: PJ Coogan tony fitzgerald may now hold out for FF in Cork NW .. his tally came back in later boxes but my number-cruncher here is predicting a worrying night for Damian Wallace FF in North Central ..
11:44 AM: TheEmergency RT @naoisen: McGuinness machine looks set to retain 4 seats for FF in Kilkenny city holding party vote at 34% and eating into Labour’s #le09
11:44 AM: aoifecarroll Final Central Tally: O’Sullivan 26, Donohue 22, Bacik 17, Burke 14, Ahern 12, Geary 3
11:44 AM: keatingciara #le09 ahern concedes defeat… tee hee. heard rumours he might be in trouble for the council seat too!
11:45 AM: rianomurchu In Youghal TC, Beecher (FG) and Coyne (FF) well ahead on tallies.#le09
11:46 AM: cianflah Mark Mortell getting very worked up about FG on 34% shouldnt they be doing better though?
11:46 AM: irishelection RT @naoisen McGuinness machine looks set to retain 4 seats for FF in Kilkenny city holding party vote at 34% and eating into Labour’s
11:46 AM: owencorrigan owencorrigan Maureen O’Sullivan there on Newstalk bigging up her parish pumpery over blow-in Ivana. PFFFFFTT! #le09
11:46 AM: JL Pagano I wonder if even the most hardened FFer really believes the poor showing is a typical mid term blip? #le09
11:47 AM: thusspakeblixa McHugh to squeeze ahead of Ardagh in Crunlin-Kimmage? Please? #le09
11:49 AM: squidlimerick Fine Gael candidates set to top polls in both Newcastle West and Rathkeale, while Hannon (labour) leading in Adare #le09
11:49 AM: politicalthicko Maureen O’Sullivan starts to refer to herself in the 3rd person on radio 1 “It’s the Maureen O’Sullivan thing to do”… how humble #le09
11:50 AM: RTE_Elections Bye-elections: Fianna Fail’s candidate in Dublin South bye-election, Shay Brennan, has conceded defeat to Fine Gael’s George Lee
11:50 AM: Suzy Byrne Maureen O’Sullivan is waiting on her students to come out of the English Exam before going to the count.
11:50 AM: samuelbowman Yes, Bacik did badly. Always a mistake to run in Dub-C but she’s the most offputting candidate imaginable without a FF after her name. #le09
11:51 AM: kingkane Right taking a break to digest the tallies and have lunch. Still waiting to hear about Killorglin tallies #le09
11:51 AM: squidlimerick Bye-Elections watch Lee (Fine Gael) and O’Sullivan (Independent) set to take the two Dail seats #le09
11:51 AM: RTE_Elections Local elections: Brid Smith (People Before Profit) expected to take seat in Dublin City Council
11:51 AM: aoifac Any estimate yet of what time the George Lee 1st count will be at? #le09
11:51 AM: squidlimerick Bye-Elections watch Lee (Fine Gael) and O’Sullivan (Independent) set to take the two Dail seats #le09
11:51 AM: squidlimerick Bye-Elections watch Lee (Fine Gael) and O’Sullivan (Independent) set to take the two Dail seats #le09
11:51 AM: PoliticsIE RT @naoisen: McGuinness machine looks set to retain 4 seats for FF in Kilkenny city holding party vote at 34% and eating into Labour’s #le09
11:51 AM: politicalthicko Maureen O’Sullivan starts to refer to herself in the 3rd person on radio 1 “It’s the Maureen O’Sullivan thing to do”… how humble #le09
11:52 AM: squidlimerick Fine Gael candidates set to top polls in both Newcastle West and Rathkeale, while Hannon (labour) leading in Adare #le09
11:53 AM: pedrorq Honestly innocent question – why are electors so disappointed at FF after so many years of growth? #le09
11:53 AM: cianflah Dermot Ahern knifing candidates left right and centre on RTE today as if it is down to them that the party cant muster a vote. Intimating that Ahern machine didnt want to put maurice forward.
11:53 AM: RTE_Elections Local elections: Tallies suggest Fianna Fail could lose up to 40 council seats nationwide, pundits say
11:54 AM: themayonews No surprises in Westport Electoral Area, Fine Gael will take three seats easily, Flynn and the two O’Malleys, with Margaret Adams.
11:54 AM: cianflah Glencullen LEA: Lettie (Lab) 26%, Joyce FG 16%, Richmond FG 16%, Murphy FF, 12, Byrne FF, 9%, O Sulivan Lab 7%, Wyse 6%
11:55 AM: sendboyle @samuelbowman I’m far from smug or happy. I haven’t said anything about these very very disappointing results. #le09
11:56 AM: themayonews Sinn Féin councillor Dave Keatiing will have a real battle to hold on to his seat on Westport Town Council.
11:56 AM: cianflah Garret Tubridy on 4.4%
11:57 AM: samuelbowman @pedrorq Fast growth followed by faster collapse ≠ good econ mngmnt. FF never looked past their next election for economic plans. #le09
11:58 AM: owencorrigan Eoin Ryan on 14% to Mary Lou’s 13.5%, Joe only on 11% – with FF transfers to come, ooh… #le09
11:59 AM: Simon McGarr Who says Shea Brennan gets to concede George’s win? He wasn’t even 2nd. #le09
12:01 PM: Campaign_Watch FF’s Shay Brennan concedes defeat to FG’s George Lee #le09
12:02 PM: RTE_Elections RTE TV Elections 2009 has just gone on air. Watch it or listen to RTE Radio One coverage on line at www.rte.ie
12:02 PM: aoifecarroll Tubridy on 4.4% in Pembroke! Looks like 3 Labour hold there #Le09
12:02 PM: irishelection Shay Brennan gives his reaction ot George Lee’s win over at Irish Election #LE09 url.ie HT @mark_coughlan
12:04 PM: Campaign_Watch Hanafin says exit polls ‘disappointing’ yet ‘not entirely unexpected’ #le09
12:04 PM: politicalthicko greens set to take 2% of euro votes. How’s planet bertie for you now gormley? #le09
12:04 PM: keatingciara @aoifecarroll #le09 woohoo! apart from Tubs’n'Tiles dismal showing any other numbers?
12:04 PM: squidlimerick Tallies Kilmallock Heffernan (lab) 23 percent Donegan (Fine Gael ) 18 percent #le09
12:05 PM: Campaign_Watch Hanafin says exit polls ‘disappointing’ yet ‘not entirely unexpected’ #le09
12:05 PM: rianomurchu At least one Tubridy has had a good month #le09
12:06 PM: squidlimerick Live 95 FM estimate Adare FF1 FG 2 Lab 1 #le09
12:06 PM: gavreilly On lunch at the Sth Dublin count. From casually overhearing tallymen here, it looks like Eoin Ryan got a healthy share of 1st prefs. #le09
12:06 PM: squidlimerick Live 95 FM estimate Adare FF1 FG 2 Lab 1 #le09
12:06 PM: niamhvus Applause for Kevin Humphreys as he arrives in count centre. Topped poll in SEIC. #le09
12:06 PM: rianomurchu At least one Tubridy has had a good month #le09
12:07 PM: adam_douglas3 FermoyTC 1st count: Bowes (Ind) 67, Hartnett (FF) 66 Douglas (Green) 65, Hughes (Ind) 48, Hutton (Ind) 28, Carey (Ind) 22 #le09 – long day!!
12:10 PM: Suzy Byrne Caatelconell – 72 percent of boxes open – Egan, J. (F.G.) 1,116 11.40%, Forde-Brennan, T. (G.P.) 190 1.94% Gleeson, N. (F.F.) 1,060 10.83%, Harty, M. (F.G.) 981 10.02% Jackman, M. (F.G.) 1,127 11.51%, Keating, S. (S.F.) 171 1.75% Meagher, J. (F.F.) 466 4.76%, Secas, E. (L.P.) 696 7.11%, Sheehan, M. (F.G.) 635 6.49% Stokes, B. (F.F.) 457 4.67%
Teefy, B. 1,276 13.04%
Wade, E. (F.F.) 1,614 16.49%
12:10 PM: nmcgivney Newstalk on radio in kitchen and on itunes upstairs. Half minute delay on iTunes. Kitchen getting results before upstairs. #le09
12:10 PM: wendylimerick Ganely doing well in Clare and Galway city-Newstalk
12:11 PM: Stephen Spillane Looks like an fg 1, 2 in south east. Des cahill topping, mcgonile 2nd. Fight on for 3rd fg seat. #le09
12:11 PM: Stephen Spillane Looks like an fg 1, 2 in south east. Des cahill topping, mcgonile 2nd. Fight on for 3rd fg seat. #le09
12:11 PM: skearon Tally %: Arklow – 67, Bray -74, East – 75, Greystones – 94 & West – 74; coming in slowly
12:12 PM: Iceman Ferris doing much better than expected in Cork city! Details to follow.
12:12 PM: wendylimerick Brian Stokes FF in Castleconnell is Peter Power right hand man
12:13 PM: Suzy Byrne Limerick City East – 92 percent of boxes open Collopy, T. (S.F.) 296 6.60%
Daly, J. 232 5.17%
Gilligan, J. 918 20.46%
Hannan, N. 380 8.47%
Mason, P. 41 0.91%
McCarthy, D. (F.G.) 526 11.72%
McInerney, C. (F.F.) 166 3.70%
McLoughlin, G. (L.P.) 731 16.29%
O’Hanlon, K. (F.F.) 733 16.34%
Shanahan, J. 178 3.97%
Vereker, C. 286
12:13 PM: Riven Labour win 3 seats on Naas Town Council. Fianna Fáil down to one from three. LE09
12:13 PM: wendylimerick FF In Cork City only polled 22.66% local election
12:15 PM: Suzy Byrne Live tallies from Limerick Local elections counts reckon.constructsoftware.ie
12:15 PM: squidlimerick Limerick City North [95fm) Fahey Byrne Scully Kennedy, set to be elected. Long (FG) Houlihan (independent) in trouble #le09
12:15 PM: eoinpurcell Go on George Lee! Declaration in five minutes on RTE #le09
12:15 PM: barratree Joe 28% and eithne loftus 23% elected on first count. Quota is 20% Going home for lunch. Transfers will be interesting. #le09
12:15 PM: JennyJeffer Any news on Clare Daly?
12:17 PM: Suzy Byrne @Jennyjeffer - Clare Daly topping poll in Swords - and Socialists doing very well in Fingal and other places!
12:17 PM: ireland Follow Irish local election results this weekend by monitoring #le09 as the political landscape shifts to the left.
12:18 PM: Bazalini RTE: Euro Election Exit Poll
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FG 30%
FF 23%
Lab 16%
SF 12%
Libertas 4%
Socialist 3%
Green 2%
Ind 10%

Sample: 3,000
moe 1%c
12:18 PM: squidlimerick Correction imerick City SOUTH [95fm) Fahey Byrne Scully Kennedy, set to be elected. Long (FG) Houlihan (independent) in trouble #le09
12:19 PM: joe what about galway county
12:19 PM: omegar24 Per RTE Apparently Ciaran Cuffe TD has questioned if the Greens should stay in Gov with FF!! Bring on the Vote of No Confidence!! #LE09
12:19 PM: gomaonaigh Cllr. Paddy Cosgrave is topping the poll with one box remaining to be tallied #le09
12:22 PM: Stephen Spillane FG in trouble on northside of cork. Could loose 2 seats. Gosch and o'callaghan in trouble #le09
12:22 PM: Stephen Spillane FG in trouble on northside of cork. Could loose 2 seats. Gosch and o'callaghan in trouble #le09
12:25 PM: Iceman Protest Vote going too SP & PBP but not SF. RTE.
12:26 PM: ann_donnelly @spiller2 Where's best place to get local results. Want to see Co Council Skibb district #Le09
12:26 PM: stevenconlon #le09 Tally for EP in Donegal / Inishowen / Letterkenny FF: 31.92, SF: 29, Harkin 12.44, Ganley: 10.9
12:27 PM: niamhvus Loving my first count. Great for a politics information junkie #le09
12:29 PM: RTE_Elections Fianna Fail's Maurice Ahern, seen as out of contention in the Dublin Central bye-election, may also lose his Dublin City council seat
12:29 PM: aoifecarroll Labour gain in Mulhuddart-O'Donovan & Nulty to win, Hamill to hold in Castleknock #Le09
12:31 PM: aoifecarroll Labour gain in Mulhuddart-O'Donovan & Nulty to win, Hamill to hold in Castleknock #Le09
12:31 PM: faduda New blog post: What The Tallyman Saw II (Kildare /Celbridge) #le09 faduda.ie
12:32 PM: Suzy Byrne Off for a smoke...lunch being taken at counts around the country - thanks to everyone for sending info #le09
12:32 PM: Simon McGarr Just saw some school uniforms. Spare a thought for Leaving Certs running through the rain. Tougher than any count. #le09
12:32 PM: samuelbowman @marloft How many votes have been seen in Ire NW, do you know? Is there potential for a big swing when eg Clare comes in? #le09
12:32 PM: aoifecarroll Gallagher & Moyinhan to win in SWIC, another Labour gain #Le09
12:34 PM: igaeilge #le09 #EP09 #gaeilge bit.ly for breis eolais.
12:34 PM: keatingciara #le09 seriously are they opening any boxes in clare????
12:34 PM: thusspakeblixa #le09 Any more news from Crumlin-Kimmage?
12:34 PM: igaeilge #le09 #EP09 First item in advisory booklet for FF candidates in General Election handbook: Decreased party logo leads to increased vote.
12:34 PM: aoifecarroll Gallagher & Moyinhan to win in SWIC, another Labour gain #Le09
12:35 PM: aoifecarroll Eric Byrne to top poll in Crumlin Kimmage, Henry Upton well placed for another Lab gain #Le09
12:35 PM: Stephen Spillane Carrigaline tally. Forde fg 16.8%, mcgrath ff 16.6%, lombard fg 14.3%, collins fg 12.35%
12:35 PM: irishelection Exit polls are good for FG, Ganley and Higgins url.ie #LE09
12:36 PM: marloft Jim Fahy predicts slugfest for Euro seats in North & West #le09
12:36 PM: Mark_Coughlan @cianflah @suzybie @irishelection is the site down? Doesnt seem to be loading for me...
12:37 PM: Stephen Spillane Carrigaline tally. Forde fg 16.8%, mcgrath ff 16.6%, lombard fg 14.3%, collins fg 12.35% #le09
12:37 PM: Stephen Spillane Carrigaline tally. Forde fg 16.8%, mcgrath ff 16.6%, lombard fg 14.3%, collins fg 12.35% #le09
12:37 PM: Bazalini @sendboyle - Dan - You going to give us an official response or can we use this one - "I'm far from smug or happy. I haven't said anything about these very very disappointing results"
12:37 PM: Elrobo Lenihan getting his pants in a twist on Radio1 @ SeanOR..."you let everyone else speak for sometime". Lenihan is adamant that FF will stay put until 2012
12:38 PM: Iceman Crumlin/Kimmage Eric Byrne, Joan Collins, Ruairi McGinley in. Ardagh and Upton fight last seat as SF loss.
12:38 PM: Iceman 27% of Dublin Euro boxes opened and its a dogfight for the 3rd seat with SP, FF & SF.
12:39 PM: Simon McGarr FF have their line set out by now: These elections don't count. #le09
12:39 PM: Jnisbet Pen Rathmines - murphy 15, Quinn 11.5, Lacey 10.5, Freehill 10.2, Wynne 9.7, mccarten 9.4, donnelly 7.8, O'Callaghan 7.7 #le09
12:39 PM: aoifecarroll Aodohan O'Riordan to win in Clontarf, Andrew Montague, Paddy Bourke will hold in Artane #Le09
12:40 PM: marloft Sligo: Harkin 49%, Ganley 31%, The Cope 6%, Higgins 5% Haven't hear anything about O'Keefe #le09
12:41 PM: RTE_Elections Minister Micheal Martin: 'This is not a good day for Fianna Fail in electoral terms.'
12:43 PM: Suzy Byrne Granard LEA (Longford) Tally Stokes (Ind) 111, Maura K-h FG 99 PJ Reilly 85 quota 61
12:43 PM: Iceman Ardagh 400 votes ahead of Upton. Eric Byrne got 3,500 and Upton looks like he may gain huge from Byrne.
12:44 PM: skearon Just waiting on last box Wicklow CC East Tally
12:44 PM: dickobrien Any overall tallies for Dublin City Council floating around yet?
12:44 PM: paudok Arklow TN Final Tally: Fitz 1346, Demp 848, Annsl 567, Kelly 537 #le09
12:44 PM: Mark_Coughlan Some problems with @irishelection I stuck up a post on www.markcoughlan.com in the meantime
12:44 PM: paudok #le09 Nicky Kelly's vote down in Arklow town from 1355 to 537!!!
12:45 PM: Mark_Coughlan Some problems with @irishelection I stuck up a post on www.markcoughlan.com in the meantime #le09
12:46 PM: Stephen Spillane hey sorry for not interacting with people. didnt have access.
12:46 PM: Stephen Spillane @ann_donnelly Skibb dont have the foggiest, im sorry!
12:47 PM: RTE_Elections Local elections: Labour could gain up to three seats on Kildare county council
12:47 PM: Suzy Byrne Qik's from RDS www.qik.com
12:48 PM: irishelection @lexia Cabra is maurice ahern let us know how he is doin
12:48 PM: thusspakeblixa SF's Ray McHugh appears to have lost out in Crumlin-Kimmage. -Tallaght Echo #LE09
12:49 PM: Iceman Crumlin/Kimmage & SWIC could see Lab, PBP gains. DSC Prediction. SF 2 -1, FF 0 -1, FG 2 O, PBP 2 +1, IND 1 O, Lab 5 +2.
12:49 PM: rianomurchu @Tupp_Ed: The XanuFF response is not surprising. #le09
12:49 PM: samuelbowman @sheehanpaul I thought so (maybe Euros?) but then why is Martin in city hall? #le09
12:49 PM: thusspakeblixa Highest turnout in Drumshanbo- 90%! #LE09
12:49 PM: giolchairithe #le09 #EP09 #gaeilge bit.ly
Comhairle do FF short.ie
12:50 PM: keatingciara #le09 lot of spoiled votes for the euro election in clare, apparently
12:50 PM: Stephen Spillane RT @stephencrowley: I can't believe the electorate is using this to force an alternative gov. It will probably happen. #le09
12:50 PM: TheEmergency Confusion about whether @declanganley doing well enough to get seat. Green seat on Clare CoCo likely gone. #le09
12:50 PM: Stephen Spillane John Buttimer outpolled @jerrybuttimer!!! Fair play!
12:52 PM: RTE_Elections Local elections: Hurler Brian Whelehan fails to win seat for Fine Gael in Offaly, but John Shaw does it for Fianna Fail
12:53 PM: irishelection server issues at the moment have let @blacknight know its down, fingers crossed we are back quickly liveblog is humming nicely
12:54 PM: Suzy Byrne Dublin Central Tally complete - Lee on 53.4 Brennan on 18 and White on 19% #le09
12:54 PM: brianpcleary #le09 George Lee on 53.4% in the 100% tally
12:54 PM: thusspakeblixa How's Joan Collins doing in Crumlin-Kimmage? #LE09
12:54 PM: lexia Ahern could lose Cllr seat. Averaging about 20-30 votes per box for the 12 boxes I watched. Labour's Clancy was about the same/better #le09
12:56 PM: Suzy Byrne Joe higgins tells Sean O'Rourke on radio 1 not to count him out in Dublin Euro seat
12:56 PM: Iceman Crowe & King safe for SF on SDCC. Any word on O' Connor in Clondalkin?
12:56 PM: RTE_Elections Bye-elections: Final Dublin South tally confirms FG's George Lee tops the poll on 53.4%
12:56 PM: lexia Qikking live - #le09
qik.com
12:58 PM: keatingciara #le09 Maurice Ahern on RTE. its disappointing... understatement of the year!
12:59 PM: RTE_Elections Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheal Martin says Brian Cowen's leadership will not be challenged
1:00 PM: Suzy Byrne Dublin City Local - Cabra /Glasnevin Tally - 50 percent boxes open - Maurice Ahern on 8 .3 percent - Mary Fitzpatrick on 21%
1:00 PM: keithnolan RT @WHExaminer: preliminary tallies up on Westmeath Examiner site bit.ly #le09
1:00 PM: stevenconlon #le09 RT @sligococo Result for Sligo Borough Council East ward twurl.nl
1:01 PM: Suzy Byrne Sligo County Council East Ward - Declan Bree Tops poll with 1.5 quota - results www.sligoborough.ie
1:01 PM: Paddy Any word on how Donie Fell is doing in Waterford?
1:02 PM: niamhvus Madness as Maureen O'Sullivan arrives #le09
1:04 PM: RTE_Elections Minister for Social and Family Affairs Mary Hanafin says local candidates have taken the brunt of people's upset and anger
1:04 PM: squidlimerick RTE: FF vote falls by 40 percent in Nenagh (estimate) FF set to lose 3 seats #le09
1:04 PM: Bazalini @WHExaminer What is the party share in Iarmhi
1:06 PM: Stephen Spillane @ann_donnelly 3 will be elected on first count!! all happy here
1:06 PM: Suzy Byrne Bazalini - see whexaminer website ?
1:07 PM: thusspakeblixa FF 'holding its own' in Roscommon - RTE Local Election Results #le09
1:07 PM: Stephen Spillane FG to loose 3 seats in Cork County Council and 2 on City Council #le09
1:08 PM: cianflah How do Fine Gael lose three seats in cork spiller?
1:08 PM: lexia Fitzpatrick 18.1, Clancy 15.1, Perry 14.4, McGrattan 9.9, O'Shea 9, Kearney 8.1, Ahern 8.4, Keegan 6.5, Fitzgerald 6.4,mcNab 4.3
1:09 PM: endamadden Heres hoping RT @lexia: Ahern could lose Cllr seat.
1:09 PM: Dublin 12 Anyone hear how Vincent Jackson of Ballyfermot is doing
1:10 PM: naoisen Polish McGuinness candidate Anna Michalska in with a shout for 5th FF seat in Kilkenny city.
1:11 PM: brianpcleary #le09 Clonmel Borough Council tally suggests Healy (Ind) Ambrose FF) Ryan (Lab) Dunne (FG) Molloy (FF) with Healy's transfers dictating rest
1:11 PM: Bazalini I was looking a complete county breakdown. Looks like Labour remains a WH stronghold. I even think FG might be down
1:11 PM: Samuel Is irishelection.com dead?
1:11 PM: Suzy Byrne @samuel should be back
1:11 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Gilroy tops Blarney tally bit.ly
1:12 PM: keatingciara #le09 well done newstalk webcam for george hook
1:12 PM: Campaign_Watch WatchPeople Before Profit's Richard Boyd Barrett tops poll in DL ward, colleague Hugh Lewis in the mix for seat in Ballybrack ward #le09
1:12 PM: Fergal Heading out to ballsbridge in torrential rain, @ghook in my earphones #le09
1:13 PM: PoliticsIE RT @Campaign_Watch: Greens set to lose all four Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown council seats, FF may lose five of seven #le09
1:13 PM: conorp @rodericogorman Was just reading that, shame. Never know, you might get Mahony's transfers #le09
1:13 PM: wendylimerick Hanifin looking really uncomfortable re Cowen Leadership
1:13 PM: Johnp63 Rouri Quinn says civil war over. Votes simply moving from one centrest party to centre right party #le09
1:14 PM: irishelection thanks to the fantastic @blacknight the site is back up with a post from the RDS by @mark_coughlan url.ie #le09
1:15 PM: cianflah Deaglan De Breadun on newstalk thinks FF are doing better than we thought, classic expectation game stuff here - we have no idea how FF have done yet. They have not won either by election and we have no idea on councils or MEP seats
1:16 PM: Stephen Spillane Food bein put in front of me. Love the buttimers!!
1:17 PM: squidlimerick 100 percent of city east boxes open. Gilligan, (independent) O'Hanlon (FF) McLoughlan (labour) McCarthy (FG) look safe #le09
1:17 PM: dannyburke I'm watching Count Day Liveblog #le09 on @scribblelive scrbliv.me
1:17 PM: Samuel thanks suzie
1:17 PM: cianflah Lexia has maureen o sulivan interview on qik www.qik.com
1:19 PM: Stephen Spillane FG may loose seats in Kanturk, Bandon and Skibbereen. #le09
1:21 PM: squidlimerick City South Fahey (FG) Leddin (lab) Scully (FG) Scully(FG) McLoughlan (lab) kennedy (ind) Wallace, Houlihan (ind) Long (FG) in trouble #le09
1:21 PM: UmarAhmed RT @owencorrigan Eoin Ryan on 14% to Mary Lou's 13.5%, Joe only on 11% - with FF transfers to come, ooh... #le09
1:21 PM: Suzy Byrne RT @lexia: Qikking live - #le09 qik.com <= maureen o'sullivan
1:21 PM: Stephen Spillane FG may loose seats in Kanturk, Bandon and Skibbereen. #le09
1:21 PM: Iceman Whats up with FG leaking seats all over Cork?
1:22 PM: Samuel Any word on tally for Dublin CC Clontarf? Sorry from this newbie if this has already been answered but can't find search field here.
1:22 PM: irishelection RT @suzybieRT @lexia: Qikking live - #le09 qik.com <= maureen o'sullivan
1:23 PM: pat how is jim higgins doing in euro NW#le09
1:23 PM: Johnp63 George "i effin told yous" Lee arriving at count centre. The story of the election??? #le09
1:23 PM: lexia The George Lee media scrum is 100 bodies fucking wide. Jesus. #le09
1:24 PM: Suzy Byrne Cork FG vote on northside of Cork is collapsing - going to Labour/SF/Ind - tallies and reports are welcome!
1:24 PM: dinglenews RTE NEWS reports the final Dublin South bye-election tally confirms FG's George Lee tops the poll on 53.4%
1:24 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: HSE worker leading Mallow tally bit.ly
1:26 PM: Suzy Byrne Alexia has Enda on qik qik.com
1:27 PM: irishelection @lexia is must watch Qiking - now presser with Enda www.qik.com #LE09
1:27 PM: eoinwilson Ballybrack, 100% tally. FG 29.8%; FF 11.4%; Lab 34.2; GP 5.4; PBP 15.5%; SF 3.6%
1:27 PM: Campaign_Watch FG's Enda Kenny hails 'spectacular' victory for George Lee and 'historic' performance of party across Ireland #le09
1:27 PM: niamhvus They sang George Lee to the tune of Olé Olé #le09
1:28 PM: Iceman Jesus how boring is Kenny to listen too.
1:28 PM: cymorg FF Tom Reilly tops poll in Tuam Town Council
1:28 PM: dickobrien George Lee is being absolutely mobbed
1:28 PM: RTE_Elections George Lee says he anticipates a change in government
1:29 PM: wendylimerick Lee next leader of FG worth a bet
1:31 PM: themayonews Castlebar Town Council first count due in 30 minutes. It looks like FF might only get one seat from nine - Blackie Gavin. #elections
1:32 PM: keithnolan Longford town council tally - Nolan, Sexton, Warnock, Connellan, Mitchell, Keogh, Connell, Flaherty, Gilmore bit.ly #le09
1:32 PM: themayonews The nine Castlebar Town cllrs look like Kilcoyne, Durcan, Henaghan, Heston, Deere, Ruane, Barrett, Gavin and McCormack #elections
1:32 PM: RTE_Elections Local elections: The Green party faces potentially serious losses among the 18 city and county council seats won in the last local elections
1:33 PM: themayonews Outgoing Mayor Kevin Guthrie is in a real battle to hold onto his Castlebar TC seat with party colleague Eugene McCormack. #elections
1:33 PM: themayonews Eugene McCormack could, conceivably, win a county council seat and lose his town. #elections
1:35 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Good results for Kieran McCarthy in tally bit.ly
1:35 PM: RTE_Elections Bye-elections: George Lee says 'to be put down as number one by so many people is an amazing achievement'
1:35 PM: g3sicht Lee is stressing economic responsibilty and he's in a centre right party? wtf? #le09
1:35 PM: Campaign_Watch FG's Enda Kenny hails 'spectacular' victory for George Lee and 'historic' performance of party across Ireland #le09
1:35 PM: Samuel Any on air comments yet about SF's poor performance? Appear to be losing council seats right across the land. Ireland says no to foreign party!
1:35 PM: wendylimerick Anything from Kerry yet? In particular Dingle
1:35 PM: Iceman Any news from Lucan, DMW?
1:36 PM: keithnolan Longford town council tally - Nolan, Sexton, Warnock, Connellan, Mitchell, Keogh, Connell, Flaherty, Gilmore bit.ly #le09
1:36 PM: themayonews In Claremorris the indomnitable Patsy O'Brien looks set to top the poll with John Cribbin and Richard Finn next in line. #elections
1:36 PM: Stephen Spillane heading off shortly to City Hall. Will be tweeting via phone unless i find a plug.
1:37 PM: squidlimerick Newstalk : Declan Ganley (Libertas) polling well in Clare #le09
1:37 PM: krayZpaving Have heard I was named & shamed on RTÉ by Ruairi Quinn as responsible for the Childers campaign. Deny everything! #le09
1:37 PM: themayonews It will be three from four for the last three in Claremorris with Ml Burke, Damien Ryan, Ml Carty and Tom Connolly all close.#elections
1:37 PM: UnaRocks Still waiting for first count result in galway city east #le09
1:37 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Sinn Féin could take three city seats bit.ly
1:38 PM: themayonews Outgoing councillors Pat McHugh and Harry Walsh together with newcomer Ger McHale look doomed in Claremorris. #elections
1:38 PM: igaeilge #le09 #ep09: Will FF suffer transfers deficit due to candidates reducing size of party logo on posters? bit.ly
1:40 PM: Stephen Spillane Heading to carrigaline count #le09
1:41 PM: Alanpwoods Any news of Carmichael in Whitehall artane? #le09
1:41 PM: Stephen Spillane Heading to carrigaline count #le09
1:41 PM: wendylimerick Suprised Ganley is polling well in Clare...any data on Susan O'Keeffe?
1:41 PM: Paddy So nothing about Waterford?
1:41 PM: Suzy Byrne @paddy no news from waterford I've seen anyway
1:42 PM: Melanie Peters Labour to take additional seats on Kildare CC
1:42 PM: keatingciara #le09 FG swing 42% in clare, SF 11% vote.
1:42 PM: thusspakeblixa New blog post: the 'swing to the left' - bit.ly
#le09
1:43 PM: Longford_Leader NEWS: 1315PM – Town council tally points to Mae's return: The tally numbers from the Longford Town Council .. tinyurl.com
1:44 PM: PM Whats the from the Kildare CC tally?
1:44 PM: Suzy Byrne PM - see faduda.ie for reports
1:47 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Creed topping Macroom tally bit.ly
1:48 PM: Suzy Byrne Newstalk at RDS img36.imageshack.us
1:49 PM: Mark_Coughlan Irish election is back.
1:49 PM: damienmulley RT @eoinwilson Dun Laoghaire 100%: FG 28.2%; FF 10.6%; PPB 22.8%; Lab 16.5%; GP 5.9%; SF 1.3%; plus 4 indos. #le09
1:49 PM: Iceman Boxes missing in Roscommon and Clare.
1:54 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Midleton tally results bit.ly
1:56 PM: keatingciara #le09 Strong independent showing on ennis town council according to m guilfoyle.
1:56 PM: aoifac Any idea of who will get in in Dun Laoghaire ward? #LE09
1:56 PM: squidlimerick Dan Boyle set to be blown out of the water going by Limerick boxes .#le09
1:56 PM: GregHiggins How are Fianna Fáil doing in Cork North Central (Dáil constituency) Flemming, Sheehan and Brosnan? Barry Keane in the south side...#le09
1:56 PM: lexia Qikking live - #le09
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1:56 PM: Campaign_Watch FG's George Lee says he is "absolutely delighted and humbled" by his election victory #le09
1:56 PM: OwenRooney Boyd Barrett at 23% in DL; it's worrying how well the Socialist Workers Party can do with a simple change of name. #le09
1:57 PM: proinnsias @aoifac #LE09 dlr tally :RT @eoinwilson FG 28.2%; FF 10.6%; PPB 22.8%; Lab 16.5%; GP 5.9%; SF 1.3%; plus 4 indos
1:57 PM: marblefire Tally for north sligo i came second thanks to every one
1:58 PM: Suzy Byrne Alexia qik's Lee's arrival to talk to George hook qik.com
1:59 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Counting to commence at Parochial Hall bit.ly
2:00 PM: eoinwilson Dundrum 100%: FF 18%; FG 33%; Lab 19%; GP 8%; SF 4%; Fox (Ind) 10%; two other Indos on 6%. #le09
2:00 PM: Stephen Spillane Fg have 2 quotas in macroom electoral area. FF going to loose a seat to lab. #Le09
2:00 PM: Stephen Spillane Fg have 2 quotas in macroom electoral area. FF going to loose a seat to lab. #Le09
2:02 PM: lexia Qikking live - #le09
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2:02 PM: morsolutions Ged Nash (lab) tops North Drogheda poll, also on course for Louth Co Co seat. #le09
2:03 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Count begins at City Hall bit.ly
2:04 PM: _ep09 By @igaeilge #le09 #-ep09 #gaeilge Laghdaigh an lógó, méadaigh an vóta: Mír 1 i lámhleabhar FF d'iarrthóiri Olltoghcháin i 2012 (nó roi ...
2:04 PM: cianflah The DL figure for FF is stunning, curious about the Blackrock LEA since they are Min Hanafin strongholds - the scale of meltdown in one of FF most efficient machines is a pretty strong signal
2:05 PM: Iceman Lucan looking like, got word from count centre that Keating will poll over 4,000

Looks like

Keating
O'Connell
Tuffy
Lavelle
Jones

The three FFers on about 1,300 votes altogether

Keating on 1.6 quota with circa 1,500 to distribute
about 30-40% will go to Lavelle which should bring him in

Fifth seat will be a dogfight
2:05 PM: Bazalini Stuck in Belfast - No TV or Radio. A fecking delight to have this Scribble here and all the other online media.
2:06 PM: themayonews First count in in Westport TC, where Martin Keane and Christy Hyland are elected and Fine Gael's five candidates should take five seats.
2:06 PM: squidlimerick Sean Griffin (sf) 342 votes (tally) #le09
2:06 PM: squidlimerick Limerick city south Leddin (lab) Fahey (fg) byrne (fg) scully (fg) kennedy (ind) McLoughlan (lab) long (fg) #le09
2:07 PM: RTE_Elections EP elections: Outgoing MEP Marian Harkin has enjoyed a landslide victory in Sligo, polling nearly 15,000 votes.
2:07 PM: Paddy any word on how Frank Gallagher SP is doing in Drogheda?
2:08 PM: themayonews First count in Westport Town Council sees Ind Martin Keane topping the poll and elected and newcomer, Christy Hyland for Fine Gael also ...
2:08 PM: RTE_Elections EP election: Declan Ganley of Libertas has also polled v well in the NW, standing in second place with nearly 3,500 votes
2:08 PM: froodie Brian Meaney (green) still may hold seat in Ennis West. James Breen deffo in from Clare FM #le09
2:09 PM: ManAboutCouch RTE TV has decided that showing a profile of Margo is more important than covering the election. #le09
2:09 PM: benraue Tally Room: Europe 2009 - Irish results tinyurl.com
2:09 PM: Iceman Lions winning at present with two Irish Tries. Just thought i'd add that.
2:11 PM: themayonews First count in in Castlebar, Michael Kilcoyne exceeds quota by a whopping 479, and Frank Durcan make a swift return to Marsh House.
2:14 PM: cianflah due to forgotten templeougue box it now looks like three labour cllrs from Tallaght (incl Looney) with SP scrapping for final seat
2:15 PM: SimonHaden Ennis West (4 seats) Clare Co Co prediction from Clare FM: 1. J Breen (IND); 2 T Mulqueen (FG); 3 T McNamara (FF); 4 B. Meaney (Green)
2:15 PM: joe anyone know anymore about wicklow
2:16 PM: Suzy Byrne Tally for Dublin Euro - fingal, DLR and dublin city - Mitchell 24.6%, De Rossa 19.7 Ryan 14.2 higgins 13.7, McDonald 10, Byrne 4.2, De Burca 5.4, McKenna 4.1, Simons 3.2% (Newstalk)
2:17 PM: Fergal Tally suggests higgins to take last dublin euro seat #le09
2:17 PM: tallaghtecho 3:08 : RDS: South West Inner City updateLabour's Rebecca Moynihan was congratulated by a passer-by near the tally counting area but she r..
2:17 PM: Iceman What % is that Euro Tally?
2:18 PM: irishelection Inviting all of you to work out who gets Dublins 3rd seat on the tally figures posted url.ie #LE09
2:18 PM: Suzy Byrne Not sure on percentage iceman
2:18 PM: abigailrieley Sounds very close between @EoinRyanMEP & @VoteJoeHiggins in Dublin Euro vote. According to Newstalk tho Joe could yet win. Early tally tho.
2:20 PM: lostexpectation hello balbriggan TC results being webcast at www.fingalcoco.public-i.tv
2:21 PM: thusspakeblixa RT@emiltullyAnyone notice that web savvy candidates are doing better? Those with Twitter accounts smelling sucess?- Joe Higgins! #le09
2:22 PM: dermotcasey Just heard Joe McCarthy on the radio on Dublin Tally figures. Its thanks to Joe and a few others that we're having count we can watch.
2:23 PM: BrianGreene the radio is talking of tallies that put joe higgins in the running for 3rd seat #le09 #ie09 im still in Fingal Count
2:24 PM: Simon McGarr Can anyone get an estimate of spend from the MEP candidates in Dublin? Joe approx 30k. #le09
2:24 PM: BrianGreene the radio is talking of tallies that put joe higgins in the running for 3rd seat #le09 #ie09 im still in Fingal Count
2:24 PM: froodie #le09 Kilkee Town Council complete is 4FF, 4FG and 1IND (5women for 1st time) from Clare FM
2:25 PM: SimonHaden Clare Co Co Ennistymon area. FF vote holding up very strong with 25/32 boxes open. Probably 3 FF; 1 FG and last seat between FF, FG and Green.
2:25 PM: Paulo Breaking news of 1 seat each for FG and Labour with Labour, FF & Inde fighting for the last two sets
2:26 PM: themayonews Where Michael Kilcoyne's surplus of 479 votes go will decide so much. Kilcoyne himself expects them to go in every direction. #elections
2:26 PM: Suzy Byrne @Paulo Blackrock ?
2:27 PM: proinnsias Talk now that there are Dub City Council boxes missing (newstalk) #le09
2:27 PM: Mergito #LE09 Mary Jackman set to top poll in Casteconnel, strong FG showing
2:27 PM: squidlimerick Dan Neville congratulates "Ballingarry man" George Lee #le09
2:28 PM: BrianGreene here we sit in view of the Team Aer Lingus hanger which has lost its SR Technics signage. #le09 Fingal Count Centre
2:28 PM: Iceman Any word on SWIC & Ballyfermot?
2:29 PM: lexia Oops.... Last Qik was too early
2:29 PM: Suzy Byrne SWIC Gallagher and Moynihan are only confirmations I have
2:29 PM: BrianGreene Green Party to lose both it seats in Malahide Howth. 2.7 & 4.3% each (full tally) #le09
2:29 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Bantry's O Shea in trouble bit.ly
2:29 PM: Fergal Waiting for dart to landsdowne. Anyone in blogger hq, or should i go straight to the count? #le09
2:29 PM: BrianGreene Green Party to lose both it seats in Malahide Howth. 2.7 & 4.3% each (full tally) #le09
2:30 PM: wendylimerick Congrats to Rebecca Moynihan
2:30 PM: Waterfire Any news re john gallagher in dublin swic and labours farren in blackrock? would b grateful.
2:30 PM: Suzy Byrne Gallagher is ok from last reports ~Waterfire
2:31 PM: Iceman How are SF Minihan and NíDailaigh polling in SWIC & Ballyfermot?
2:31 PM: EmilyTully Are the Rush/lusk boxes open yet in Fingal?? #le09
2:31 PM: fustar Limerick N: Conor O'Donoghue (Christian Solidarity) has but 0.54% of vote. God reportedly going mental. #le09
2:31 PM: thusspakeblixa Tallaght Echo updates from count - bit.ly
#le09
2:31 PM: lexia Qikking live - #le09
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2:33 PM: BrianGreene Dublin Full tally (expect South Dublin) FG 24.6% Lab 19.7 Ryan 14.2% SP 13.7 SF 10% GP 5% Patrica McKenna 4% Byrne 4% Simmons 3% #ie09
2:33 PM: Suzy Byrne
2:33 PM: EmilyTully #le09 FF holding on tight to council seats in Donegal
2:34 PM: keatingciara #le09 Kilrush Prendiville, Williams, Moroney, Klein, elected
2:34 PM: clareconway @dermotcasey last i heard mannix had a seat #le09
2:35 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Counting at City Hall bit.ly
2:35 PM: Campaign_Watch Dublin City Council tallies: South Inner City – Humphries (Lab) 27.4%, Flynn (Ind) 14.7%. North Inner City: O’Sullivan (Ind) 24.4%. #le09
2:35 PM: chiarraigrrl wishing twitter had an edit function so I could put the hashtag #le09 in my irish election posts... ah well!
2:35 PM: eoinbannon Longford full tally: FF 34.7%, FG 40.6%, SF 4.7%, Lab 1.4%, Others 18.4%. Caveat: couple of boxes were missed. FG may lose 1or 2 seats #LE09
2:35 PM: spacemandc Birr offaly tally: ormond 1506 carroll 1045 mcloughlin 1003...#le09
2:36 PM: BrianGreene Joe Higgins has entered the building #le09 he will top the poll in Castleknock, circa 2500+ votes
2:37 PM: BrianGreene Joe Higgins has entered the building #le09 he will top the poll in Castleknock, circa 2500+ votes
2:37 PM: clicky_here Watch out, gays: @RTE_Elections Declan Ganley of Libertas has polled v well in the NW, in second place with nearly 3,500 votes #le09
2:38 PM: themayonews First count finally arrives here in Castlebar, it for Ballina Area, quota is 1,731; Michelle Mulherin is elected with 1,921. # elections
2:38 PM: adam_douglas3 Fermoy TC 1st Pref vote (continued)
10McLaughlin (FF) 3.8%
15.Hartnett (FF) 2.3%
16.Douglas (Green) 2.2%
19.Carey (Ind) 0.8%
2:39 PM: adam_douglas3 Fermoy TC 1st Pref vote
Labour 35%
Fianna Fail 17.4%
Fine Gael 17.3%
Sinn Fein 4.6%
Green 2.2%
Independents 23.4%
2:39 PM: adam_douglas3 Fermoy TC 1st Pref vote (continued)
5. Corcoran (FF) 5.7%
6. Dolan Moore (FF) 5.6%
7. Pyne (FG) 5%
8. Murphy (Ind) 4.8%
9. Coleman (SF) 4.6%
2:40 PM: faduda New blog post: What The Tallyman Saw III (Kildare / Naas) #le09 faduda.ie
2:40 PM: eoinwilson Blackrock 100% opened. FG 40%; FF 17.5%; Lab 22.6; GP 6.8%; Ind 13.1%. #le09
2:40 PM: corkdavid1970 well done Noel McCarthy (Lab) - elected Fermoy TC - 3 quotas #le09
2:41 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Count underway at Parochial Hall bit.ly
2:43 PM: Stephen Spillane Heading to city hall. Count under way in county and city. #Le09
2:43 PM: RTE_Elections Minister Micheal Martin says the election fallout will not raise questions for the FF party over Cowen’s leadership
2:43 PM: lexia Thanks for nothing Mannix. He's too busy.
2:43 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Big changes expected at City Hall bit.ly
2:45 PM: Stephen Spillane Heading to city hall. Count under way in county and city. #Le09
2:45 PM: eoinbannon Caveat re. North-West tally - I think tallying has been v patchy. Nothing comprehensive was done in Longford: no one cared about Euros #LE09
2:45 PM: thusspakeblixa Anyone know how the Christian Solidarity fella that ran in 10 consituencies got on?! #le09
2:45 PM: Paddy Mulhuddart - 1st count
LP 1 - 1,898
SP (Ruth Coppinger) - 1,705
LP2 - 1,696
FG - 1,649
SF - 1,517
2:48 PM: lexia Qikking live - #le09
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2:49 PM: lexia Qikking live - #le09
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2:50 PM: RTE_Elections Local elections: FG looks likely to gain seats in Carlow, Louth, Clare and Donegal at the expense of sitting FF councillors
2:50 PM: krayZpaving George Lee TD has just been declared elected. #le09
2:51 PM: BrianGreene @jonathangrimes Corr should hold, he has ~1600 fpv's on tally #le09
2:52 PM: Iceman Close that one, Lol.
2:52 PM: PJ Coogan listen to cork counts online www.c103.ie from 6pm till late #
2:52 PM: cymorg Still nothing about Galway County? Anyone alive out there?
2:52 PM: lexia Qikking live - #le09
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2:53 PM: TommyCarcetti My staffers are telling me to put on a brave face #LE09
2:53 PM: BrianGreene @jonathangrimes Corr should hold, he has ~1600 fpv's on tally #le09
2:53 PM: clicky_here RT @krayZpaving George Lee TD has just been declared elected. #le09
2:53 PM: krayZpaving George Lee TD has just been declared elected. #le09
2:53 PM: Suzy Byrne
2:53 PM: lexia Qikking live - #le09
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2:53 PM: Campaign_Watch Lee exceeds quota on first count in Dublin South byelection. Lee elected #le09
2:54 PM: BrianGreene I need power, the 12v type..
2:54 PM: samuelbowman Just looking at Paddy Power's list of potential successors to Brian Cowen... Jesus they are fucked. bit.ly #le09
2:54 PM: Iceman Jesus the tallys for DCC are slow?
2:55 PM: BrianGreene @jonathangrimes Corr should hold, he has ~1600 fpv's on tally #le09
2:55 PM: RTE_Elections Fine Gael's George Lee has been elected to the Dáil for the Dublin South constituency with more than 27,600 votes
2:55 PM: alanhealy Cork City SW - Tally result: Two FF cllrs look safe. Labour may gain extra seat at FG Lord Mayor's expense. SF also likely to gain seat.
2:55 PM: lexia Me phone might die soon!
2:55 PM: _ep09 By @giolchairithe #le09 #-ep09 #gaeilge bit.ly
Comhairle do FF short.ie
2:55 PM: SimonHaden Final tallies for Clare CoCo in next half hour - Clare FM
2:56 PM: RTE_Elections The Taoiseach has said that the election results are disappointing for FF, and the people had spoken but it was now time to move forward
2:56 PM: squidlimerick RTE: Worst FF result since 1927 #le09 Off to ensconse myself in City Hall.
2:56 PM: Stephen Spillane Well @suzybie's friend simon harris got elected to greytowns town council with 4 quotas & county with a quota and a half #le09
2:57 PM: RTE_Elections The Taoiseach has said the elections were a disappointing result for Fianna Fáil and a poor result by the party's standards.
2:57 PM: lexia Qikking live - #le09
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2:58 PM: RTE_Elections Fianna Fáil TD Noel O'Flynn has said the elections have been disastrous and the Government should consider reversing some of the cutbacks
2:58 PM: stevenconlon #le09 UPDATE figures for EP09: Donegal TALLY: 44% boxes open: FF 32.49, SF 23.65, Harkin 11.34, Ganley 10.21
2:59 PM: lexia Qikking live - #le09
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2:59 PM: RTE_Elections Early tallies for the European elections indicate that Libertas' Declan Ganley is in with a fighting chance in the North-West
3:00 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Cork North Central - Early Tallies bit.ly
3:02 PM: irishelection @Lexia who was that on your qik? #LE09
3:02 PM: BrianGreene SF may lose only seat on Fingal Mulhuddart Paul Donnelly need transfers from the African candidates that are beneath him in vote count #le09
3:03 PM: lexia @irishelection maurice ahern I think - atlwast that's what I called him before and after
3:04 PM: lexia @irishelection nope it wasnt him
3:04 PM: BrianGreene RT@deanwhitbread it's terrible the way the Irish Greens f*cked up the Green reputation by propping up the Irish Govt. - awful! // here here
3:04 PM: SimonHaden Ennis Town Council 1st Count
3:04 PM: lostexpectation who was that lexia was talking too
3:04 PM: lostexpectation "and the people had spoken but it was now time to move forward"
3:04 PM: BrianGreene SF may lose only seat on Fingal Mulhuddart Paul Donnelly need transfers from the African candidates that are beneath him in vote count #le09
3:04 PM: alanhealy Cork City SW - Tally result: Two FF cllrs look safe. Labour may gain extra seat at FG Lord Mayor's expense. SF likely to gain seat. #le09
3:05 PM: lexia @irishelection FF on the ground of Cabra
3:05 PM: irishelection @Lexia who was that on your qik? #LE09
3:06 PM: sinnfeinireland SF set to make gains in Donegal, Wicklow, Limerick, Waterford, Kerry and Kilkenny. Battles and good polls in Dublin constituencies. SF
3:06 PM: lexia @irishelection epic confusion was from Ahern camp
3:06 PM: lostexpectation so cowen is ignoring it
3:06 PM: BrianGreene SF may lTHe THe springs are back in politics as tallies from TRalee sugest he tops poll in Tralee electoral areade ose only seat on Fingal Mulhuddart Paul Donnelly need transfers from the African candidates that are beneath him in vote count #le09
3:07 PM: keatingciara #le09 tommy brennan, Johnny flynn, Mary Howard elected to the Ennis town council.
3:07 PM: alanhealy Cork City SW - Tally result: Two FF cllrs look safe. Labour may gain extra seat at FG Lord Mayor's expense. SF likely to gain seat. #le09
3:08 PM: RTE_Elections George Lee says ‘I think the people were trying to send a message as far as they are concerned the Government has broken the economy'
3:08 PM: RTE_Elections Independent candidate Michael Kilcoyne has been elected to Mayo County Council on the first count.
3:08 PM: brettmirl Cork CoCo Fermoy - Patrick O'Driscoll FG is set to top the poll #le09
3:09 PM: Stephen Spillane FG tallying top 3 places in newcastle west in limerick. #Le09
3:09 PM: RTE_Elections Fine Gael's Henry Kenny, a brother of the party leader, has also been elected on the first count in the last few minutes.
3:09 PM: SimonHaden Ennis Town Council (9 SEATS) 1st Count: CONSIDINE (FF) 529; BRENNAN (IND) 1015; COOTERYAN (FG) 421; FLYNN (FG) 1314; FOX (FG) 227; GLYNN (FF) 388; GUILFOYLE (IND) 676; HAYES (SF) 234; MATTHEW (IND) 252; NEYLON (IND) 615; MEANEY (GREEN) 587; OSHEA (LAB) 385; KELLY (IND) 24; MOYLAN (FF) 145; OBADEYI (IND) 128; HOWARD (FG) 791.
3:09 PM: lexia Lee on RTE yfrog.com
3:09 PM: RTE_Elections The Fianna Fáil TD for Cork North-Central, Noel O'Flynn, has said the elections have been disastrous for his party.
3:09 PM: Suzy Byrne Follow Alexia qiking in RDS qik.com
3:10 PM: Paddy www.indymedia.ie/attachments/jun2009/eoin_ryan.jpg
3:10 PM: themayonews Castlebar first count in, Michael Kilcoyne elected, surpassing the quota by some 600 votes, with Henry Kenny also elected.
3:10 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Cork North West – Early Tallies bit.ly
3:11 PM: RTE_Elections George Lee says that in voting for him, the people in Dublin South are sending a message that they are not happy with the Govt in power
3:11 PM: Stephen Spillane FG tallying top 3 places in newcastle west in limerick. #Le09
3:11 PM: TheEmergency Mini-Dev on @vincentbrowne now telling spinfibs. Blaming people who bought too many houses. The bastards. #emer #le09
3:12 PM: lexia Not feeling too hot.
3:12 PM: eoinbannon Any news on Galway City Co? #LE09
3:12 PM: Campaign_Watch Turnout in Dublin South: 57.7%, Total Poll: 52,479 Quota 26,019. Lee secured 27,768 first preference votes #le09
3:12 PM: Iceman Why are we not getting DCC Tallys?
3:13 PM: krayZpaving In Dublin @labour looks set to go from 15 to 20 or 21 seats on Dublin City Council. #le09
3:13 PM: Mark_Coughlan @MickFealty Eamon O'Cuiv or Dempsey.
3:13 PM: keatingciara #le09 might just pop out to the RDS in a bit. This stuff is kinda addictive.
3:14 PM: tallaghtecho 4:09 : Basketball Arena: Tallaght SouthTendai Madondo has also lost her seat in Tallaght South. The Green first-timer got 600 first prefe..
3:15 PM: RTE_Elections A collated tally for Dublin City, Fingal and Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown shows FG's Gay Mitchell leading with almost 25% of first preferences.
3:15 PM: Johnp63 First time I've seen George Lee without makeup or a tie. Tut tut. #le09
3:15 PM: lexia LOL. RTE AV lady asks Alan for interview, he stands in rain she ignores while awaiting Lee, he gets huffy.
3:15 PM: cianflah THe Springs are back in irish politics as Arthur Spring tops the poll in the Tralee electoral area for Kerry Co Co. He beats Ferris into second place for the area tho she has polled strongly in Euros.
3:15 PM: Longford_Leader NEWS: 1600- Fianna Fail vote holds up: With all of the tally figures in, it's clear the much-anticipated co.. tinyurl.com
3:15 PM: lexia Alan is Alan Shatter
3:16 PM: Waterfire yes thank u all so much for keeping us who are far away up to speed.
3:16 PM: Fergal Crehan The grumbling begins. O'Flynn on Newstalk blames leadership for the sufferings of FF candidates
3:16 PM: RTE_Elections Taoiseach Brian Cowen has said he is confident that Eoin Ryan can win a European Parliament seat for Fianna Fáil in Dublin.
3:16 PM: krayZpaving In Dublin @labour looks set to go from 15 to 20 or 21 seats on Dublin City Council. #le09
3:17 PM: wendylimerick Cian any news on Dingle in Kerry?
3:17 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Cork North East – Early Tallies bit.ly
3:18 PM: lostexpectation pat carey always brought out for bad news for ff
3:18 PM: Samuel Anyone know why the DCC tallies are so late? Full Tipp South tallies here - www.dtmorris.com
3:18 PM: cianflah Dingle Electoral area - Griffin (FG) top of tally at the moment, Cosai second with O Shea in third. Milltwon boxes to be opened so O Shea could jump to second
3:18 PM: themayonews The celebrities are now arriving as the counts get interesting, the great Willie Joe Padden is out mixing with masses in the TF Cafe Bar!
3:18 PM: cianflah SF wins 2 out of three in Listowel - that is a first time SF candidate topping poll. Going by tallies. Wow.
3:18 PM: Suzy Byrne @wendylimerick ask and you will receive!
3:19 PM: wendylimerick Oh thanks for that Cian Fitzgerald (ff) anywhere son of ex senator tom Fitzgerald
3:19 PM: samuelbowman Make sure to tune in to UCC's Liam Weeks on Newstalk! #le09
3:19 PM: kingkane Live streaming from Killarney! elections.kerrycoco.ie #le09
3:20 PM: themayonews A few tallymen took some time out to back Sea The Stars in the Derby, correctly ignoring the advice of The FInal Furlong in The Mayo News!
3:20 PM: joe does anyone know anything about greystones?? im dying to know
3:21 PM: RTE_Elections The Taoiseach congratulates George Lee on his victory but says Fianna Fáil's Shay Brennan defended his father’s seat with honour.
3:21 PM: wendylimerick Major win there for sf in Listowel
3:21 PM: Suzy Byrne Joe - Simon harris 4 quotas in town council was what I heard last
3:22 PM: Fergal Crehan Speculation on RTE that the FF vote didn't come out in Dublin Central. Not even with the vaunted Bertie Machine?
3:23 PM: lexia Lee on a soapbox? yfrog.com
3:23 PM: RTE_Elections On Drivetime, FG's Alan Dukes has said the success of Independent Maureen O'Sullivan in Dublin Central was due to the Tony Gregory effect
3:23 PM: themayonews For anyone interested in hurling, Mayo are just a point down at half time in the Christy Ring semi-final...
3:23 PM: keatingciara #le09 any results in cabra glasnevin locals yet?
3:23 PM: themayonews And like Fine Gael, they have the wind at their backs in the second half!
3:24 PM: lexia Ursula looks on yfrog.com
3:25 PM: SimonHaden Ennis Town Council Prediction: FG 3 (+1); IND 4 (+1); FF 1 (-2); GREEN 1 (-). Fianna Fail way down in Clare urban areas but holding in rural.
3:25 PM: lexia Damn. Missing the other half of the lee interview. Reckless?
3:25 PM: Fergal Crehan Brian Lenihan on RTE. Says 24% of the vote in locals isn't too bad. Sign of the times.
3:25 PM: TheEmergency Fine Gael has just joined George Lee #le09
3:27 PM: wendylimerick Eamon Ryan going off on a green economy rant on rte1 avoiding the obvious election crash
3:27 PM: joe joe higgins winning in the 3 person dog fight by a quater of a percent to eoin ryan
3:28 PM: Campaign_Watch Rough Dublin Europe constituency tally: Mitchell 23.3%, De Rossa 23.3%, Higgins 13.5%, Ryan 13.25%, McDonald 13.1% #le09
3:28 PM: Elrobo The 3rd seat in Dublin MEP will come down to transfers! If the Greens & FF had asked their voters to give their following numbers to each other Ryan may have been saved!
3:28 PM: joe Suzy Byrne- any news on dereck mitchell in greystones after the abwood controversy??
3:29 PM: RTE_Elections The Minister for Finance has said the bye-election results are looking disappointing for the Government
3:29 PM: lexia Qikking live - #le09
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3:29 PM: RTE_Elections Brian Lenihan said Fianna Fáil had brought forward a plan but that the opposition had just criticised
3:30 PM: chiarraigrrl Drumshanbo had a 98% turnout and hundreds waiting to vote yesterday morning. Awesome #le09
3:30 PM: samuelbowman Newstalk: Higgins, MLM and Ryan all ~12% in Dublin, the three of them are roughly tied for the third seat. #le09
3:31 PM: RTE_Elections Tally figures suggest that Fianna Fáil could lose four seats on Louth County Council and see their seats drop from nine to five
3:33 PM: RTE_Elections In Kildare, the Green Party councillor JJ Power could lose out to an Independent.
3:34 PM: krayZpaving Eric Byrne of @labour becomes the first person elected to Dublin City Council. #le09
3:34 PM: Niall001 Thanks to everyone providing tweets from around the country
3:34 PM: wendylimerick Noel Flynn on RTE
3:35 PM: RTE_Elections Asked if the election results would bring a change in policy, Brian Lenihan said there was no alternative to Govt policy on the economy
3:36 PM: RTE_Elections The Greens look set to lose a seat in the Borris area of Carlow, which is the base of Green deputy-leader Mary White
3:36 PM: chiarraigrrl LOL I love the woman on RTE right now for Labour. "the public is furious at how you blew the boom", "decisions were right is nonsense" #le09
3:36 PM: lexia Qikking live - #le09
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3:37 PM: RTE_Elections Tally figures suggest that Fianna Fáil could lose four seats on Louth County Council and see their seats drop from nine to five
3:37 PM: bosca Election Count 09: Tally counts of the Athy Area votes indicate that Mark Wall (LAB) has headed the poll, with t.. short.ie
3:38 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: O'Flynn attacks government bit.ly
3:38 PM: Fergal Crehan DL Rathdown - all four Greens may lose their seats
3:39 PM: RTE_Elections FF are aiming to gain a seat the Taoiseach's home area of Tullamore after a strong performance by his brother Barry Cowen
3:39 PM: caseyorla Leitrim County Council - changes ahead www.irishtimes.com
3:39 PM: Fergal Crehan PBP likely to get two seats, including one for Boyd Barratt
3:39 PM: Iceman Still no tallys for DSC?
3:40 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Mark O’ Keeffe in trouble bit.ly
3:40 PM: Suzy Byrne Eric Byrne elected - first councillor @ Iceman.
3:40 PM: Johnp63 Eoin Ryan in trouble again behind joe higgins. Does Donagh diamond sound like a pole dancer? #le09
3:41 PM: lexia €2.50 for a small bottle of 7up. RDS is taking the piss.
3:41 PM: Iceman Any figuyess Suzie?
3:41 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Aileen D Pyne could lose seat bit.ly
3:42 PM: Fergal Crehan Mannix Flynn likely to take a seat in South Inner, probably at expense of SF's Daithi Doolan
3:43 PM: RTE_Elections FG's George Lee has said he's convinced that the party will hold onto its three seats in the constituency in the next general election
3:43 PM: Mergito surprising amount of areas 'bucking the trend', including possible second FF seat in Galway city, Cameron and P.Conneely look safe. #le09
3:43 PM: tallestdwarf Eric Byrne of @labour becomes the first person elected to Dublin City Council. #le09
3:43 PM: Samuel Is Daithi Doolan's drop in votes down to local "problems" with his former army pals?
3:44 PM: brettmirl KK CoCo Ballyragget - Tally - FG 37.8%, Lab 25%, FF 21.6% #le09
3:44 PM: John Handelaar www.kildarestreet.com
3:44 PM: wendylimerick All male academics on RTE panel bloody feck sake
3:46 PM: RTE_Elections Enda Kenny says that in voting for FG the people have voted for change
3:46 PM: darran RT @spiller2: Carrigaline tally. Forde fg 16.8%, mcgrath ff 16.6%, lombard fg 14.3%, collins fg 12.35% #le09
3:46 PM: wendylimerick Enda Kenny now on
3:47 PM: athtrasna wondering where the Castleknock tallies are?#le09
3:47 PM: SimonHaden Clare Co Co - Shannon Area Prediction: 2 FG; 1 FF; 3 IND.
3:48 PM: RTE_Elections Fine Gael leader says local issues were blown off the map by people’s concerns for their futures
3:48 PM: Iceman Why don't you ask him Samuel.
3:49 PM: RTE_Elections Speaking in Tullamore, Brian Cowen says FF had to take decisions that were necessary for the country
3:50 PM: Iceman GE on the cards?
3:51 PM: RTE_Elections Enda Kenny says FF made wrong choices, with no coherence to how it went about its business
3:51 PM: SimonHaden Greens in Clare may buck the trend with a possible additional seat on Council from Ann Marie Flanagan. FG to make gains. FF almost wiped out in Ennis & Shannon. Independents polling strongly. Labour no change.
3:53 PM: krayZpaving Eamon Gilmore of @labour has just arrived at the RDS count centre. #le09
3:53 PM: athtrasna OMG - Forde's vote held up despite switching party! #le09
3:54 PM: lexia Gilmore on the way
3:54 PM: RTE_Elections The Fine Gael leader says the next general election will be a lot sooner than people imagined
3:55 PM: RTE_Elections Fianna Fáil in Kildare is privately conceding that the party could lose as many as five (50%) of its 10 seats.
3:56 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Cork South East – Early Tallies bit.ly
3:56 PM: themayonews FInal tallies in Swinford show that Cathaoirleach of the council, Joe Mellett, is in serious trouble!
3:57 PM: lexia I want to shout "out of the way shitheads" to the rude photographers
3:57 PM: brettmirl KK CoCo Piltown - Tally - FF 26.5%, FG 49.4%, Lab 15.7%, SF 3.2%, Ind 4.6% #le09
3:57 PM: samuelbowman I very much hope that Toireasa Ferrorisst fails to win a seat. Looks like Sean Kelly stole some of her Kerry thunder #le09
3:57 PM: lexia Qikking live - #le09
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3:57 PM: RTE_Elections In Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown it is very possible now that all four outgoing Green councillors will not retain their seats
3:57 PM: RTE_Elections GAA star Brian Whelehan (FG) does not look like he's going to take a seat in Offaly
3:58 PM: RTE_Elections In Wicklow, the Fianna Fáil vote appears to be holding up reasonably well in three out of five electoral areas
3:58 PM: cianflah Sam she seems to have done OK Kerry wise and polled decently in Cork city, she is in the mix alright but all the figs ive heard are quite vague
3:58 PM: Iceman Upton & Byrne (Lab) in now for Crumlin/Kimmage Labour gain. Collins should be next followed by FG or FF.
3:59 PM: themayonews Swinford could reverse the trend by giving FF a gain with Jimmy Maloney and Michael Smyth in line for a seat if transfers go as expected.
3:59 PM: handelaar Fair play to Mick Barry (SOC), who's about to be re-elected in Cork City NC - the only pol in town who canvasses between elections #le09
3:59 PM: UnaRocks First count from galway city east announced in a few mins #le09
4:00 PM: Iceman SWIC will see 2 Lab and 1 FG but nothing on the 4th seat yet.
4:00 PM: Paddy Any word on how Dave Keating second SP candidate in cork is doing?
4:01 PM: brettmirl KK CoCo Piltown - Tally - FF 26.5%, FG 49.4%, Lab 15.7%, SF 3.2%, Ind 4.6% #le09
4:01 PM: RTE_Elections The Govt's handling of the economy influenced the voting decision of more than three quarters of voters, according to an RTÉ exit poll
4:01 PM: krayZpaving Eamon Gilmore of @labour has just arrived at the RDS count centre. #le09
4:01 PM: Iceman Still nothing on Ballyfermot.
4:02 PM: EmilyTully RT @RTE_Elections: The Govt's handling of the economy influenced the voting decision of more than three quarters of voters,
4:03 PM: handelaar RT @electionsirl Results as they come bit.ly #le09
4:03 PM: Iceman Gerry Adams on RTE now.
4:04 PM: cianflah Fine Gael Leader Enda Kenny T.D. will be joined by new FG T.D. George Lee at Party headquarters, where he will make an important announcement following today’s historic win and rejection of the FF Government by three out of four of the population.
Date: Saturday 6th June 2009
Time: 7.30pm
Location: Fine Gael Party HQ, 51 Upper Mount Street, Dublin 2.
4:04 PM: EmilyTully Donegal Euros latest 32.67% FF Pat the Cope, 21.9% SF McLoughlin, 12% Ind Harkin, 10.56% Lib Ganley, 9.79% FG Jim Higgins #le09
4:04 PM: cianflah GE anyone?
4:05 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Government under fire bit.ly
4:07 PM: davgreene Crackin' up to be a tide-turning election in Ireland- Libertas set to take a seat in Ireland-NW #LE09
4:07 PM: Samuel Gerry didnt have much to say for himself
4:08 PM: wendylimerick Id say GE
4:08 PM: machinenation The Final Battle for the last seat Kilrush Town Council #le09 bit.ly 7 elected 2FF 3FG 2Ind
4:09 PM: RTE_Elections Lansdowne Market Research poll for RTÉ and the Sunday Independent finds 77% of voters said the Govt's handling of economy influenced vote
4:09 PM: Paddy Mulhuddart - After 3rd count LP (Patrick Nulty) 1,965 SP (Ruth coppinger) 1,795, LP (O'Donovan) 1,758, FG (Dennison) 1,707. Quota 2210 with SP (Denis Keane) 667 votes to be redistributed. SP could get in on next count if there is a big transfer to coppinger
4:09 PM: Samuel Dub City Council - RTE giving PBP + 2, SF - 2
4:09 PM: Oisin O'Brien Daithi Do-Little
4:10 PM: RTE_Elections Independents have polled well in Co Meath. In Navan, Francis Deane topped the poll and Independent Brian Fitzgerald was top in Dunshaughlin
4:11 PM: Iceman Yes Samuel but the SF loss where to an Ind and Lab not PBP.
4:11 PM: alan_mccormack Heading to the Limerick city north count. Tallies show FG romping home. #le09
4:12 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Cork South West– Early Tallies bit.ly
4:12 PM: themayonews The first member elected to MCC, Michelle Mulherin has just arrived at the count in Castlebar to raptorous applause.
4:12 PM: joe any more news on wicklow??
4:12 PM: Michael Ryan Any word from Kilbeggan in Westmeath?
4:14 PM: tallaghtecho 5:14 : RDS: General update If Charlie Ardagh can't hold off McGinley (FG) then Fianna Fail will be as smoked as a salmon in Burdocks
4:15 PM: Suzy Byrne @MichaelRyan FF have miraculously increased their vote in Mullingar and Westmeath - you could look at Westmeath Examiner site?? www.westmeathexaminer.ie
4:15 PM: irishelection Early evening roundup wit tales of the day thoughts welcome url.ie #LE09 Also looking 4 crystal ball gazers url.ie
4:16 PM: samuelbowman Both of Micheál Martin's bros are "facing a major uphill struggle" to get elected in Cork. #le09
4:17 PM: RTE_Elections The Taoiseach tells RTÉ: ‘Obviously the tide of public opinion is against us at the moment’
4:18 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: First results expected in next hour bit.ly
4:19 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Cork South Central – Early Tallies bit.ly
4:19 PM: Johnp63 Mitchell, de rossa and higgins 123 after first full tally #le09
4:19 PM: Karl Nolan Sinn Fein need to run someone else in South East Inner City Daithi has too much baggage
4:19 PM: Fergal Crehan Navan 2 seats assured for FG, a real possibilty of a thitd. 2 FF seats
4:19 PM: Samuel @iceman - apologies, I was talking about full numbers, not individual contests. You can't spin that one
4:20 PM: Iceman If Charlie Ardagh does lose his seat Dublin South Central will have no FF Councillors but the odd thing is DSC has 2 FF TD's, work that one out why don't you.
4:20 PM: Fergal Crehan Trim: FG likely to pick up an extra seat
4:20 PM: clareconway Any word on Patton in Dl/Rathdown? #le09
4:21 PM: Iceman Sam no spin just thought you spun it that way.
4:21 PM: Iceman Yes i agree and i thik Crumlin/Kimmage thw sasme.
4:22 PM: Excited Any news on Blackrock, apart from Party Tally totals?
4:22 PM: RTE_Elections In Galway City, early tallies show that Labour's Billy Cameron has topped the poll with 20.7% of the vote
4:22 PM: lexia my phone is dead.. hello dongle #le09
4:22 PM: thusspakeblixa Crumlin/Kimmage- Joan Collins 371 away from quota, Henry Upton 815. 5 votes separate Ardagh and McGinley -Tallaght Echo #le09
4:22 PM: TheEmergency There's something of the night about Pat Carey, is their not? #vinnieb #le09
4:22 PM: Johnp63 Anyone else finding twitter sluggish today? #le09
4:23 PM: cymorg After round 5 in Tuam Town Council (9 seats) the following 5 are elected... Tom Reilly (FF), Sally-Ann Flanagan (FG), Peter Warren (FG), Mary Loftus (Lab) & Eamon Kitt (FF).
Breda Mullarkey and Grainne Morahan are eliminated. FG look set for another 1 or 2, Lab. could land one.
4:23 PM: Fergal Crehan Cassidy and Yore both to take FF seats in Meath. Oliver Fox FF and John Farrelly FG fighting over a seat
4:23 PM: themayonews Tereasa McGuire is elected to Westport TC, with colleague Myles Staunton also on the verge of making it 3 out of 4 for Fine Gael.
4:23 PM: brianpcleary #le09 South Tipp CoCo count starts soon. Votes have been transferred to Pat O'callaghan Complex. FG tallying at 30%
4:24 PM: Fergal Crehan Kells tally likely to come in within half an hour
4:24 PM: Samuel @iceman - i'm a spin-free zone. That's how RTE reported it. Maybe take it up with them? RTE, Donnybrook, Dublin 4
4:25 PM: RTE_Elections In Galway Central tallies show two Independents topping the poll: Declan McDonnell (12.8%) and Terry O'Flaherty (12.5%)
4:25 PM: froodie Spotted Cormac Hurley's posters being taken down in the rain in Limerick North. Looked like the man himself, can't be 100% #le09
4:25 PM: eoinwilson first time in Irish political history that a party has more cabinet ministers than councillors? (@andrewmurphy) #le09
4:27 PM: RTE_Elections In Roscommon, tallies put Independents topping the poll in three out of five electoral areas: Athlone, Castlerea and Strokestown.
4:28 PM: Michael Ryan @Suzy Byrne - Thanks for link to Westmeath Examiner Site. Looks like Kilbeggan Man Paul Daly will save a Seat for FF which he has held since he was co-opted onto when long-standing FF Councillor Tom Cowley died 2 years ago.
4:28 PM: SimonHaden Clare CC Ennistymon area - On final tally it now looks like it will be 2 FG & 3FF. Ann Marie Flanagan may not now make breakthrough for Greens even though vote slightly up.
4:29 PM: Stephen Spillane FG's joe o'callaghan ahead of tony fitzgerald of FF by 50. Fighting for last seat. Maybe no FG loss? #Le09
4:29 PM: RTE_Elections Sinn Féin's Gerry Adams says there is a need for the 'broad left' to work together to ensure that core values can be put into policy
4:29 PM: Tomfoolery How many wards will return zero FF councillors? I know that in the last local elections, Lucan (South Dublin Co. Co.) elected no FF councillor. Will this phenomenon occur elsewhere?
4:29 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Results of RTÉ European election exit poll bit.ly
4:30 PM: EmilyTully What's the story with Euros in Sligo, Galway and Mayo anyone??? #le09
4:30 PM: RTE_Elections Labour's Eric Byrne and Kevin Humphries have been elected to Dublin City Council
4:32 PM: RTE_Elections Reacting to FF's election performance, the Minister for Transport said decisions in the current circumstances were never going to be popular
4:32 PM: lexia @ann_donnelly Those come tomorrow night. All of Europe reports tomorrow night
4:32 PM: Alexia Golez Video of Kevin Humphreys in South East Inner City getting elected currently uploading - to come!
4:33 PM: RTE_Elections Minister for Finance tells Drivetime it is time all parties put on European jerseys and worked together towards the Lisbon Treaty referendum
4:33 PM: Alexia Golez Announcement of Count 1 of South East Inner City www.youtube.com. Humphreys on shoulders alert
4:34 PM: krayZpaving John Feehily of @labour becomes first Labour member of Leitrim County Council. Now that's one for the records! #le09
4:34 PM: Samuel @vincentbrowne lashing into gerry adams. Adams says party to focus on "rebuilding". Bank security teams, please note
4:34 PM: Dave Cleary daithi moved out of pearse street and forgot us , labour rule the roost
4:34 PM: RTE_Elections In Meath, tallies indicate that the former PD candidate Serena Campbell, who is standing in Slane for FG, is topping the poll
4:35 PM: RTE_Elections In Trim, FG look likely to take the first two seats, while in Cavan FF may lose three or four seats
4:35 PM: Fergal Crehan Kevin Meenan SF elected in Meath
4:36 PM: faduda New blog post: What The Tallyman Saw V (Kildare / Clane) #le09 faduda.ie
4:36 PM: RTE_Elections The Labour party is set to remain the largest party on the Dublin City Council, with at least 15 seats
4:37 PM: keatingciara #le09 KilrushCoCo Garry 1560, Kelly 1440,Curtin 1439
keane1245,Keating 1075, Chambers 1016, o'dea 825, prendiville 776, breen 587
4:37 PM: lexia SEIC Announcement - humphreys elected - bit.ly
4:37 PM: RTE_Elections The People Before Profit Alliance looks set to win two Dublin City Council seats
4:38 PM: omegar24 hmmm Wonder if Labour Can turn there good results into actual General Election Results. Hope so. would be better than FF or FG in Gov. #le09
4:38 PM: Paddy Ruth coppinger just elected in mulhuddart
4:38 PM: Elrobo Gilmore on RTE1
4:40 PM: cianflah Any reliable tallies from South?
4:42 PM: Emer Doherty why didn't sinn fein do better in inner city dublin north & south ? isn't this their heartland ?
4:43 PM: Stephen Spillane FG's joe o'callaghan ahead of tony fitzgerald of FF by 50. Fighting for last seat. Maybe no FG loss? #Le09
4:43 PM: eolai why are tallies even allowed in the European elections, a day before counting begins? Shouldn't that be against rules somewhere? #le09
4:43 PM: Stephen Spillane FG's joe o'callaghan ahead of tony fitzgerald of FF by 50. Fighting for last seat. Maybe no FG loss? #Le09
4:43 PM: irlef2009 Fianna Fail in total denial. Pat Carey on Newstalk thinks public anger is about what they are DOING NOW and not what they DID BEFORE! #le09
4:44 PM: Fergal Crehan Ruth Coppinger Socialist Party elected Mulhuddert
4:44 PM: RTE_Elections Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan tell Drivetime he believes Fine Gael is moving to the right
4:44 PM: Suzy Byrne hello to our 293 watchers - remember to have a look at Irishelection.com for latest posts and analysis and photos also!
4:44 PM: Iceman SF could have 2 DCC Councillors in the NIC & SWIC. What more do you want from two candidates?
4:45 PM: cymorg After round 6 in Tuam Town Council Owen Ward (Ind.) is eliminated, no additional candidates elected this round.
4:45 PM: proinnsias #le09 anyone seen tallys from the Dublin Clontarf ward ?
4:45 PM: chiarraigrrl RT @oisincoghlan "Rathmines: murphy 15, Quinn 11.5, Lacey 10.5, Freehill 10.2, Wynne 9.7, mccarten 9.4, donnelly 7.8, O'Callaghan 7.7" #le09
4:45 PM: EmilyTully What's the story with Euros in Sligo, Galway and Mayo anyone??? #le09
4:45 PM: irlef2009 Let's hope this is the beginning of the end for this discredited government. They have no mandate. This was a vote on their record. #le09
4:45 PM: joe any news in wicklow??
4:46 PM: lexia Sitting in the middle of frustrated FFers. Apparently the only thing that could have stopped Lee would have been saying he worked for Anglo.
4:46 PM: Suzy Byrne box went missing wicklow and everyone was locked in till it was found - hence delay.
4:46 PM: JL Pagano According to NewsTalk, George Lee "literally blew his opponents out of the water." Anyone have footage? #le09
4:46 PM: ann_donnelly @spiller2 Are there any MEP results for South? #Le09
4:49 PM: brettmirl Anyone have any news from Dunshaughlin area of Meath CoCo??? #le09
4:50 PM: Fergal Crehan Mark Deerey likely to take a seat for Grrens in Dundalk South
4:50 PM: RTE_Elections The Socialist Party's Ruth Coppinger has won a seat on Fingal County Council
4:50 PM: joe Suzy Byrne - oh i see has it been sorted yt??
4:50 PM: Paddy What about some analysis about Joe Higgins in 3rd place for euro elections. We need transfer analysis
4:50 PM: Samuel @suzybyrne - hello back. Fabulous service. Well done to all involved. Specially like the TV advice updates as to who is on. Very orange woman current on @vincentbrowne
4:51 PM: squidlimerick I am reliably informed that Maurice Quinlivan will not be the first SF councillor in Limerick City, but the Second #le09
4:51 PM: themayonews Greens Party candidate Fergus McAllister's votes distributed after 7th county in Westport, as Fine Gael's Myles Staunton elected.#elections
4:53 PM: RTE_Elections In Kilkenny, Andrew McGuinness (FF), son of former Junior Minister John McGuinness, looks set to win a seat
4:53 PM: JoeLeogue Pa o'driscoll (FG)second past the post in Fermoy town council and looks certain for a county council seat #le09
4:53 PM: Campaign_Watch Ind Michael Kilcoyne, FG’s Henry Kenny and Michelle Mulherin elected to Mayo County Council #le09
4:54 PM: RTE_Elections Tallies in Carlow show the Green Party securing just 6% of first preference votes, and it looks likely they'll have no seat on Carlow CoCo
4:55 PM: RTE_Elections Labour leader Eamon Gilmore tells Drivetime these are the best ever local election results for Labour
4:56 PM: Samuel Dublin Central FF 3483, Labour 4926, SF 3770, FG 6439, GP 203, CSP 203, IND 7639, WP 519, IND 614
4:56 PM: irlef2009 Lenihan on RTE: "We decided ... to put the future generation above the future election." What a load of bull when they sold us all out #le09
4:57 PM: samuelbowman If Ganley wins his seat, then we've witnessed a 'Bradley effect': people lying to pollsters because Libertas have a bad rep #le09
4:58 PM: chiarraigrrl RT @RTE_Elections"The People Before Profit Alliance looks set to win two Dublin City Council seats" excellent #le09
5:00 PM: Samuel RTE TV just turned off the cameras and gone home. Meanwhile, Noel Dempsey waving his hands around on tv3
5:00 PM: RTE_Elections In Dublin Central, Independent Maureen O’Sullivan stands 7639 votes after the first count and is tipped to take the seat
5:00 PM: TheEmergency @declanganley on @ghook "quietly confident"... That's half a first... #le09
5:00 PM: Stephen Spillane Cork North Central looks set to make first declaration, adjudication currently taking place #le09
5:01 PM: RTE_Elections In Dublin Central, Independent Maureen O’Sullivan stands at 7639 votes after the first count and is tipped to take the seat
5:02 PM: proinnsias @eolai why would they be against the rules ? Votes have been cast, they can't alter anything by tallying #le09
5:02 PM: adrianweckler Slow, slow in Fingal, which I'm covering for SBP. Only Mulhuddart has returned a count. Socialist, Labour gains are big the story here #le09
5:02 PM: cianflah LExia is posting some great photos from down in the RDS www.flickr.com
5:02 PM: eoinpurcell I love the fight in Dublin Central between the Aherns & the Fitzpatrick's. In the end Fitzpatrick will win #le09
5:05 PM: cianflah Gallagher's team in North and West not happy with the way things are panning out.
5:05 PM: RTE_Elections FF TD Timmy Dooley has said that candidate selections for local elections should be made locally and not by party headquarters
5:06 PM: eoinpurcell Given FGs vote in DS, there is a real chance of them holding 3 seats in a general. At 27K votes they would have nearly three quotas #le09
5:06 PM: keatingciara @eolai #le09 its because they are sorting the votes face up as opposed to face down as they did the last time , hence the tallies
5:06 PM: gomaonaigh First count for Rathfarnham due in 5mins. #le09
5:06 PM: Campaign_Watch Enda Kenny’s brother Henry elected to Mayo County Council for Fine Gael #le09
5:06 PM: J_Ketch People suffering from Republican Derangement Syndrome in the US - any thoughts on what we can do with that re FF & GOP, sorry GP? #le09
5:06 PM: adrianweckler @eolai Nope. Because they're not 'official' #le09
5:06 PM: PJ Coogan cork city council.. worst case for FF 7 seats ..
5:06 PM: lostexpectation H/M: quota 2653, PC 3715; AF 26999; O'B2267; COC 2195; JG 1762; AP 1634; JW 1299 no figures for JM yet i hr ago any update on jm
5:06 PM: Tom Foley Anyone know how Mannix Flynn is doing ?
5:06 PM: cymorg After round 7 in Tuam Town Council Paul Osikoya, the only Green on the ticket, is eliminated, no additional candidates elected.
5:08 PM: RTE_Elections FF could loose up to half of their seats on Dublin City Council, while Labour, FG, and the PBP Alliance could gain 2 each.
5:08 PM: Campaign_Watch Confirmed local election results at 17.45: FG 2, Labour 2, Others 2, Sinn Fein 1, FF 0, Greens 0 #le09
5:09 PM: TheEmergency Terry Prone making good point on vincent browne ... Oh hang the volume's down ... That's Hooky #le09
5:09 PM: brettmirl Carlow Town Council Tally - FF 34%, FG 23%, Lab 16%, SF 8%, Ind 9% #le09
5:09 PM: Johnp63 rte first full tally. Mitchel 23.3 De Rossa 20.9 Higgins 13.45 Ryan 13.25 McDonald 13.1 #le09
5:11 PM: RTE_Elections Fine Gael's Eoghan Murphy has been elected to Dublin City Council for the Pembroke/Rathmines area
5:13 PM: RTE_Elections Fine Gael's Eddie Staunton has been elected to Mayo County Council on the third count in the Ballina electoral area
5:14 PM: RTE_Elections Fianna Fáil's Al McDonnell has been elected to Mayo County Council on the fourth count for the Castlebar electoral area
5:14 PM: Iceman Ballyfermot 4th seat news, anyone?
5:14 PM: lostexpectation elected in castleknock
joe higgns sp 3878
eithne loftus fg 3028
5:14 PM: Po Neill Meath CC Trim area tally 1st count butler (fg) 1822 cantwell (ind) 613 carey (fg) 1441 fegan (ff) 1543 (cont'd)
5:15 PM: eoinpurcell 28412 is tvp in DC, 14207 is quota #le09
5:15 PM: squidlimerick By the way, first SF councillor in Limerick was Paddy Mulcahy, ht limericknewswire.com #le09
5:15 PM: squidlimerick Candidates starting to show up here in advance of impending result #le09
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5:16 PM: joe any news in greystones been waiting for the result all day????
5:16 PM: handelaar #le09 Maureen O'Sullivan in first place in count 1 #dublincentral
5:17 PM: Pat Mull Any news of South Tipp
5:17 PM: Po Neill Meath CC Trim area rest of tally golden (ind) 976 lynch (sf) 466 mcelhinney (lab) 1189 murray (ff) 1189
5:17 PM: cymorg After round 8 in Tuam Town Council Pat O'Hora (Lab.) is eliminated, no additional candidates elected.
5:17 PM: TheAngelOfDebt Clare County Council Ennistymon EA, 1 elected - NO FF backlash here !!!! bit.ly #le09
5:17 PM: Stephen Spillane Cork North Central looks set to make first declaration, adjudication currently taking place #le09
5:18 PM: TheEmergency Maureen O'Sullivan looks good in dublin central. Several minor counts will ensue as low polling candidates eliminated #le09
5:18 PM: RTE_Elections Joe Higgins of the Socialist Party has been elected to Fingal County Council
5:21 PM: Samuel @patmull - Tipp South tallies here - www.dtmorris.com
5:21 PM: kingkane The Greens have spent 2 decades painstakingly building up and in only 2 years in government with FF have almost lost it all, for what? #le09
5:22 PM: Christine Bohan Seems Fianna Fail have lost 11 of their 12 seats on Dublin City Council. Mad. #le09
5:22 PM: OisinCoghlan Gormley's policy adviser 2 lose seat RT @BrianGreene Green Party to lose both it seats in Malahide Howth. 2.7 & 4.3% each (full tally) #le09
5:22 PM: TheEmergency Gilmore wants election that's 3 way contest lab v fg v ff. No interest in sf as part of coalition. Speaking on@ghook #le09
5:22 PM: caseyorla Loughrea electoral area Fianna F 20.88%, Greens 0.91%, Fine Gael 40.42%, Labour 2.89%, Independents 34.90%, #le09
5:22 PM: themayonews Veteran Eddie Staunton becomes the second councillor elected in Balina area, while Al McDonnell is third elected in the Castlebar area.
5:22 PM: Christine Bohan Joe Higgins just elected to Fingal with a surplus of over one thousand #le09
5:23 PM: eoinpurcell Can anyone confirm that the current tally in Dublin Euro Constituency includes Dublin South? #le09
5:23 PM: chiarraigrrl "the Greens in meltdown" according to RTE. Growth in left-wing parties, people before profit probably 2 seats in the city. #le09
5:23 PM: Smcgarr
5:23 PM: Waterfire Anyone know how Lab's farren in blackrock & Lab's McDowell in Donaghmede are doing? Fabulous news for Dublin if Charlie Ardagh is NOT elected - a less inquisitive and critical mind in a public representative would have been hard to find.
5:24 PM: brettmirl 3 candidates elected to the Carlow Town Council: Jennifer Murnane FF, Michael Abbey FG, Tom O'Neill FG #le09
5:24 PM: dermotcasey where is best place online to see results of Local elections #le09
5:24 PM: RTE_Elections The RTÉ/Sunday Independent Exit Poll is available on the RTÉ elections website. Click tinyurl.com to view
5:24 PM: brettmirl 3 candidates elected to the Muinebheag Town Council Denis Foley FG, Arthur McDonald FF, Thomas Dermody FF. #le09
5:26 PM: brettmirl Cllr Andrew McGuinnenss, FF, has over two quotas in the Kilkenny Borough Council election, increasing his vote by 4% on 2004. #le09
5:26 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Adjudications on spoiled votes bit.ly
5:26 PM: Johnp63 is there now an economics editor job going in RTE. Must dig out my abacus #le09
5:26 PM: Samuel Gilmore says no - again - to going into government with FF (@vincentbrowne, tv3) after next GE
5:26 PM: Po Neill Meath CC Trim area 4 seats tallymen expect butler (fg) fegan (ff) then carey (fg) murray (ff), lab, ind battle for 3rd and 4th.
5:26 PM: Suzy Byrne P O'Neill - can we ask you to find out what is going on in Dunshauglin?
5:28 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Coleman elected in Bandon bit.ly
5:28 PM: Smcgarr
5:30 PM: irishanorak Dun Laoghaire-Ballybrack ward First count in total valid poll of 14010 quota of 2336, no.1 ocallaghan (lab) 2543 (elected); no 2 bailey (fg) 2298; no 3 smyth (lab) 2210; no 4 lewis (people before profit) 2175; no 5 marren (fg) 1957. Labour surplus of 207 to be distributed therefore all 2543 votes to be counted for number twos and proportionlly allocated
5:30 PM: EmilyTully Retweeting @RTE_Elections: Joe Higgins of the Socialist Party has been elected to Fingal County Council
5:30 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Mallow results imminent bit.ly
5:31 PM: Po Neill Expecting Dunshaughlin info in about 20 minutes.
5:31 PM: dlooney Just back from interesting powwow over disputed ballots. Very educational re voter literacy. 1st count expected in 5 #le09
5:31 PM: TheEmergency Gilmore on #vinnieb : no left wing alliance ahead of gen. election. #le09
5:31 PM: TheEmergency Gilmore on #vinnieb: mold has been cracked in #le09 lab job to widen the crack [six] Lab will not enter electoral pact. Won’t coalesce w/ FF
5:31 PM: brettmirl @martin_mills McGuinnes (john) is well liked around KK. He does a lot for the place in fairness. Plus his “maverick” ways help too #le09
5:31 PM: handelaar Right then. 2007 Electoral math now no longer in effect. Time for GP to start talking to the other parties? #le09
5:31 PM: Johnp63 Joe higgins elected. ………. To fingal co co. Good man joe. 1 down 1 to go #le09
5:33 PM: EmilyTully Frankt McBrearty Jnr looking likely to get a seat on Donegal Co Council for Labour #le09
5:34 PM: squidlimerick Limerick City results from 1990 fro #le09 m Irishelection.com
5:34 PM: irishelection RT @Emilytully Frank| McBrearty Jnr looking likely to get a seat on Donegal Co Council for Labour #LE09
5:36 PM: themayonews Fianna Fail’s Margaret Adams is the first of her party to be elected to Westport Town Council after surplus votes from Dave Keating push …
5:40 PM: adam_douglas3 Cllr Tim carey has become the first candidate Eliminated from the Fermoy TC Election #le09
5:40 PM: squidlimerick Limerick City East result imminent, Limerick City South result due 2000 hrs #le09 John Gilligan expected to top poll in East
5:41 PM: irlef2009 Tim Dooley said that candidate selection for local elections should be made locally & not by party HQ – Who made him senator? Bertie! #le09
5:41 PM: adam_douglas3 Labour get both their FermoyTC candidates Elected within 3 counts, 1st & 3rd Place respectively – a tactical error in not running more?#le09
5:41 PM: lostexpectation people explaining on newstalk about why they ‘love’ george lee
5:42 PM: chiarraigrrl photo on the front of the Irish Times is officially my favourite photo of the election- newlyweds voting: tinyurl.com #le09
5:43 PM: martin_mills Fair play to John McGuinness. The only FF-er thats doing something right! #le09
5:43 PM: Christine Bohan Any word from Finglas-Ballymun or Artane-Whitehall? #le09
5:43 PM: irishanorak dooley is a TD now!
5:44 PM: John J RE: Balbriggan town council – one FF and one FG elected so far. Next 3 are Ind, SP and LP >> Can you say who was elected? #le09
5:44 PM: Simon McGarr RDS awash with Labour, triumphant. Other parties circumspect. #le09
5:45 PM: themayonews Sitting MCC in Ballina, Johnny O’Malley, has just lost his seat, while Killala man Jarlath Munnelly, makes it three for FG in Ballina.
5:47 PM: RTE_Elections Eamon Gilmore: ‘Any day Labour beats FF in a bye-election is a good day for Labour.’
5:47 PM: Suzy Byrne Fine Gael to move motion of no confidence in Government next week
5:47 PM: RTE_Elections Gerry Adams: ‘I think we’ve had a good election, we took a hit in the 2007, I think we have recovered from that.’
5:47 PM: RTE_Elections Labour candidate in Dublin Central Ivana Bacik has said it is most likely that Maureen O’Sullivan will take the seat in the bye-election
5:48 PM: RTE_Elections Labour’s John Gallagher has been elected to Dublin City Council in the South West Inner City area
5:48 PM: Iceman Lucan Ahmed| 447 = 2.9%
Balesty 561 = 3.7%
Cooley 734 = 4.8%
Dowling 518 = 3.4%
Doyle 553 = 3.6%
Farrell 727 = 4.8%
Finnegan 700 = 4.7%
Jones 846 = 5.5%
Keating 4132 = 27.1%
Lavelle 1287 = 8.4%
Moynihan 862 =5.6%
O’Connell 2096 = 13.7%
Tuffy 1797 = 11.8%
5:48 PM: RTE_Elections Fianna Fail’s Mary Fitzpatrick has been elected to Dublin City Council in Cabra/Glasnevin on the first count
5:48 PM: cymorg Larry Bane (FG), Sean Cunniffe (Lab) and Martin Ward (Ind.) elected in Tuam Town Council. I’m signing off now as all results are in.
5:49 PM: EmilyTully Pat the Cope in the house – about to be interviewed on Highland Radio #le09
5:49 PM: RTE_Elections In Sligo, Veronica Cawley (Labour) has topped the poll in the Strandhill area
5:50 PM: John J @irishanora I know that. But he started his Oireachtas career as a Taoiseach’s nominee to the Seanad. Didn’t mind the nod from head office then!
5:50 PM: Sean O’Toole Sinn Fein not in touch with the people , growth in the North is down to Catholic numbers
5:50 PM: Iceman SF in a battle for last seat in SWIC & Ballyfermot.
5:50 PM: John J RE: Fine Gael to move motion of no confidence in Government next week. What’s the source, please, Suzy?
5:50 PM: RTE_Elections In Leitrim, FF my lose a seat to Labour’s James Feeley, who has a a good chance of winning the last seat in the Carrick-on-Shannan area
5:50 PM: Samuel Cowen biographer doing some half-assed cheerleading on tv3. “Came into the job at a very bad time”.
5:50 PM: YouthNovel Enda Kenny to make announcement later that next week, Fine Gael will be making a vote of no confidence in the Government #le09 #eu09
5:51 PM: Paddy Balbriggan town council – one FF and one FG elected so far. Next 3 are Ind, SP and LP
5:51 PM: Simon McGarr Overheard, Mary-Lou McD saying it had been a big ask. #le09
5:51 PM: RTE_Elections Labour party candidate Nessa Childers has polled 26% of the 1st preference votes in the Kildare North and South constituencies
5:52 PM: Stephen Spillane South west result imminent! Well try to get results after celebrating!!! #Le09
5:52 PM: Samuel News on FG no confidence vote came via Ursula Halligan on @vincentbrowne
5:52 PM: Stephen Spillane South west result imminent! Well try to get results after celebrating!!! #Le09
5:52 PM: stevenconlon #le09 Sligo Borough East seats awarded (4 seat ward): Bree IND, McGarry LAB, McLaughlin FG, McManus SF. 1 FF casualty
5:53 PM: davidcochrane RT @suzybie Fine Gael to move motion of no confidence in government next week #le09
5:53 PM: RTE_Elections In Greystones, the FG vote is up almost 23% and the party may take one seat from FF on Wicklow County council
5:54 PM: EmilyTully RT @damienmulley: RT @jakobyte So much for the tv license. #News talk and #tv3 giving RTE a schooling in compelling election coverage.
5:56 PM: lexia @Fergal back in blogger HQ – ran out of power
5:56 PM: chiarraigrrl Joe Higgins spoke very well on TV3- glad he’s most likely in for EP. Good man #le09
5:56 PM: colmisainmdom Did terry prone utter a single word on tv3 tonight? #le09
5:56 PM: aoifac DLRCoCo so far – Baker in Blackrock. McCarthy in Glencullen. O’Callaghan in Ballybrack. #le09
5:56 PM: irlef2009 Joe Higgins on TV3 #le09
5:56 PM: PJ Coogan ireland 1-0 up robbie keane !!
5:56 PM: Iceman ulgaria 0 – 1 Ireland. Richard Dunne 24th minute.
5:56 PM: Samuel TV3 now gone home too. Ho-hum
5:57 PM: irishanorak @john j i know that as well just mean he has a different constituency to cater for now
5:57 PM: Suzy Byrne We’re hearing Richard Dunne on the Irish goal
5:57 PM: lostexpectation sworsds result now www.fingalcoco.public-i.tv
5:57 PM: Iceman Yes Richard Dunne scored not Keane.
5:58 PM: John J Dunne greart header from a free cross
6:00 PM: lostexpectation clare daly SP elected in swords 3192 votes
6:00 PM: John J @irishanorak It was the principle I was referring to. But then I suppose I am being a bit stupid to mention FF and principles. They don’t really go together.
6:01 PM: RTE_Elections Fine Gael’s Jarleth Munnelly has been elected to Mayo County Council on the fourth count in the Ballina Electoral Area
6:01 PM: Stephen Spillane Buttimer elected with a surplus of 803! #le09
6:02 PM: EmilyTully @ghook definitely is the best election coverage – well done to all, streets ahead
6:04 PM: Iceman 1 – 1
6:04 PM: PJ Coogan buttimer on 96fm shortly 102.6fm 103fmc
6:07 PM: EmilyTully almost finished sorting and verifying here in Donegal – papers will now be bundles off to various count centres #le09
6:07 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Buttimer elected in South West bit.ly
6:09 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Creed elected on first count bit.ly
6:10 PM: themayonews Fianna Fail Westport Town Councillor Declan Dever has lost his seat after the 10th count
6:10 PM: Iceman SWORDS Electoral Area

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Electorate= 35652
Total Poll = 15742
Invalid = 157
Valid = 15585

5 seats, Quota= 2598

Butler = 1487
Daly = 3192 [elected]
Devitt = 1364
Diviney = 253
Dowling = 1234
Duffy = 514
Hennessy = 932
Kelleher = 1561
Kelly = 721
Lawless = 939
McCamley = 262
McGuire = 1572
O’Neill = 733
Ward = 821
6:11 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Daly elected in Skibb bit.ly
6:15 PM: stevenconlon #le09 FG Daniel McGarrigle granted recount in Sligo Ciity Nth Ward cliffhanger – 4 votes between him and party colleague for elimination
6:15 PM: tallaghtecho 6:52 : RDS: Simpsons memory to cheer me upWhen they are discussing which film should win the Springfield Film Festival.Krusty is being pu..
6:15 PM: Jnisbet coverage bows to sport -this is my sport, where the elections channel, there must be one going on somewhere in the world at all times! #le09
6:15 PM: tallaghtecho 7:07 : Basketball Arena: Tallaght SouthSecond count in….still no-one elected. Madondo (GRN) out, her votes are being distributed. Malon..
6:16 PM: sfinnegan if all the parties organised in the north the sinners wouldn’t do aswell up there
6:17 PM: natural20 @Jnisbet Looking like Quinn should retain his Pem/Rath seat though, aye? #ie09
6:17 PM: lexia Video – Result of the first count in Dublin Central Byelection bit.ly
6:17 PM: brettmirl A recheck has been called for the Kilkenny Borough Council just when an annoucement was due. #le09
6:18 PM: RTE_Elections Labour’s Michael Conaghan has been elected in Ballyermot/Drimnagh
6:18 PM: RTE_Elections Labour’s John Lyons and Sinn Féin’s Dessie Ellis have been elected in Ballymun/Finglas
6:20 PM: Suzy Byrne South Dublin County Council First Counts www.southdublin.ie
6:21 PM: Johnp63 am i right in thinking that if Joe Higgins won a euro seat he would then have to give it or fingal co co seat up? #le09
6:23 PM: dickobrien So busy updating results that there’s no time for Twitter.
6:23 PM: irishelection yup we are down again but @blacknight are helping. Back soon. Meantime go to the liveblog ppl. url.ie
6:23 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Non-party candidate secures first Kanturk seat bit.ly
6:24 PM: keithnolan heading into the count in Mullingar for a bit ; elections are being announced #le09
6:24 PM: brettmirl Fianna Fail is set to lose its seat in Thomastown area of KK CoCo for the first time in the history of the State. #le09
6:25 PM: dickobrien People Before Profit Alliance doing surprisingly well. 3 seats so far that I can see.
6:26 PM: dickobrien And Labour having a storming time in Dublin City. 7 of the 12 seats filled so far.
6:26 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: It’s great to be first bit.ly
6:26 PM: darran irishelection.com is crawling…. #le09
6:27 PM: dlooney First count in Tallaght Central finally in. Polling 5th with 2329 votes or 9.8%. Gonna be close! #le09
6:27 PM: thusspakeblixa TALLAGHT CENTRAL 1ST COUNT Duff (LAB) 3125, Brophy (FG) 3085, Crowe (SF) 2715, Kearns (LAB) 2643, Looney (LAB) 2329, Murphy (SOC) 2159 #le09
6:27 PM: Simon McGarr Drowned rats dodged in for eats twixt count and blogger hq #le09
6:28 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Recount in North East bit.ly
6:29 PM: PJ Coogan recount of first count in cork city NE
6:29 PM: cianflah Irishelection.com is down so bear with us as we get it working.
6:29 PM: Stephen Spillane North east 1st count: lab, ff, & fg all within 13 votes. recount just granted #Le09
6:29 PM: RTE_Elections Joan Collins from the People Before Profit Alliance and Henry Upton of Labour have both been elected in the Crumlin/Kimmage area
6:29 PM: Stephen Spillane North east 1st count: lab, ff, & fg all within 13 votes. recount just granted #Le09
6:29 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Gilroy elected bit.ly
6:30 PM: lexia Video – Results of the second count for Crumlin Kimmage bit.ly
6:30 PM: RTE_Elections Labour’s Sean Kenny elected on first count in Donaghmeade
6:31 PM: philipmurphy #le09 Anyone got any info on how things are going in Drumlish, Longford?
6:31 PM: lexia I’m uncomfortable with the amount of George Lee photos I snapped.
6:32 PM: robnubis Very pleased with the results so far in these elections. My faith in the electorate is restored. #LE09
6:32 PM: gomaonaigh Congratulations to Cllr. Patrick Nulty.
6:32 PM: Christine Bohan Patrick Nulty, Michael ODonovan(both Lab), David McGuinness (FF) and Kieran Denison (FG) elected in Mulhuddart #le09
6:32 PM: lexia I need food.. I’m off to grab something
6:33 PM: themayonews Anna Mae Reape elected in Ballina for FF, Gerry Ginty looking likely to take a seat.
6:34 PM: stephencrowley Come on. Hurry up and eliminate me!
6:36 PM: aoifac still haven’t read any reports about Kenny’s call for a no confidence vote on the likes of Irish Times or RTE. Anyone have a reliable report on it? Only place I have seen anything was here.
6:36 PM: Suzy Byrne Aoifeac – it was on TV3 – Vincent Browne- we’ll have the press release shortly
6:37 PM: niamhvus @rebeccamoy SWIC just declared elected #le09
6:37 PM: themayonews Westport TC is the first finished – FG take 5 amazingly, with FF 2, Adams and Mulroy, Keane Ind, and Keith Martin , Labour takes last seat.
6:38 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Nobody elected on first count in Fermoy bit.ly
6:39 PM: lostexpectation how many no confidence votes has he done or threatened?
6:39 PM: aoifac Thanks Suzy
6:42 PM: Stephen Spillane Cahill, mcgonigle fg & o’flynn lab elected on 1st count in south east!! #le09
6:42 PM: aoifecarroll @RebeccaMoy takes 2nd seat in SWIC! #Le09
6:42 PM: irishelection We are back – mark has a post from the RDS up. Thanks everyone @blacknight for help today. url.ie #LE09
6:46 PM: RTE_Elections Labour’s Rebecca Moynihan has been elected in South West Inner City on the 5th count
6:46 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Three elected in Cork South East bit.ly
6:46 PM: RTE_Elections Brid Smith of the People Before Profit Alliance has been elected in Ballyfermot/Drimnagh
6:48 PM: RTE_Elections After count 5 in the Dublin Central bye-election, candidates Paul O’Loughlin, Malachy Steenson and Patrick Talbot have all been eliminated
6:48 PM: squidlimerick Audio of John Gilligan’s election uploaded to Limerickblogger.ie also press gaggle #le09
6:50 PM: RTE_Elections Green Party leader John Gormley says today’s election results are a clear indication that some Govt decisions have been deeply unpopular
6:50 PM: themayonews It’s a recount in Castlebar, only three votes seperate FF’s Mickey Feeney and Labour Harry Barrett. Count adjourned until Sunday at 5pm.
6:55 PM: dickobrien Hmmm, 12 hours of election work fuelled only by coffee, muffins and smokes may not be best preparation for the Wicklow 200 tomorrow.
6:56 PM: dickobrien 16 of 52 seats filled in Dublin City. Lab 9, FG 1, FF 1, SF, 2, PBPA 2, Ind 1
6:57 PM: denisefay #le09 – is there any twitters at the louth county council count?
6:57 PM: irlef2009 Looks like we’ll have no FF in Fingal Balbriggan #le09
6:57 PM: eoinwilson And so begins the recount in Dundrum. #le09
6:57 PM: philipmurphy @brettmirl how’s it looking for FG and FF in Ballyragget? #le09
6:58 PM: krayZpaving In a bizzarre tactical error, Enda Kenny announces a motion of no confidence in the taoiseach. Way to kill the story by Tuesday. #le09
6:58 PM: krayZpaving In a bizzarre tactical error, Enda Kenny announces a motion of no confidence in the taoiseach. Way to kill the story by Tuesday. #le09
6:58 PM: EmilyTully Pat the Cope Gallagher: “Its been a bad day for FF – we expected that” #le09
6:58 PM: irlef2009 @denisefay Seems there are no counts in for Louth. Just checked RTE site. #le09
7:00 PM: EmilyTully Pat the Cope Gallagher: “Paschal’s (Mooney)votes will be important to me” #le09
7:02 PM: RTE_Elections Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny says he will move a motion of no confidence in the Government when the Dáil meets on Tuesday
7:02 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Creed honoured with win bit.ly
7:03 PM: RTE_Elections Enda Kenny says the election results show that the days of Fianna Fáil dominance are over
7:03 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: North East recount abandoned bit.ly
7:04 PM: YouthNovel Woohoo! Clare Daly got in! Fair Play to her 3192 first preferences… Wowzers #le09
7:04 PM: philipmurphy @brettmirl cheers! Think FG will get Brennan, Connery and Kavanagh in? #le09
7:04 PM: EmilyTully Pat the Cope Gallagher: “Paschal’s (Mooney)votes will be important to me” #le09
7:05 PM: irishelection Enda Kenny to table a motion of no confidence in government url.ie #LE09
7:08 PM: athtrasna The difference in the council websites is irritatin!!? Some have count figures, some don’t even seem to know there’s an election on! #le09
7:08 PM: PJ Coogan mary sheilds FF elected 2nd count cork sw
7:10 PM: Suzy Byrne @poneill thanks – Mick McLoughlin not running in Dunshaughlin?
7:10 PM: garymckeown RTÉ/ Lansdowne exit poll: Fine Gael is biggest party with 30% of the European Parliament vote (and 34% in the local elections). #eu09 #le09
7:12 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Sheilds elected bit.ly
7:12 PM: Stephen Spillane Sheilds ff elected on 2nd count in south west. Murphy gp eliminated #le09
7:13 PM: Iceman Wicklow County Council, East Area – 98% Tally

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One box missing

Casey FF 1536
Dignam FF 913
Dunne FF 648
Kavanagh,C LAB 1344
Kavanagh,P GP 720
O’Neill FG 1256
O’Shaugh LAB 1767
Snell SF 1426
Winters FG 1686

FF % 27.41%
FG % 26.04%
Lab % 27.53%
GP % 6.37%
Oth % 0.00%
SF 12.62%
7:13 PM: brenflakes Andrew McGuinness of Fianna Fail and Martin Brett of Fine Gael have been elected to Kilkenny Borough Council on the first count.
7:14 PM: RTE_Elections Sinn Féin’s Larry O’Toole has been elected on the second count in Artane/Whitehall
7:14 PM: RTE_Elections Fine Gael’s Ruairi McGinley has taken the last seat in Crumlin/Kimmage on the 6th count
7:15 PM: Po Neill Dunshaughlin tally source says Mick McLoughlin has no hope of seat.
7:15 PM: Suzy Byrne Thanks for that P O’Neill
7:15 PM: tallaghtecho 7:56 : RDS: Crumlin/Kimmage singing The People Before Profit supporters broke into song after Joan Collins was elected.
They belted out ..
7:16 PM: Stephen Spillane Sheilds ff elected on 2nd count in south west. Murphy gp eliminated #le09
7:17 PM: brettmirl @philipmurphy Fianna Fail: 22% Fine Gael: 39.3% #le09
7:17 PM: WSJEurope Irish Government Battered in Elections: Ireland’s ruling Fianna Fail party was battered in local elections and t.. tinyurl.com
7:17 PM: barjames fianna fail was annihilated in drogheda north according to tally men (via @acidnation)
7:17 PM: RTE_Elections Enda Kenny has declined to say if he has a particular role in mind for George Lee
7:18 PM: brenflakes @aoifac He was like that in the GAA too, I wouldn’t worry about it, it’s nothing personal.
7:19 PM: wendylimerick Showing my civil servant friend the latest technology
7:19 PM: aoifac Maria Bailey and People Before Profit candidate Hugh Lewis elected in Ballybrack. Just one seat left, looks like FF may not get in in that ward.
7:19 PM: ryano Checked out the Joe Higgins MEP/Cllr conundrum last week: seems certain he can co-opt replacement without even attending first meeting #le09
7:22 PM: brenflakes Cáit Keane(FG) and I think John Lahart (FF) over the line in the 1st in Rathfarnham. Coburn (FG) and Cosgrave (Lab) to follow I’d imagine?
7:23 PM: stephencrowley officially received 3.1% of the vote and polled 10th out of 11. beat a FF. I am happy… ish
7:23 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: McCarthy and O’Brien elected in North West bit.ly
7:27 PM: aoifac Did that girl with the facebook pictures get elected? Don’t remember her ward.
7:27 PM: WHExaminer McDermott FG in in Coole with 1335; quota 1315; in 2nd count, distrib of SFein votes, Hill FF up to 1,259, McCarthy at 1230 Mullen out #LE09
7:28 PM: WHExaminer Mgar TC 2nd count, no-one elected through Dollard’s surplus, Harkin, 29 votes, elim. #LE09
7:29 PM: thusspakeblixa RATHFARNHAM 1ST COUNT Cait Keane (FG) and John Lahart (FF) elected #LE09
7:30 PM: thusspakeblixa Crumlin/Kimmage result:
Eric Byrne (Lab), Joan Collins (PbP), Henry Upton (Lab) and Ruairi McGinley (FG) #LE09
7:31 PM: finkeegan Just shows you: your vote counts! VIA @themayonews: Recount in Castlebar, only three votes seperate FF and Labour
7:32 PM: themayonews There is another recount, this time in Ballina MCC area. Gerry Ginty is 19 votes clear of FF’s Michael Loftus for the last seat. Weir in 4th
7:33 PM: keithnolan 10 people sorting votes using pigeon holes is a lot more interesting to watch than an e-vote #le09
7:33 PM: johnmayo #le09 what is the best site to follow local elections ie following transfers. rte not doing it for me
7:35 PM: NeoLiberalScum I’m tired, hungry, feel like I’m coming down with flu and absolutely bolloxed. That is the result of a well run election. (Plus some elected reps)
7:36 PM: Suzy Byrne @NeoLiberalScum congratulations and hope you are getting fed!
7:36 PM: aoifac @johnmayo – certainly not Irish Times. Most disappointing coverage, they just shouldn’t have bothered.
7:36 PM: cianflah Full exit poll on the RTE site on PDF www.rte.ie
7:36 PM: aoifac cool, thanks
7:38 PM: RTE_Elections Sein Féin candidate in Dublin Central Christy Burke has been eliminated and his 4,420 votes are now being distributed
7:39 PM: athtrasna is it just me or have the ex-PDs done well today? #le09
7:40 PM: aoifecarroll Why have FG made the obvious schoolboy error of tabling a no confidence motion? Way to give FF back the power
7:40 PM: RTE_Elections Maureen O’Sullivan (IND) is the front runner in Dublin Central with 9,352 votes – she’s expected to benefit substantially from SF transfers
7:43 PM: irlef2009 @barratree It’s raining down here in Skerries! Snowing up in Balbriggan? Typical June weather! #le09
7:43 PM: irlef2009 @barratree It’s raining down here in Skerries! Snowing up in Balbriggan? Typical June weather! #le09
7:43 PM: eoinwilson Tom Kivlehan eliminated in Ballybrack #le09
7:44 PM: deebdublin BBC coverage of election: bit.ly Nice pics of count and of Dublin south ballot paper with lee no 1 #le09
7:44 PM: PaulJMcMahon #le09 Meath Duns Tally 1.Fitzgerald Ind 2359 2. Killian FF 2041 3. Doherty FG 1625 4. Bonner Ind 1534 5. Leonard FF 1052 6. O’Connor FG 1043
7:44 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Hegarty elected in East Cork bit.ly
7:44 PM: RTE_Elections Dublin Central FG candidate Paschal Donohoe is on 7,412 and Ivana Bacik is on 5,774, both trailing Maureen O’Sullivan
7:44 PM: damienblake Fine Gael vote in Letterkenny Town Council up by approx 40% to 2.5 quotas – likely to go from 1 seat to …. 1 seat. #le09
7:44 PM: thusspakeblixa Ballyfermot/Drimnagh-Vincent Jackson(IND), Louise Minihan(SF) and Philip Nolan (FG) in battle for last 2 seats. Jackson & Minihan lead #le09
7:46 PM: Suzy Byrne @ray #le09 Meath Duns Tally 1.Fitzgerald Ind 2359 2. Killian FF 2041 3. Doh|erty FG 1625 4. Bonner Ind 1534 5. Leonard FF 1052 6. O’Connor FG 1043c
7:46 PM: thusspakeblixa Maria Parodi and Felix Manning look set to grab two seats in South East Inner City – all updates from Tallaght Echo #le09
7:46 PM: squidlimerick Looks like there will be a full recount in Limerick City South #le09
7:46 PM: ann_donnelly Clonakilty’s Jim Daly Fine Gael, returning County Councillor, elected in first count. Wonder where the transfers r going. Great game.
7:47 PM: squidlimerick Limerick City North Hourigan (FG) Elected #le09
7:48 PM: damienblake Fine Gael director on Highland Radio talking recount for the Town Council. Donegal County Council counts taking place tomorrow. #le09
7:49 PM: WHExaminer Boxer Moran elected in Ath wid 1771, quota: 1505; his surplus being distrib now. Lookin gd: J Whelan M Cooney F Keena #LE09
7:50 PM: cianflah Johnny ‘Porridge’ O COnnor not looking good for his Kerry Co Co seat in Killorglin. Losing to running mate
www.irishtimes.com
7:54 PM: BrianGreene #le09 would you believe Malahide Howth ward has not declared a 1st count 12 hrs after starting. I will have 1032fpv when they do call it
7:54 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Forde , McGrath and Lombard elected bit.ly
7:55 PM: aoifecarroll Frank McBrearty Jr elected for Lab in Donegal! #Le09
7:57 PM: Suzy Byrne Wendy = Ian is fighting for last seat was last I heard – between him and his running mate?
7:57 PM: politicalthicko rumours abound that FF are to finally start pronouncing the fail in their name correctly. #le09
7:57 PM: squidlimerick Audio added to limerick blogger. Interview Jan O’Sullivan and City North Count 1 result #le09
7:58 PM: Suzy Byrne @Jennyjeffer – hi to Stevie…
7:59 PM: breakingnewsie Fine Gael to table motion of no confidence in Government: Fine Gael are to propose a motion of no confidence in .. short.ie
8:00 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Kelly and Burton elected bit.ly
8:01 PM: eoinpurcell I think there is a string chance that Paschal Donoghue my actually retain the runner up spot in DC though it’d be a close thing #le09
8:01 PM: damienblake @aoifecarroll He will be, but the count here isn’t until tmrw. That’s based on tally figures, which are usually very good here #le09
8:01 PM: Bazalini Anyone got a link to the breakdown on the Dublin Central distribuitions. Nothing on RTE
8:02 PM: Suzy Byrne ~ @Bazalini Dublin city returning officer seems less technically aware than his colleagues in Sligo, Fingal, South Dublin Co. Council etc.
8:02 PM: eoinpurcell Tis on rte, just slightly hidden bit.ly
#le09
8:03 PM: RTE_Elections Sinn Féin’s Christy Burke has been elected on the second count in North Inner City
8:03 PM: Mark_Coughlan The man @MannixFlynn is in. #le09
8:03 PM: Suzy Byrne Dublin Central Count www.rte.ie
8:04 PM: RTE_Elections Fine Gael’s Gerry Breen and Independent Damian O’Farrell have both been elected on the first count in Clontarf
8:04 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Kingston elected in South Central bit.ly
8:04 PM: RTE_Elections Labour’s Aine Clancy has been elected on the fourth count in Cabra/Glasnevin
8:05 PM: RTE_Elections Fine Gael’s Seamus Weir has taken the 5th seat in the Ballina electoral area. He was elected to Mayo CoCo on the 6th count
8:05 PM: John J Suzy – Any news from Fingal count?
8:05 PM: Justin RTE says 113 seats have been filled. Does anyone have a party breakdown – including smaller parties – for this figure?
8:05 PM: Bazalini Thanks – dead right its hidden – Thanks for link
8:05 PM: lostexpectation declan gnaley still only on 10%
8:05 PM: wendylimerick Thanks Suzy!
8:06 PM: Ray Cheers P & Suzy.. it’s my old ward…now all I need is Fingal to get their finger out!
8:06 PM: RTE_Elections In Ballina, Independent candidate Gerry Ginty was elected, but a recount has been called by Fianna Fail’s Michael Loftus
8:07 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Walsh eliminated bit.ly
8:09 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Second count in South East bit.ly
8:11 PM: krayZpaving Rté exit poll in East: McGuinness 25, Childers 20, Aylward 16, Phelan 13. #le09
8:11 PM: Stephen Spillane Kingston lab elected in south central. O’halloran fg outpolling the 2 ff candidates. #Le09
8:15 PM: tallaghtecho 9:04 : Basketball Arena: General update Yes Pat, the count is taking that long, longer perhaps!! We’re heading into our thirteenth hour, ..
8:15 PM: faduda New blog post: Kildare possibly slowed count in country #le09 faduda.ie
8:15 PM: michaelpkelly What about town councils?#le09
8:15 PM: faduda New blog post: Kildare (Athy) Martin Miley Jnr (FF) elected #le09 faduda.ie
8:17 PM: RTE_Elections Following the 7th count in the Dublin Central bye-election, Independent candidate Maureen O’Sullivan now stands on 11,062
8:19 PM: RTE_Elections Ivana Bacik has been eliminated. Her 6.537 votes will be distributed to the two remaining candidates, Maureen O’Sullivan & Paschal Donohoe
8:20 PM: dickobrien 26 of 52 seats filled in Dublin City [Lab 11, FG 4, FF 1, SF, 5, PBPA 2, Ind 3]
8:29 PM: aoifac Donal Marren got the last seat in Ballybrack – 2 LAB, 2 FG & 1 PBP. Sitting Cllrs to lose out were FF and GN.
8:29 PM: aoifac Barry Ward elected, 2nd seat in Blackrock (Dun Laoghaire) so a great result there, FG first two past the post in the ward.
8:29 PM: chiarraigrrl George Lee got more than 27k first preferences- well ahead of the next candidate at 10k… #le09 hurrah!!
8:29 PM: squidlimerick Limerick City South Leddin (Lab) Byrne (FG) Elected #le09
8:30 PM: lostexpectation castleknock final result, j higgins sp,e loftus fg, peggy hamill lp, m murray ff, elected
8:30 PM: Justin Thans for that info Dick. It’s good to get the bigger picture
8:30 PM: Bazalini Any idea what Donohue is behind MoS
8:30 PM: Anonymous Marren got the least seat in Ballybrack – 2 LAB, 2 FG & 1 PBP. Sitting FF and GN lost out.
8:30 PM: Bazalini Good to see Martin Miley Jnr get elected. I hope he is not so shy in future that he is a FF councillor
8:31 PM: Suzy Byrne Liveblog team watching television online for first time today – far too busy online up to now for telly watching
8:31 PM: krayZpaving Rté seem to think there was only Dublin South by election. No mention of @labour historic gains in rural areas. Leitrim, Donegal, etc #le09
8:31 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Kelleher and Murphy elected in North East bit.ly
8:34 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Canty elected to Macroom area bit.ly
8:35 PM: Sarah Brenna Any word on Maria Parodi ?
8:36 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Michael Martin out of the race bit.ly
8:37 PM: aoifecarroll RTE are a disgrace. Not one mention of all the @labour gains. #Le09
8:37 PM: Maldini @SDDesign Higgins has said he will also contest the next general election and co-opt his Euro seat to a colleague if elected #le09
8:37 PM: Johnp63 RTE poll, 37% want neither cowen or kenny as next taoiseach. Proof we need a “none of the above” on the ballot papers #le09
8:37 PM: aoifecarroll RTE are a disgrace. Not one mention of all the @labour gains. #Le09
8:37 PM: pathfinderpat Congratulations to Eddie Ryan from Galbally for getting elected to Limerick County Council #le09
8:37 PM: thusspakeblixa Ballyfermot/Drimnagh FINAL RESULT- Conaghan (Lab), Smith (PbP), Jackson (Ind), Minihan (SF) #le09
8:37 PM: barratree Rod not elected on sixth count in castleknock. Murray gets it. Politics not meritocracy. Over and Out. #le09 #fb
8:37 PM: chiarraigrrl 55% of people in an exit poll want a general election this year, according to RTE, with 35% wanting Enda Kenny as Taoiseach. #le09
8:37 PM: DaraghLally @RTE_Elections I’m with @ireland – it’s a good idea to use #hashtags, in this case #le09 – that way more people will see your tweets.
8:38 PM: PJ Coogan michael ahern elected cork sw
8:38 PM: krayZpaving RT @aoifecarroll: RTE are a disgrace. Not one mention of all the @labour gains. #Le09
8:39 PM: DaraghLally @RTE_Elections I’m with @ireland – it’s a good idea to use #hashtags, in this case #le09 – that way more people will see your tweets.
8:40 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Ahern elected in Cork South West bit.ly
8:51 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Connolly eliminated bit.ly
8:53 PM: RTE_Elections The full RTÉ/Sunday Independent Exit Poll is available on the RTÉ elections website. Click tinyurl.com to view
8:59 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Deputy McGrath congratulates his brother on win bit.ly
9:05 PM: RTE_Elections Independent candidate Maureen O’Sullivan has been elected in the Dublin Central bye-election
9:07 PM: lexia Home. Picked up the Trib and Sindo on the way
9:08 PM: aoifac O’Sullivan elected in Dublin Central
9:08 PM: Waterfire Any tally (not exit poll) news re Ferris down Kerry way would be appreciated? Lab Farren in Blackrock or Lab McDowell in Donaghmede.
9:08 PM: SimonHaden Brian Meaney for Greens still on course to hold seat in Ennis West. Breen (IND) and Mulqueen (FG) elected. Other seat will go to McNamara (FF).
9:09 PM: lostexpectation Howhth Malahide 1st count. Coyle 3781. Farrell 2739. Maher 2372. O’Call 2256. Power 1659. Guiren 1814. Wolfe 1319. Total poll 22251. Quota 3709
9:09 PM: eamon o’donnell how’s daithi do-little doing , doing little no doubt
9:09 PM: brettmirl Joe Malone, FF has been elected on the 2nd count of KK Borough Council. So far 2 FF, 1 FG #le09
9:09 PM: WHExaminer Latest on Athlone: Boxer Moran’s 266 distributed, no-one elected, so now underway is distribution of the 505 votes of Jack Moran Ind #LE09
9:10 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Lombard delighted with FG success in Carrigaline bit.ly
9:10 PM: RTE_Elections Independent candidate Maureen O’Sullivan has been elected in the Dublin Central bye-election
9:10 PM: stratagemni Maureen O’Sullivan (Ind) succeeds colleague Tony Gregory in Dublin Central by-election, while George Lee secures Dublin South for Fine Gael.
9:10 PM: randomirishnews Independent Maureen O’Sullivan elected to Dublin Central.
9:13 PM: aoifac Bhreathnach in for Lab in Blackrock, last seat left. Farren only got 936 first prefs, not sure he is even still in the running. May go to Victor Boyhan former PD now Ind (obviously didn’t tell people he used to be PD:) )
9:14 PM: tallaghtecho 10:04 : Basketball Arena: RathfarnhamOver and out RDS reporter…enjoy your freedom!No one elected on second Rathfarnham vote, Labour’s C..
9:14 PM: irishauthor I’m watching Count Day Liveblog #le09 on @scribblelive scrbliv.me
9:14 PM: brettmirl Kilkenny bucking the national trends, Green candidate Noonan doing very well and should be returned to both Borough and Co Councils #le09
9:14 PM: Jnisbet Dear Lord, I love the 5th 6th and potentially 7th counts! here ’till midnight and sleep tomorrow! Well done the counters! #le09
9:14 PM: keithnolan Back from the Mullingar count – could all do with some tea down there – a long night ahead. Great to finally meet @WHExaminer too ! #le09
9:14 PM: tallaghtecho 10:14 : Basketball Arena: General UpdateHi again Pat, you must be reading our minds…there is rumours circulating that the count may be ..
9:16 PM: damienblake @suzybie FF will have three highest pollers in Letterkenny LEA tmrw. This likely to be repeated anywhere else?! #le09
9:18 PM: PatrickSaint anyone know how Michael Stroke Fahy is doing in South galway/ Loughrea? #le09
9:18 PM: eamon o’donnell is katherine noone doing well ?
9:19 PM: Suzy Byrne @Eamon – she was elected www.rte.ie
9:19 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: McMurry eliminated bit.ly
9:20 PM: keithnolan For anyone interested in how the Westmeath elections are going, follow @WHExaminer for the live results #le09
9:20 PM: lostexpectation howhmalahide others JG NP 1814, AP FF 1659, JW SSP 1319, BG SP 1032, DH GP 962, COM SF 638, RK GP 616, EMcK 341, JS NP 237, PJ NP 202 #le09
9:20 PM: handelaar bit.ly
www.kildarestreet.com #le09
9:21 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Burns out of the running bit.ly
9:22 PM: eoinbannon Still waiting for first of Co Co counts in Longford! Town council going at snail’s pace too. FF still on cards to gain 1 Co councillor #le09
9:22 PM: brettmirl Maurice Shorthall, Lab & Mary Hilda Cavanagh, FG elected in Ballyragget LEA KK CoCo #le09
9:25 PM: RTE_Elections Maureen O’Sullivan has said she will be a community committed TD who will serve ordinary people
9:26 PM: eamon o’donnell tks Suzy , so that’s Katherine, Mannix and Kevin who’s looking like the last seat ? tell me it’s Maria please
9:26 PM: PatrickSaint FG Martin Conway of Ennistymon topped poll + elected in North Clare, Ennistymon…. publican + Independent Eugene MacNamara + Obama looka like been eliminated
9:26 PM: RTE_Elections Maureen O’Sullivan said it was sad Tony Gregory was not here to see her victory, but she said he would have a wry look on his face
9:28 PM: Suzy Byrne Eamon – rte website has changed again – am looking for verfication elsewhere. Will be back to you
9:30 PM: lexia @RTE_Elections It would be hard for him to see it, alright.
9:31 PM: brenflakes Second count: distributions of McGuinness’s surplus of 604

Malcolm Noonan +26 = 636
John Coonan +84 = 652
Joe Malone +131 = 695 ELECTED
Betty Manning + 26 = 536
Marie Fitzpatrick + 35 = 511
Kathleen Funchion +27 = 501
David Fitzgerald +14 = 444
Paul Cuddihy + 10 = 430
Sean O hArgain +9 = 366
Mick Greene +5 = 349
Jimmy Leahy +18 =362
Joe Reidy +99 = 418
Frank Kavanagh +17 = 289
Anna Michalska +58 = 291
Darren Murphy +8 =221
Sean Butler +10 = 190
Eugene McGuinness +24 = 200
Noel Frawley +2 = 109
Roger O’Reilly +1 = 27
9:31 PM: brenflakes That’s Kilkenny
9:31 PM: PatrickSaint Obama comment on previous quote refered to canditate’s style, material + campaign style and not meant in anyway racial!
9:32 PM: Suzy Byrne @iceman www.rte.ie
9:32 PM: squidlimerick Limerick City North Count 3 Pat McCarthy (ind) eliminated. No one has been elected #le09
9:32 PM: machinenation Ennis East and West shuffling on. FF losing seats in both EA s. bit.ly #le09
9:32 PM: faduda Facebook candidate Emma Kiernan has been elected to Newbridge Town Council #le09
9:32 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Berminingham makes it bit.ly
9:33 PM: Iceman Final seat in the SWIC anyone?
9:33 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: O’ Grady eliminated bit.ly
9:33 PM: ryano Anyone know the latest on Dublin North Inner City? #le09
9:33 PM: Stephen Spillane Mick barry (soc) tops poll in cork north central #le09
9:37 PM: Maldini Fergus Byrne (SF) and Stephen O’Connell (FF) eliminated from Fingal-Balbriggan. Byrne on 3rd count and O’Connell on 4th. #le09
9:37 PM: Elrobo @ryano according to bit.ly 3 down O’Sullivan IND, Costello LAB & Burke SF, 3 more seats up for grabs. #le09
9:37 PM: Mark_Coughlan Trying to write something for @irishelection but I’m fecking knackered. 50 words in.
9:37 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Brosnan elected, Coughlan eliminated bit.ly
9:39 PM: aoifac Neal Richmond FG now in Glencullen – Sandyford
9:39 PM: Suzy Byrne Miriam Lords’ election awards bit.ly #le09
9:39 PM: faduda New blog post: Heydon (FG) elected on fourth count (Kildare / Athy) #le09 faduda.ie
9:39 PM: Elrobo In Dublin NIC, what happens to O’Sullivans seat now that she has won the Central by-election? #le09
9:40 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Second Carrigaline count fails to elect a candidate bit.ly
9:40 PM: eoinwilson Meabh Cody just eliminated on fourth count #le09
9:41 PM: faduda New blog post: Kildare (Celbridge) second count results #le09 faduda.ie
9:43 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Mulvihill elected to Midleton area bit.ly
9:43 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Barry tops the poll in North Central bit.ly
9:46 PM: Suzy Byrne
9:48 PM: Suzy Byrne Wicklow results including Town Councils indytech-dev4.com
9:49 PM: WHExaminer Kilbeggan Coghill elim; Athlone, Lisa Bourke elim; Mgar Towm Council Higgins elim; Mgar East, Leonard elected; West Casey elim. #LE09
9:54 PM: squidlimerick Limerick City North : no one elected in 4 . Natt Larkin (Ind) eliminated #le09
9:54 PM: WHExaminer mullingar town council rashid butt elim. #LE09
9:56 PM: stevenconlon #le09 SligoCoCo: Sligo/Strandhill (7):Bree (IND), Healy McGowan (FF), Henry (FG), McGarry (LAB), McLoughlin (FG), McManus (SF), O’Grady(FF)
9:56 PM: dlooney Cllr Mick Duff elected. Gonna be right to the wire for us #le09
9:58 PM: Suzy Byrne South Dublin Co. Council Count Results are available (including transfers!) www.southdublin.ie
9:59 PM: eamon o’donnell hi Suzy any update on SEIC ?
10:00 PM: Suzy Byrne Eamon – see this – trusted source confirms election of Noone and Parodi twitter.com
10:00 PM: cianflah Spring and Ferris both elected to Kerry Co Co fpr Tralee on first count (yup were still only on first count) adjourned till tomorrow
10:00 PM: tommycooney Searched Twitter for #le09: tinyurl.com
10:01 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: MacIntyre eliminated bit.ly
10:01 PM: janeruffino Frustrated that RTE’s Dublin SE page says only one seat’s been filled, while overall site says they all are. Which is correct? #le09
10:03 PM: themayonews Clarification regarding Westport Town Council: It was Fianna Fail’s Brendan Mulroy who took the last seat, with Labour’s Keith Martin in …
10:04 PM: Suzy Byrne Greens call recount in Bray Town Council West – 1 FF and 1 FG and 1 SF elected – between 2 Labour and Green for last seat.
10:04 PM: eamon o’donnell tks Suzy
10:04 PM: SimonHaden Ennistymon final result Hillery, Nagle & Kelly (all FF); Conway & Arkins (all FG). FF 54.7% of vote !!! Are they all asleep in North Clare ?
10:05 PM: squidlimerick Audio City East Count Six has been added to Limerickblogger.ie #le09
10:05 PM: WHExaminer Athlone: Kieran Molloy eliminated, 4th count, 864 votes for distribution. Mullingar West Frank McIntyre elim #LE09
10:05 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Crowley eliminated bit.ly
10:06 PM: RTE_Elections Andrew Montague of Fine Gael has been elected on the fourth count in Artane / Whitehall
10:07 PM: RTE_Elections Independent Vincent Jackson has taken a seat in Ballyfermot/Drimnagh and Louise Minihan has taken a seat there for Sinn Féin
10:07 PM: lexia Roscommon Co. Co. – counts are projected to go on until 3am in the morning – just 4 out of 26 seats have been filled
10:07 PM: RTE_Elections Clare Byrne of Fine Gael has been elected in the South West Inner City as has Sinn Féin’s Criona Ni Dhalaigh
10:07 PM: PatrickSaint How did Flanagan do in Ennistymon?
10:07 PM: Dublin 12 Will we soon have a general election folks
10:08 PM: janeruffino Thanks to Suzy Byrne and @niamhvus I got some clarity: Mannix, Parodi and Humphreys all elected. Regret not making it to RDS now. #le09
10:08 PM: AislingK7 #le09 Looking at Limk South voting.. FG and Lab looking good
10:08 PM: RTE_Elections Maria Parodi of Labour and Independent Mannix Flynn have taken seats in the South East Inner City as has Fine Gael’s Catherine Noone
10:08 PM: darran Forde, McGrath & Lombard elected. Looks like Collins then Desmond for the next 2. Anyones guess for the last seat! url.ie #le09
10:08 PM: Suzy Byrne @RTE_Elections Andrew Montague is a Labour Party Candidate #le09
10:08 PM: RTE_Elections Paddy Bourke of Fine Gael has been elected in Artane/ Whitehall
10:09 PM: RTE_Elections Aodhain O’Riordain of Labour has been elected in Clontarf and Independent Ciaran Perry has taken a seat in Cabra/Glasnevin
10:10 PM: PJ Coogan henry cremin SF elected cork SW… fergal dennehy FF goned
10:10 PM: PatrickSaint we’ll have a long hot summer (hopefully) and an autumn election…chaos for a while…see Ireland: Boom, Burst…Revolution? —http://is.gd/QO8X
10:10 PM: SimonHaden @patricksaint Ann Marie Flanagan (ENNISTYMON) increased her vote slightly to 757. But entrance of young new FF female candidate and mopping up of retired IND Laffertys votes by FG Conway kept her out of the running.
10:11 PM: Stephen Spillane South west count finished. 2 Fg, 2 lab, 1 ff, 1sf dennehy looses seat #le09
10:13 PM: themayonews Clarification regarding Westport Town Council: It was Fianna Fail’s Brendan Mulroy who took the last seat, with Labour’s Keith Martin in …
10:13 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Minister O’ Keeffe says FF expected to take a hit bit.ly
10:13 PM: PatrickSaint Thanks Ennistymon — I was hoping she’d do it…Eugene didn’t help either…had the impression that FF are ’surrounded’ there…was surprised Nagle made it
10:13 PM: Cliona Ryan Labour rule in SEIC, daithi do-little is out
10:14 PM: swearimnotpaul Townsend first past the post in Muine Bheag Carlow County Council election url.ie #le09
10:14 PM: syzygial Fourteen hours later and the count continues @ DLRCC count centre. Feighery and Corish hanging in there, just! #fb #le09
10:14 PM: tallaghtecho 10:45 : Basketball Arena: Tallaght Central FIRST candidate elected in Tallaght Central, Labour’s Mick Duff. The Tymon North community wor..
10:14 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Dennehy loses seat bit.ly
10:15 PM: tallaghtecho 11:09 : Basketball Arena: Tallaght South Hot!RE- COUNT for Tallaght South due to 15 votes in it between Fianna Fail’s John Hannon and Fin..
10:16 PM: SimonHaden How many councillors will the Greens end up with ? So far probables are Deary (Louth); Meaney (Clare); Noonan (Kilkenny); Corr (Fingal). Any news from O’Brolchain in Galway City ?
10:17 PM: Maldini @irlef2009 by the way www.fingalcoco.ie has an election area that seems to update quicker than RTE #le09
10:17 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Count five in Macroom bit.ly
10:18 PM: PatrickSaint RTE seem behind the curve…twitter + bloggers on the ball
10:20 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Fleming elected in Blarney bit.ly
10:20 PM: aoifac Boyhan in Blackrock – IND formally PD. IND & FG win, FF &GP lose.
10:21 PM: skearon Wicklow County Count – spoilt votes now being shown to candidates, 1st count is getting a little nearer….
10:21 PM: SimonHaden @patricksaint It’s not FF who are surrounded in North Clare it’s us who live here ! Nagle was one of those who hid FF name on his posters.
10:21 PM: PatrickSaint Any Loughrea/South Galway results?
10:22 PM: skearon Wicklow County Count – spoilt votes now being shown to candidates, 1st count is getting a little nearer….
10:23 PM: aoifac Tom Joyce (FG) & Tom Murphy (FF) in Glencullen. So far Murphy is FF’s ONLY elected Cllr in DLRCoCo. 9 seats left to fill.
10:24 PM: handelaar Award-winning Cork City website doing its usual sterling job with election updates, I see. Apparently there’s to be an election soon. #le09
10:25 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Cork South West – Final Result bit.ly
10:26 PM: Suzy Byrne Many thanks to everyone for their input today from around the country – we’ll be running the liveblog again tomorrow to cover the European Parliament Counts (and for a while yet tonight!)
10:28 PM: keatingciara #le09 if rte is to be believed they are still on the 1st count in many of the wards in the dublin city council…..arrggghhh
10:28 PM: WHExaminer Mgar East Georgina Bagnall elim; Kilbeggan Paul Daly elected, Mullingar Town Council Corrigan eliminated; Mgar West, Sorca Clarke elim #LE09
10:29 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Tynan elected bit.ly
10:30 PM: faduda New blog post: Daly (FG) elected on 5th count in Kildare (Athy) #le09 faduda.ie
10:32 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Re-count in Bandon Electoral Area bit.ly
10:33 PM: John Fingal County Council have a live link to there election count, leave it run and you can catch updates from returning officers on counts. They are also updating there website on counts also. well done Fingal.:-) www.fingalcoco.public-i.tv
10:33 PM: P O’Neill Meath counts very slow; collected tallies for Trim and Dunshaughlin here tinyurl.com
10:33 PM: machinenation Ennis west 4 seats filled – Ind FF FG GP – Meaney GP elected for his work rate bit.ly #le09 Breen elected as thorn in side
10:33 PM: marloft Tally NW: Harkin 85k; Higgins 79k; Gallagher 75k; Ganley 67k; McLoughlin 45k Mooney 43k O’Reilly 37k O’Keeffe 25k #LE09 bit.ly
10:33 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Cork North East – Final Result bit.ly
10:35 PM: marloft Tubbercurry #LE09 Colleary, FF 754; Fleming FG 748; Gormley Ind 2,117; Lundy FF 956; McCarrick Ind 344; Murray FG 879 bit.ly
10:35 PM: WHExaminer Frankie Keena elected in Athlone. Surplus of 98 to be distributed. #LE09
10:40 PM: WHExaminer Betty Doran elim in 7th count Mgar West #LE09
10:40 PM: irlef2009 Wonder where RTE got all that attendance and other information for Euro MPs? Here: Your MEPs : By country/region ow.ly #le09
10:40 PM: Fergal Uh Oh. George Lee says he’s “humbled”. I’ve always thought that only the pathalogically insincere claim to be humbled by success #le09
10:41 PM: WHExaminer Betty Doran elim in 7th count Mgar West #LE09
10:46 PM: Alexia Golez Hugely impressed by Highland Radio and Roscommon’s Rosfm
10:47 PM: leotraynor @CiaranCuffe Elsewhere they’re calling it an electoral disaster due to coalition with an inept and corrupt party. #LE09
10:47 PM: irlef2009 Larry Dunne, FG, eliminated in Fingal Balbriggan. That might do it for Skerries candidate, Tom O’Leary, of FG. bit.ly #le09
10:47 PM: brettmirl bit.ly
Tallies are very high for Ratoath candidates. Are all boxes open? #le09
10:48 PM: SimonHaden Betty Doran ! Thats another EX-GREEN councillor thats lost their seat (Bronwen Maher)
10:49 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Gallagher eliminated bit.ly
10:51 PM: SimonHaden Brian Meaney (Green) RE-Elected for Clare County Council (Ennis West) even though electoral area was split in two. Congratulations Brian !
10:52 PM: syzygial RT @CiaranCuffe We’re calling this a “crisitunity” here in Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown #LE09
10:52 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Linehan-Foley out of Midleton race bit.ly
10:52 PM: irlef2009 @Fergal Sincerity: once you can fake that, you’ve got it made #le09
10:52 PM: WHExaminer Kilbeggan: Arthur, FG, elected, and COrcoran, Lab, without reaching quota. Kilbeggan completel. #LE09
10:55 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Coughlan and Moynihan elected in Macroom bit.ly
10:55 PM: P O’Neill brettmirl, dunshaughlin tally is a few hours old but source was firm on its reliability. bad showing for McLaughlin (lab) stood out.
10:56 PM: squidlimerick Kilmallock Count 8 Creehan (FF) Eliminated #le09
10:56 PM: sharoncasey RT @CiaratnCuffe We’re calling this a “crisitunity” here in Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown #LE09
10:56 PM: boredsahm What is happening in Pembroke-Rathmines? #le09
10:56 PM: ann_donnelly @CiaranCuffe Sorry your candidate didn’t do well in Cork County Council Skibbereen district. Not enough exposure for party here #LE09
10:58 PM: PatrickSaint according to RTE exit poll 81% dissatisfied with how country being run, 55% want general election this year.
10:58 PM: dlooney Colm Brophy about to be elected for FG for the second seat. We are looking good for seat 5
10:58 PM: Stephen Spillane Fg’s neville held the seat from lab’s buckey in bandon #le09
11:01 PM: squidlimerick Mick the Quill has been eliminated in the City North after Count 7 #le09
11:02 PM: BrianGreene Joe Higgins, Clare Daly, Ruth Coppinger top the poll for SP in Fingal. #le09 Terry Kelleher elected to Balbriggan Town Council
11:03 PM: Mark_Coughlan The count for the Euro elections only STARTS tomorrow right? As in nothing has been counted as of yet in Ireland? Right? #le09
11:03 PM: lexia Break in Rosfm coverage with Diana Ross’ “Chain Reaction”. Gift.
11:03 PM: BrianGreene Drogheda Borough Council Frank Gallagher SP looking good for seat on COUNT 7 url.ie
11:05 PM: TheEmergency RT @mannixflynn: Thanks for pressing the buzzer, i’m in x #le09
11:05 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Nobody elected on third Carrigaline count bit.ly
11:06 PM: Suzy Byrne @Mark_Coughlan count begins at 9am – first count not allowed to be announced until 9 pm #le09
11:06 PM: athtrasna @Mark_Coughlan – Euro count starts tomorrow am – results not announced til 9pm when voting finishes across Europe #le09
11:07 PM: Paschald What a day. Gutted and so proud at the same time. Ended up with 10,198 votes.
11:08 PM: krayZpaving In Carlow, @labour returns a gain of 1 with patton, Quinn, 2 x Townsend& hurley. #le09
11:08 PM: PatrickSaint how’re FF looking in Clare? Any casualties?
11:08 PM: aoifac Proud of you too Pascal and hold on to those posters
11:08 PM: TheRealAmz Election coverage too addictive. Can’t go to bed yet. #le09
11:09 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: The wait continues bit.ly
11:10 PM: Paschald Councillor Mary O’Shea elected. Thank God!
11:13 PM: athtrasna @paschald Good things come to those who wait, and you won’t have to wait long. Well done on your amazing vote! #le09
11:14 PM: squidlimerick McLoughlan (Labour) elected in City North #le09
11:14 PM: SimonHaden FF CLARE – Peter Considine & Bernard Hanrahan have both lost their seats.
11:15 PM: tallaghtecho 0:12 : Basketball Arena: Lucan updateSixth count is in and still no further seats filled.Guss O’Connell (Ind) only needs 45 votes to secu..
11:15 PM: squidlimerick Banko (FF) eliminated in City South #le09
11:15 PM: PJ Coogan FF will only have 6 seats on new cork city council.. down from ten
11:15 PM: Suzy Byrne @PJCoogan thanks so much for all your updates today
11:16 PM: PatrickSaint Simon— I assume that’s Ennis Town council…how’re they doing in Killaloe ED? Hear FG topped the poll
11:17 PM: Alexia Golez 2nd Count for Roscommon (Athlone) coming soon.. Returning officer about speak. Jimmy Kenny (IND – former FF) is expected to do well. Tony Ward’s (IND) surplus will be dispersed.
11:17 PM: cianflah Mid Roscommon Second Count:

LEYDEN, Orla FF 1012 Elected

Paula Mc Namara’s surplus now been distributed.

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Athlone (Roscommon) Count 1:

Tony Ward IND and John Naughton FG both elected on count 1

Tony Ward’s Surplus now been distributed.

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Stll awaiting vote counts for Strokestown, Castlerea & Boyle.
11:18 PM: Mark_Coughlan 27% of Libertas voters would vote Yes to Lisbon 2… WTF, according to Lansdowne Stats on today’s exit poll.
11:19 PM: RTE_Elections Mary Bohan and Francis Gilmartin (both Fianna Fáil) have been elected to Leitrim County Council after the fifth count in Dromahair
11:20 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Counhiahn gone bit.ly
11:21 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Coughlan says government need to give more funding to council bit.ly
11:23 PM: Mark_Coughlan several sources say The Cope was struggling to get non-Donegal votes, Harkin was looking good and Higgins was in. So it was Gan vs Cope. WTF
11:23 PM: Maldini #le09 all very tight in Fingal-Balbriggan. Transfers from party-mate make Murray a potential FF gain. Not many of those around today.
11:24 PM: Alexia Golez 2nd Count – Sth Roscommon (Athlone) Tony Ward’s (IND) Surplus of 319 votes dispersed. 1144 – Quota. Trevor Finneran (FF) +20 (676) / Anthony Geraghty (FF) +33 (485) / Dermot Kelly (FG) +67 (622) / Jim Kenny (IND) +65 (1072) / Alma Keogh (SF) +31 (393) / John Keogh (FF) +39 (744) / Paddy Kilduff (FF) +36 (711 ) / Ollie Moore (FG) +38 (870)
11:25 PM: athtrasna @corkpolitics Any update on Kanturk? #le09
11:25 PM: Suzy Byrne at 00.24 counts are still being updated from everywhere on the liveblog bit.ly
11:27 PM: Alexia Golez Spoiled vote figures in Sth Roscommon (Athlone) were under serious scrutiny. Two sitting Cllrs were watching the votes under scrutiny (some 300) very, very closely. Rosfm is not reporting which Cllrs these were, but it turned out that only 74 votes were spoiled.
11:28 PM: Mark_Coughlan @damienblake So those sources might be right? Ganely will be in with a shot? He’s only at 10% acc to Exit poll with Cope at 21%/top…
11:28 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Two eliminated in South Central bit.ly
11:28 PM: RTE_Elections Fine Gael’s Catherine McLoughlin has been elected to Tipperary South Riding County Council after the fifth count in Cashel
11:28 PM: squidlimerick Latest Count in City North No one elected . Tina O’Gorman (Ind) eliminated #le09
11:28 PM: faduda New blog post: McGinley (Lab) elected in Kildare (Celbridge) third count #le09 faduda.ie
11:28 PM: SimonHaden Patrick – No its Clare County Council. Dont have Ennis Town Council result but probably only 1 FF seat there out of 9 so also a loss. No idea of Killaloe count.
11:29 PM: Mark_Coughlan @AllanCavanagh Didnt know that, I’ve heard little from Euros. Surprised though, thought he would getting more rural votes than townish.
11:29 PM: Essekane FF have a multi-headache in the Dáil constituency of Dublin Mid West. In the Clondalkin end, (1) they lost a sitting councillor and the councillor who was elected (on the last count) is a vocal critic of (2a) the sitting FF TD (and juvenile minister) John Curran and (2b) party HQ. In the north end of the consitiuency, Lucan, they are heading to having no councillor (again).
11:29 PM: aoifac 6 seats left to fill in DLRCOCO – 4 in Dun Laoghaire & 2 in Dundrum. So far FG 10, LAB 6PBP 2, IND 2 & FF 2
11:30 PM: Fergal @suzybie Liveblog really coming into its own now. Results are coming in, nobody else is covering them. #le09
11:30 PM: irlef2009 If Murray (FF) gets in, looks like others will be O’Leary (FG), O’Connor (Ind), and a fight between Byrne (Lab) and Corr (GP). Agree? #le09
11:31 PM: abigailrieley Does anyone know if Tom Stafford (FF) got in with the Dub Central local poll? #le09
11:32 PM: irlef2009 Fingal-Balbriggan – If Murray (FF) does not get in, looks like both Byrne (Lab) and Corr (GP) will make it. #le09
11:33 PM: RTE_Elections Labour’s John Mulvihill Snr has been elected to Cork County Council after the third count in Midleton
11:33 PM: Mark_Coughlan @suzybie jayzuz didnt realise that ICP had out-polled Malachy Steensen – that’s a dam shame.
11:35 PM: Suzy Byrne @abigailrieley Dublin North Inner City Count result #le09 bit.ly
11:35 PM: miguelpdl I found there was a firehose approach to #le09 live count twittering online and on national radio today, ended up reverting to local radio.
11:35 PM: stevenconlon #le09 sligo/Drumcliffe CoCo FINAL (6 seat): Cawley (LAB), Leonard (FG), Barry (FF), Devins (FF), Keaney (FF), Lyons (FG)….1 FF casualty
11:35 PM: WHExaminer Mullingar West completed: In are Penrose Lab, Troy FF Cornally Lab, Cooney FG, and Gynn. Mullingar East: McLoughlin elim #LE09
11:35 PM: funferal Happy to see Labour take a second seat in Galway, at expense of FF #le09
11:35 PM: Suzy Byrne @abigailrieley Dublin North Inner City Count result #le09 bit.ly
11:36 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: The longest day bit.ly
11:37 PM: Suzy Byrne South Dublin Co. Council Clondalkin Complete – Elected – Dowd, Delaney, Kenny, Ridge, Gilligan, McDonagh – details on www.southdublin.ie
11:37 PM: PJ Coogan terry shannon FF elected cork SE
11:38 PM: Alexia Golez Damn. Count has been adjourned in Roscommon for the night and will be resumed at 9am.
11:38 PM: viddythis anyone know if they have stopped counting in the Kilkenny for the night? 23 seats yet to be filled according to RTE. #le09
11:39 PM: RTE_Elections Fine Gael’s Sean McKiernan Jnr has been elected to Cavan County Council after the sixth count in Bailieborough
11:41 PM: Alexia Golez What the heck. Crazy Roscommon people. They can’t decide. Counts for Castlerea (1st) and 3rd Count for Sth Roscommon (Athlone) to go ahead tonight.
11:42 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Shannon holds his seat bit.ly
11:42 PM: Maldini #le09 Donaghmede count over 1.Kenny (Lab) 2. Forde (SF) 3. Brabazon (FF) 4. Crimmins (FG) beats out 2nd Lab candidate McDowell for last seat
11:44 PM: paul_cawley great day… interesting hearing all the #le09 data all day… off to bed
11:44 PM: Suzy Byrne Dermot Looney Elected in Tallaght Central – @dlooney #le09
11:45 PM: RTE_Elections Ind Sean Canney, Fine Gael’s Tom McHugh and Labour’s Colm Keaveney have been elected to Galway Co Council after the first count in Tuam
11:46 PM: Mark_Coughlan @damienmulley there was a few screens in the press room where I spotted the live blog today.
11:46 PM: squidlimerick City South (Count 5) Jack Bourke Eliminated. loses deposit #le09
11:46 PM: cianflah wow at Tom Stafford’s vote, a vital cog in the bertie machine about to fall off. That will not be a source of happiness and light for the mafia.
11:48 PM: squidlimerick imerick City North … James NIx (Green) Eliminated #le09
11:49 PM: Mark_Coughlan @dlooney Oi Dermot! I’m delighted to point out that your Twitter profile is out-of-date.
11:49 PM: abigailrieley Disgusted to see that the bloody Immigration Control Platform got 600 plus votes in Dub Central. #le09
11:53 PM: John Fingal Co CO: Swords LEA Final results: Five seats: Clare Daly (SP), Gerry Maguire(Lab), Tom Kelleher (Lab), Darragh Butler (FF), Anne Devitt (FG).
11:54 PM: aoifac So want to go to bed but want to wait and see if DLRCOCO is finished.
11:54 PM: abigailrieley Dublin Central might be the most left leaning constituency in the country but we’ve our fair share of racist reactionaries! #le09
11:55 PM: PatrickSaint Simon, that’s great news!!
11:56 PM: Maldini @abigailrieley Yeah, just be thankful ICP are too stupid to realise they might have been elected to the council with that amount #le09
11:56 PM: RTE_Elections Two former PDs – Terry O’Flaherty and Declan McDonnell – have won seats in Galwat City East as Independent candidates
11:56 PM: Simon McGarr farm4.static.flickr.com
11:57 PM: PatrickSaint Any news of SOuth Galway/Loughrea?
11:57 PM: lostexpectation fingal count center calling it a night
11:57 PM: greenwithenvy Any news from Galway or did all the counters go to wave goodbye to the Volvo boats today?
11:57 PM: SimonHaden Galway City West – O’Brolchain (Green) will be fighting for last seat but reasonable chance of making it. Big looser here is IND Callanan (ex Sinn Fein).
11:58 PM: RTE_Elections A recount in the Kilmallock area of Limerick County Council will commence at 9am
11:58 PM: cianflah % Of First Pref Votes by Party Mid Roscommon:

Fianna Fail 47.5%,
Fine Gael 28.6%,
People before profit party 1.9%,
Independents 22%.

% Of First Pref Votes by Party Athlone Roscommon:

Fianna Fail 31.2%,
Fine Gael 33.4%,
Sinn Fein 4.5%,
Independents 30.9%.
11:58 PM: Essekane @Suzy Byrne on Looney election in Tallaght Central: Where is FF’s Eamon Walsh? SDCC’s website is lagging on the reporting. Will Tallaght Central be another ward without a FF councillor?
11:59 PM: Simon McGarr It appears to me that Suzy is now the national source of election news.
12:00 AM: Suzy Byrne @essekane – count complete…reload the the site to update it. Walsh last to be elected.
12:00 AM: irishelection Keyboard cat plays Shay Brennan off the stage url.ie and a look at tomorrow’s Euro poll url.ie #LE09
12:00 AM: PatrickSaint Is the general picture an FF wipe out?
12:00 AM: Fergal Notion: Will FFs collapse in the cities and relative strength in rural areas lead to a Blue State-Red State type divide? #le09
12:00 AM: irishelection Keyboard cat plays Shay Brennan off the stage url.ie and a look at tomorrow’s Euro poll url.ie #LE09
12:00 AM: corkpolitics New blog post: Final result for Skibbereen bit.ly
12:02 AM: Suzy Byrne RT @Patrick_DCC: Dublin City Council – 39 of 52 seats filled. 16 Lab. 7 FG. 7 Ind/Other. 6 SF. 3 FF. 0 GP. #le09
12:02 AM: corkpolitics New blog post: Final result for Bantry bit.ly
12:03 AM: cianflah Fergal it really could do, but it depends on how the scale of rural vote translates into GE seats. Current rural votes could mean only 1 seat in 3/4/5 seaters and a de facto FF implosion so it might be wait and see on that front.
12:04 AM: corkpolitics New blog post: Final result for Fermoy bit.ly
12:04 AM: krayZpaving @suzybie that’s as close to a landslide for @labour as can be achieved in our system. #le09
12:06 AM: corkpolitics New blog post: Final result for Mallow bit.ly
12:06 AM: Fergal Crehan Labour seem to be picking up seats in all sorts of surprising places around the country
12:06 AM: Suzy Byrne @krayZpaving agree – will be very interesting to watch DCC in action #le09
12:06 AM: aoifac Mary Mitchell O’Connor (FG) returned in Dun Laoghaire. 3 seats still to fill there
12:06 AM: Suzy Byrne Fair play to the local councils who did put results online, and the local papers also – now to get them all online for GE! #le09
12:07 AM: lexia LOL. Luke Ming Flanagan (IND) on Rosfm. His wife spoiled her vote for him by putting a loveheart on it. He was elected in the 1st count
12:07 AM: athtrasna if only all the councils had them online. Cork & Kilkenny don’t seem to have noticed that there was an election! #le09
12:07 AM: lexia Luke Ming Flanagan elected in 1st Count of Castlerea, Roscommon.
12:08 AM: Mark_Coughlan Can you make slideshows with Flickr Pro?
12:09 AM: cianflah Castlerea Electoral Area First Count:

John Kelly IND 2230 Elected

Luke Ming Flanagan IND 1556 Elected

John Kelly’s surplus to be distributed this will not happen until 9.00 AM tomorrow morning when the count will continue.
12:09 AM: RTE_Elections Labour’s Mary Freehill and Fiann Fail’s Jim O’Callaghan have been elected to Dublin City Council after the ninth count in Pembroke/Rathmines
12:09 AM: corkpolitics New blog post: Donnelly out of the race for Carrig seat bit.ly
12:10 AM: Fergal Crehan Luke Flanagan once ran in Galway under the name Ming The Merciless on a Legalise Cannabis platform, simply in order to piss off his former landlord Frank Fahy. Now he’s topping polls. Brilliant.
12:10 AM: corkpolitics New blog post: No joy in latest Midleton count bit.ly
12:13 AM: PatrickSaint Brilliant to see Ming elected.
12:14 AM: corkpolitics New blog post: Neville retains last Bandon seat bit.ly
12:14 AM: tallaghtecho 1:01 : Basketball Arena: Sobbing Granny update…We feel for you, hope you get everything sorted sooner rather than later!!
12:15 AM: tallaghtecho 1:13 : Oisin Quinn and Eoghan Murphy are definitely in for Pembroke-Rathmines
12:15 AM: PatrickSaint I’ll ask again..any news on South Galway, cant find anything online
12:15 AM: Mark_Coughlan Still waiting to post my final IE content of the day.
12:15 AM: finkeegan Left looking less loony: congratulations to our good friend, Aine Clancy [LAB], who took a Dublin City Council seat in #le09
12:16 AM: Suzy Byrne @Tommy and the ones watching liveblog on Irishelection.com – plus people coming in and out of scribble live site – not same 114 at all!! (she says to herself to prove her sanity!)
12:16 AM: PatrickSaint Good one Fergal. I hope not. More Ind canditates will appear. It will be chaotic for a while I’d say
12:16 AM: corkpolitics New blog post: Count continues in Carrig, Kanturk and Midleton bit.ly
12:17 AM: Tommy Great service folks. But are there really only 129 election junkies in the land still
Up?
12:17 AM: aoifac Off to bed now. Back tomorrow /later today.
12:18 AM: Alexia Golez Full results for Castlerea (1st) – 7 seats – 1162 Quota – Liam Callaghan (FG) 743 / Michael Creaton (FG) 771 / Paschal Fitzmaurice (FF) 647 / Luke Ming Flanagan (IND) 1556 / Micheál Frain (FG) 501 / John Kelly (IND) 2230 / James Kilcoyne (FF) 550 / Michael McGreal (FG) 909 / Padraig Morris (IND) 244 / Michael Patrick Mulligan (SF) 695 / John Murray (FG) 430 – Ger O’Brien (IND) 23 // John Kelly’s surplus of 1068 to be dispersed. Count begins again at 10am
12:18 AM: Suzy Byrne Ashdub – southdublin.ie have the latest on Tallaght – reload page to get latest results
12:18 AM: Suzy Byrne At Aoifeac – many thanks for all the DLRCoCo results!
12:18 AM: squidlimerick Limerick City South (Count 6) O’Calaghan FF) Eliminated no one elected #le09
12:18 AM: monaghanpenguin Councillor Jim O’Callaghan elected tonight third on the poll after Michael Donnelly’s transfers. I’m broken but so happy. #LE09
12:19 AM: AshDob Any news on dublin south tallaght
12:19 AM: lostexpectation oh fingal is still going ithought they were all leaving
12:19 AM: lexia of course, I meant Ming not Mick.. damn tired fingers
12:20 AM: WHExaminer Mullingar Town CounciL Sorca Clarke elim and Bourke FG in; Athlone final: Cooney, Whelan, McFadden n Allen in; Mgar East, Bourke FG in #LE09
12:20 AM: corkpolitics New blog post: John Sheehan eliminated bit.ly
12:20 AM: squidlimerick Limerick City North … Cormac Hurley (FG) Elected #le09
12:20 AM: irlef2009 Kelleher (SP) eliminated in Fingal-Balbriggan. #le09
12:20 AM: eoinpurcell SoutH Dublin posted here www.southdublin.ie #le09
12:20 AM: WHExaminer tense times as battle between Davitt and Bourke FF on for final Mullingar East seat #LE09
12:20 AM: eoinpurcell SoutH Dublin posted here www.southdublin.ie #le09
12:20 AM: RTE_Elections Fine Gael’s Noel Buckley has been elected to Cork County Council on the sixth count in Kanturk
12:21 AM: krayZpaving Off to bed, having heard Oisin Quinn & @dlooney are elected. Have to be in Punchestown for 0900 for Euro count. #le09
12:22 AM: Stephen Spillane Fg just won the 2nd seat in cork south central! Well done emmet! #le09
12:22 AM: irlef2009 Fingal. Kelleher will probably transfer enough to O’Connor to get him elected. Then depends on how many go to the Independents & Corr #le09
12:22 AM: SimonHaden Looks like Greens will be left with only 4 or 5 city or co council seats and possibly a few town council seats.
12:23 AM: Suzy Byrne @patricksant you looked at analysis posts on Irishelection.com to leave longer comments etc.?
12:23 AM: Maldini SDCC putting info on twitter now @sdccelections they should probably put the #le09 on to get more viewers though
12:24 AM: corkpolitics New blog post: Kavanagh eliminated bit.ly
12:24 AM: Alexia Golez Talk of a FF-IND coalition on Roscommon CoCo according to Rosfm. John Kelly (IND and elected on 1st count) denies all knowledge of a pact. Kelly says that independents worked well with FG. Kelly: “You know what they say about the devil you know”
12:26 AM: RTE_Elections Mark Coughlan has captured some great photos from the RDS count centre today – check them out tinyurl.com
12:26 AM: cianflah Longford Election Update.
Just one seat filled in Longford County Council.
Larry Bannon FG 925 votes Elected

Count will continue in the morning.
12:27 AM: irlef2009 Just got very tight in Balbriggan. O’Connor (Ind) within a shout of getting there. O’Leary (FG) looks safe. Murray (FF) falling away #le09
12:27 AM: irlef2009 Fingal-Balbriggan. Byrne (Lab) 300 ahead of Corr (GP) so could be safe. Interesting if Brown (Ind) transfers to McKeon (Ind) first. #le09
12:27 AM: JoeLeogue FF buck national trend in Fermoy electoral area, retaining their two co co seats and adding two town co seats #le09
12:28 AM: squidlimerick Audio added to Limerickblogger.ie City South Count Six #le09
12:28 AM: Suzy Byrne Keating and O’Connell elected in Lucan Ward – onto 9th count there now
12:28 AM: neiljung What council is the single Green elected so far in?
12:28 AM: AshDob poor greens back to the drawing board…
12:28 AM: SimonHaden RTE Count Results here: www.rte.ie
12:28 AM: themayonews Hello again! Patsy O’Brien romped home in Claremorris, unbelieveable performance, it is going to go late though for the rest…
12:28 AM: corkpolitics New blog post: Three elected in Cork South East bit.ly
12:30 AM: SimonHaden neiljung – its Brian Meaney for Clare County Council (Ennis West)
12:32 AM: Alexia Golez 3rd count – Sth Roscommon (Athlone) expected in a matter of moments
12:32 AM: RTE_Elections Fine Gael’s Mary Mitchell O’Connor has been elected to Dun Laoighaire/Rathdown County Council after the eighth count in Dun Laoighaire
12:32 AM: corkpolitics New blog post: Cork South East – Final Result bit.ly
12:33 AM: squidlimerick Denis McCarthy takes final seat in Limerick East #le09
12:33 AM: boredsahm Pembroke Rathmines decided Lacey and Wynne elected? #le09
12:35 AM: PatrickSaint yeah, seems the poor old greens got sprayed with the weedkiller…pity, but that’s politics
12:36 AM: RTE_Elections Fianna Fáil’s Mark O’Keeffe, son of Education Minister Batt O’Keeffe, has lost his seat on Cork County Council
12:36 AM: corkpolitics New blog post: O’Driscoll gone, O’Halloran elected bit.ly
12:38 AM: Simon McGarr Local government has always been important to the Greens. Being flattened in Local Elections is an even heavier blow to them than to, say, the Christian Solidarity Party.
12:38 AM: Mark_Coughlan Last blog post of Saturday now up on @irishelection www.irishelection.com #le09
12:40 AM: Fergal Crehan Looking at Dublin on a constituency by constituency basis. FF’s Dublin collapse is striking.
12:40 AM: Alexia Golez 3nd Count – Sth Roscommon (Athlone) John Naughton’s (FG) surplus of 143 votes dispersed. 1144 – Quota. Trevor Finneran (FF) +7 (683) / Anthony Geraghty (FF) +4 (489) / Dermot Kelly (FG) +15 (637) / Jim Kenny (IND) +21 (1093) / Alma Keogh (SF) +11 (404) / John Keogh (FF) +16 (760) / Paddy Kilduff (FF) +9 (720) / Ollie Moore (FG) +60(930). No candidate reached the quota in this count. No surplus to disperse. Excluding Alma Keogh and her votes will be dispersed. Count resumes at 10am. Supporters are shouting and want to see another count. “Finish it out”, they shout out. CoCo people are ignoring the shouts and pick up their jackets to leave.
12:42 AM: squidlimerick Audio : Final result for Limerick City East uploaded to Limerickblogger #le09
12:42 AM: Alexia Golez End of the Roscommon counts. Rosfm team collapse!
12:42 AM: AshDob How many seats have the Greens won. and Where??? Anyone?
12:42 AM: PatrickSaint any predictions for post election ireland?
12:42 AM: themayonews The Castlebar TC final was FG 4, Heneghan, Heston, Deere, McCormack; FF, Gavin; Lab, Barrett; SF, Ruane; Ind, Kilcoyne, Durcan early on.
12:42 AM: faduda New blog post: Kildare Co Co (Celbridge) 4th count #le09 faduda.ie
12:43 AM: PatrickSaint 1 green in clare co co….
12:43 AM: Suzy Byrne 6/7 Green councillors out of 18 will be relected
12:44 AM: athtrasna Labour seems to excel at vote management, Pembroke/Rathmines is proof of that! #le09
12:44 AM: themayonews Swinford sees Murray home as he likes, Maloney and Lavin look safeish, but big battle for last seat, with Mellett in big bother it seems!
12:45 AM: lostexpectation gp will have 6/7 two many, they lost two cllrs in the newly merged howth malahide ward
12:46 AM: AshDob so they have 1 so far? whata shambles… poor Gormley and Co…it certainly is no longer green…but grey the rain is washing away the greens….Suzy any idea where these 6/7 greens will be elected? #le09
12:47 AM: Suzy Byrne @ashdub – been liveblogging for over 14 hours now – it’s all a blur! But Louth, Kilkenny etc were mentioned today. Mark Geary? Noonan?
12:48 AM: PatrickSaint they may get 1 in Galway…O’Brolochain?
12:49 AM: PatrickSaint what’s the general picture out here? any comments for a blog, anyone?
12:49 AM: Christine Bohan Labour won three seats in both Pembroke-Rathmines and also Tallaght Central. Unprecedented. #le09
12:49 AM: RTE_Elections A recount has started in the Bailieborough electoral area of Cavan County Council
12:50 AM: corkpolitics New blog post: Spillane eliminated bit.ly
12:53 AM: AshDob Thanks Suzy….And so nothing for the greens in Dublin…wow!
12:53 AM: wesg RT @suzybie: RT @Patrick_DCC: Dublin City Council – 39 of 52 seats filled. 16 Lab. 7 FG. 7 Ind/Other. 6 SF. 3 FF. 0 GP. #le09
12:54 AM: lexia Before I go – I love this picture of Joan Burton! www.flickr.com
12:56 AM: corkpolitics New blog post: O’Connell elected bit.ly
12:57 AM: corkpolitics New blog post: Desmond elected bit.ly
12:59 AM: corkpolitics New blog post: corkpolitics.ie
1:01 AM: RTE_Elections Fine Gael’s Siobhan McGloin has been elected to Leitrim County Council after the fifth count in Manorhamilton
1:03 AM: sazzybm Got home from the Kanturk/Mallow/Fermoy count about and hour ago. totally wrecked, been there since 9. The Man incharge of the Kanturk counting was a disaster!!!! Mallow were on their 7th count and Kanturk hadent even started its 4th!!!!! unreal! I knew it would be long like, but this was ridiculous. And it was a real Shame FG lost 4 seats in cork county!!!
1:03 AM: Roscommon LE09 Counting in Roscommon Finished until later this morning some angry exchanges by canditates who wished for the count to continue. #le09
1:03 AM: faduda New blog post: Co Kildare town council results (unconfirmed) #le09 faduda.ie
1:04 AM: corkpolitics New blog post: O’ Byrne out if the running bit.ly
1:04 AM: themayonews Cribbin and Finn elected in Claremorris, four big names left for three seats!
1:06 AM: themayonews After two o’clock at the count and we look like we’ll be here until four am at least#elections
1:07 AM: themayonews John Cribbin and Richard Finn both in on 4th count in Claremorris. Big battle for last three seats between four candidates. #elections
1:09 AM: RTE_Elections Fianna Fáil’s Siobhan Ambrose has been elected to Tipperary South Riding County Council after the fifth count in Clonmel
1:13 AM: corkpolitics New blog post: Shepperd eliminated bit.ly
1:14 AM: tallaghtecho 1:35 : Basketball Arena: Lucan update Jim Doyle (Ind) has been eliminated. His 1088 votes are now being redistributed. HOLD THE PRESSES -..
1:14 AM: eoinbannon Counting in Longford suspended til 12noon tomorrow.Town Council elected: ex-PD Mae Sexton is back as Ind. Only 1 CoCouncil seat filled #le09
1:14 AM: tallaghtecho 1:58 : Basketball Arena: Lucan update Still no closer to deciding the final three Lucan seats.
I’m sure I’ve seen a few of the supporter..
1:15 AM: corkpolitics New blog post: Fitzgerald elected, O’Callaghan eliminated bit.ly
1:17 AM: RTE_Elections Labour’s Eoin Holmes has been elected to Meath County Council after the first count in the Slane electoral area
1:17 AM: eoinbannon Off to bed too. By Sunday evening we should have some proper info on North-West euro. Details so far are a bit too patchy to call it. #le09
1:18 AM: Fifibellemeara Any further update on Westmeath count? #le09
1:20 AM: themayonews Fianna Fail’s national problems may not be reflected in Swinford where they could take 2 from 4 – a gain of 1. Maloney and Smith.#elections
1:21 AM: sdccelections Lucan – Count 9 now available on www.southdublin.ie
1:21 AM: faduda Just checked the stats, today busiest day for blog hits since I began measuring. Who knew there were so many election geeks out there? #le09
1:22 AM: Christine Bohan I think Fergal’s earlier tweet about the significant rural-urban divide is the best place to begin analysing today’s results. Dublin has gone left, with Labour and left-wing candidates dominating (even as the Greens imploded and SF declined). Meanwhile, rural areas are predominantly FF and FG.
1:24 AM: RTE_Elections Fianna Fáil’s Deirdre Heney and Fine Gael’s Naoise O Muiri have been elected to Dublin City Council after the sixth count in Clontarf
1:25 AM: AndrewTMurphy best result for Greens in Galway County – congrats and hard luck to Paul, Patrick & Tom #le09
1:25 AM: squidlimerick Limerick City North (Count 12) No one elected .. Ryan (Lab) eliminated #le09
1:26 AM: corkpolitics New blog post: Cork North West – Final Result bit.ly
1:32 AM: RTE_Elections Independent Charlie Murphy and Fine Gael’s John Murphy have been elected to Carlow County Council after the sixth count in Borris
1:32 AM: corkpolitics New blog post: Martin survives in South Central bit.ly
1:35 AM: themayonews A whisper – only a whisper – that in Swinford Caulfield could get enough transfers to overtake Smyth from C Henry’s transfers! #elections
1:36 AM: themayonews Were that to happen then Smyth’s votes would probably put Caulfield over the line – a most unlikely outcome. Just a whisper tho! #elections
1:37 AM: corkpolitics New blog post: Cork South Central – Final Result bit.ly
1:37 AM: themayonews What we do know is that Swiford is still extremely unpredictable! #elections
1:38 AM: aoifecarroll Jane Dillon-Byrne & Stephen Fitzpatrick elected in Dun Laoghaire!! #Le09
1:39 AM: RTE_Elections There has been a full recount called for the Belturbet area of Cavan County Council. Counting has been postponed until 10am on Monday
1:43 AM: swearimnotpaul Recount due on Monday for Muine Bheag Town Council election. Just 5 votes between 9th and 10th. 3 FF 3 FG 2 Lab 1 Ind.Now I’m to bed. #le09
1:43 AM: squidlimerick Limerick City South (Count 9) No one elected .. Cathal McCarthy (independent) Eliminated #le09
1:44 AM: RTE_Elections Fine Gael’s Willie Aird and Sinn Féin’s Brian Stanley have been elected to Laois County Council after the first count in Portlaoise
1:44 AM: aoifecarroll What a slate of young @labour victories. Yes, i’m biased but Moynihan, Parodi, Upton, Fitzpatrick, Nolan & O’Callaghan are fab! #Le09
1:45 AM: RTE_Elections Fianna Fáil’s John Foley has been elected to Offaly County Council after the first count in the Edenderry electoral area
1:45 AM: corkpolitics New blog post: Connolly eliminated in North Central bit.ly
1:46 AM: aoifecarroll Claire O’Regan just elected in North East Inner City for @labour #Le09
1:48 AM: sdccelections Lucan – Count 10 now available on www.southdublin.ie
1:53 AM: RTE_Elections A recount will commence at 2pm for the Tipperary electoral area of Tipperary South Riding County Council
1:54 AM: corkpolitics New blog post: Recount in North Central bit.ly
1:57 AM: RTE_Elections Independent Michael N Clarke has been elected to Sligo County Council after the first count in the Dromore electoral area #LE09
1:58 AM: RTE_Elections RTÉ Elections Twitter will resume later this morning
1:59 AM: Paschald Ray McAdam elected in North Inner City ward. Wonderful end to a fine day.
2:02 AM: RTE_Elections A few counts are still continuing. Most have adjourned and will resume later today #LE09
2:03 AM: themayonews Claremorris over. Damien Ryan reaches quota. Ml Burke and Tom Connolly elected without reaching the quota.Ml Carty loses out. #elections
2:04 AM: themayonews It now means FG have taken 4 from 6 in Ballina and Claremorris and look set for 3 from 4 in Westport. Overall majority looks safe.#elections
2:04 AM: themayonews Claremorris counting staff allowed go home – lucky them! Two more counts should sort Swinford. Very unpredictable. #elections
2:08 AM: corkpolitics New blog post: Collins elected in Carrigaline bit.ly
2:13 AM: sdccelections Lucan – Count 11 now available on www.southdublin.ie and is now complete
2:15 AM: tallaghtecho 3:09 : Basketball Arena: Final updateWell guys, end of the road for tonight. It has been a real experience. Thanks for keeping up with us..
2:17 AM: corkpolitics New blog post: Coveney delighted with FG success in Carrigaline bit.ly
2:20 AM: corkpolitics New blog post: Noel Collins elected in Midleton bit.ly
2:23 AM: lostexpectation is jimmy guerin going to win a seat over both ff rivals
2:33 AM: themayonews 3.30am and no end in sight! Swinford is turning into a pivotal area with Fine Gael praying for 2 seats to secure majority on MCC…
2:44 AM: corkpolitics New blog post: Martin eliminated from Carrigaline battle bit.ly
2:54 AM: themayonews Another count in in Swinford, Caulfield out, and advantage lies with the sitting councillors Lavin, Maloney and Mellett, but only just!
2:56 AM: themayonews Smyth looked like gaining a seat for FF against the odds but he is now up against it, needing a substanial transfers from Caulfield…
3:09 AM: corkpolitics New blog post: Boyle scoops final Carrigaline seat bit.ly
3:12 AM: corkpolitics New blog post: Final Midleton count bit.ly
3:40 AM: themayonews At 4.38am, Joe Mellett creates a Lazurus style comeback, and along with Eugene Lavin creates a remarkable comeback for FG in Swinford!
3:42 AM: themayonews Fine Gael now looked locked on for an overall majority for FG on Mayo County Council! Tomorrow is another day…
8:23 AM: Suzy Byrne Liveblog comment moderating will recommence at 9am – some updates through twitter will get through automatically from other bloggers and local papers/other media outlets etc. See you in the morning for the European Parliament Elections Counts which commence at 9am.
8:23 AM: lostexpectation howth malahide Elected, Pc lp, coc lp, eob ff , af fg, jm fg
8:23 AM: lexia FF veterans are grey, morbidly obese and wear sports jackets
8:23 AM: krayZpaving And so the sorting starts at the Ireland East count. #le09 mypict.me
8:23 AM: krayZpaving Have arrived at Punchestown for the Ireland East Euro Count. Seems it’s just me, the counters & Newstalk at the mo. #le09
8:23 AM: MickFealty Candidate tensions boiled over in Rathnew on polling day: url.ie (via @finkeegan and @Imaginemaker) #le09
8:23 AM: deebdublin Story of Green Party council losses: Dundrum Ward. Former FF now Ind Tony Fox retains seat, Aoife Brennan FF gains bit.ly #le09
8:24 AM: lexia FF veterans are grey, morbidly obese and wear sports jackets
8:25 AM: ElectionsIRL Cavan County Council first preference votes online: bit.ly
8:26 AM: krayZpaving Trollies full of ballots. You’ve got to love it. #le09 mypict.me
8:28 AM: lexia Listening to Shinners talk about seeing Gay Mitchell’s wife
8:32 AM: PatrickSaint can’t find anything from South Galway…any inof out there?
8:35 AM: Suzy Byrne Patrick is this any use to you? Nobody I know in Galway count at moment. www.rte.ie
8:38 AM: lexia Hello and welcome to McKenna FM. Have a better pic in the vid camera yfrog.com
8:38 AM: Suzy Byrne Mary White – Deputy Leader of Green Party – says that the Green Party have taken a kicking yesterday and party will come through this result.
8:40 AM: Waterfire Indo reports (tho it does give u a plug as well):”The new media are immediate and useful and fun and, perhaps, an indication of the future. But, for now, they lack the overall coherence and perspective that a Sean O’Rourke can bring to a barrage of information.” Tosh to that – u’re great scribblers and thanks for all ur hard work.
8:41 AM: lexia Votes being sorted yfrog.com
8:41 AM: lexia Qikking live – #le09
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8:44 AM: Suzy Byrne
8:45 AM: lexia Qikking live – #le09
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8:46 AM: Suzy Byrne @Waterfire many thanks for that – we’re having fun directing the traffic and getting the information out. Who says we have to be the same as Sean O’Rourke? A sort of compliment from the Indo for online media? This I have to see and frame!!
8:51 AM: PatrickSaint thanks suzi…they haven’t posted the EDs yet, just the overall county stats.
8:52 AM: krayZpaving All quiet here at Punchestown as the Euro count is underway. Newstalk, RTE & INN here, but nothing much to report. #le09
8:53 AM: Suzy Byrne FF has lost 2 and maybe 3 former lord mayors in Cork
8:54 AM: omegar24 hmmm Enda Kenny is basically with himself, saying that what they people are saying is important, but refusing to go near SF! #le09
8:54 AM: Suzy Byrne If you want to know what’s happening in Limerick have a look at www.limericknewswire.com and www.limerickblogger.ie
8:55 AM: samuelbowman Oh baby. I successfully predicted Cork SE exactly, what a result! #le09
8:56 AM: lexia Qikking live – #le09
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8:56 AM: Suzy Byrne Ballyhaunis Blog reflects on the Claremorris Local Electoral Area ballyhaunis.blogs.ie
8:57 AM: Suzy Byrne Youghal Online on the Youghal Town Council Results www.youghalonline.com
9:02 AM: Suzy Byrne Watching Alexia’s Qik’s from RDS I’m struck by how nice the counters are being to tallyers in terms of slowly displaying ballots! www.qik.com/alexiagolez
9:05 AM: villa81 Do any of the papers have detailed count breakdowns from the locals? RTE.ie is not great for working out patterns in specific wards #le09
9:05 AM: paul_m_hayes Pretty amazing that when FF are supposed to be ‘in meltdown’ and universally hated they still pick up almost 25% of vote #le09
9:05 AM: lexia Watching DeRossa and Mitchell ballots. Seeing more Simons than Ryan. This scares me.
9:06 AM: lexia Barely seeing DeBurca at all
9:06 AM: sazzybm I thought FF would take a big hammering, but its not as big as I thought!!!! Does anyone know whats happening in the North Tipp locals? My mam wants to know how Lowery is doing!!! Why, I dont know!!!!
9:09 AM: irlef2009 Just woke up to the great news that Fingal-Balbriggan LEA uncontaminated by either FF, GP or SF councillors. Good start to the day. #le09
9:09 AM: omegar24 hmmm Labour have won 102 seats Local seats Nationally, so far though Don’t think there is many more for them to win. Good Result! #le09
9:09 AM: Suzy Byrne farm4.static.flickr.com
9:10 AM: Suzy Byrne Great Photos from Kilkenny Count last night on Flickr Moorepat – www.flickr.com
9:10 AM: themayonews Count is underway in the European and local elections here in Castlebar.
9:11 AM: Suzy Byrne Maurice Ahern still in with a shout of his seat in Local Elections
9:12 AM: themayonews Westport looks a certain to go with 3FG and 1 FF while in Belmullet McNamara will top the poll with Quinn in trouble
9:17 AM: RTE_Elections Counting has resumed in the local elections and begun for the European Parliament elections.
9:20 AM: Bazalini @themayonews – great work yesterday
9:20 AM: Bazalini Just looking at figures for LE’s – FG – 31.97%, FF 24.58%, Labour 16.08%, SF 7.59%. I am still amazed FF polled so high. It ainn’t as bad as many thought. I’m FG btw before anyone starts
9:20 AM: Waterfire its de alan ruddock article headline ‘a nation speaks out’, suzy. it’ll b interesting to see if your traffic spikes considerably today after u’re mentioned in de article.
9:22 AM: RTE_Elections European election: A large number of blank ballot papers have been report from early tallies in the South Constituency.
9:22 AM: irlef2009 FingalCoCo: 24 seats. Lab 9, FG 6, Ind 5, FF 4. Possible Lab/FG alliance. FF -5%, FG -2%, GP -2%, Lab +7%, Ind +3% on 2004 1st pref. #le09
9:22 AM: themayonews Tally men keeping a close eye on the transfers in Belmullet area, they will be crucial…..might have the first count in an hour
9:23 AM: RTE_Elections The Green Party has lost all its city and county council seats in Dublin, where most of its TDs are based #LE09
9:25 AM: lexia The Green Party has lost all its city and county council seats in Dublin, where most of its TDs are based #LE09 (via @RTE_Elections)
9:28 AM: damienmulley “If John Gormley, the Greens’ leader, was capable of humility, he would be a deeply troubled man.” url.ie #le09
9:31 AM: BrianGreene THE Green Party has been wiped out on Fingal County Council, losing all its 3 seats Joe Corr, David Healy and Robbie Kelly all gone #le09
9:32 AM: Suzy Byrne Gerry Adams blames Daithi Doolans’ defeat on Evening Herald ’scurrilous’ story.
9:32 AM: paul o’dwyer shinners totally out of touch on the ground , FF vote gone and SF barely see any of it they need to ask themselves some questions
9:32 AM: Tipster Has anybody done any “equality” analysis of the local elections outcomes yet? Do we know the numbers or percentages of the councillors who are: women and men; who are immigrants or from minority ethnic groups or backgrounds (including, perchance, Travellers); who have a disability; who are gay or lesbian?
9:32 AM: wendylimerick That is some mess for the Green Party
9:34 AM: paul o’dwyer daithi didn’t do well as he’s known locally as daithi do-little
9:34 AM: Suzy Byrne @Paul so I learnt from all the commenters on the liveblog yesterday!
9:34 AM: krayZpaving RT @RTE_Elections: The Green Party has lost all its city and county council seats in Dublin, where most of its TDs are based #LE09
9:36 AM: Suzy Byrne
9:38 AM: PJ Coogan cork NC ward recount underway – called at 2am on behalf of Jackie Connolly WP.. who has no chance of election! Smart money giving SF Thomas Gould the last seat .. Mick Barry SP headed poll .. Catherine Clancy Lab also elected, FG and FF to take a seat each.. Damian Wallace of FF losing out.. State of parties Cork City Council to date before NC completed .. FF5 FG7 Lab7 SF3 SP1 WP1 NP4
9:38 AM: PatrickSaint newstalk giving good programming…RTE will roll out Maid Marion soon
9:38 AM: sazzybm The Greens are ones suffering now, for doing a deal with the devil. I think it is a clear message that their supporters don
9:38 AM: Suzy Byrne Kayleigh decides not to vote for fianna fail bit.ly #le09
9:38 AM: eolai can’t help thinking that had Green Party not gone into govt with FF, that they would have cleaned up this time instead of wiping out #le09
9:39 AM: lexia LOLing at the fact my zi6 camera is distracting all the tallymen.
9:39 AM: RTE_Elections FF’s Leonard Enright has been elected to Limerick County Council after the eight count #LE09
9:40 AM: Oran Kelly Paul that’s not quite right Daithi did do something he got out of Pearse St. when he was linked with some local trouble ran down to Ringsend and into Labour’s back yard.
9:42 AM: RTE_Elections European election: Estimated turnout said to be 500,000 in South Constituency
9:44 AM: Suzy Byrne Any word on protest vote in Clare about being included in North-west constituency?
9:45 AM: wendylimerick Protest Vote -To who-Ganley?
9:45 AM: Suzy Byrne @wendy – no I heard something on spoilt votes yesterday ?
9:45 AM: SimonHaden Looks like only 2 Green Councillors (not including a few town council seats). It’s so depressing but a clear message to the Green leadership. However are FG really any different to FF at local or national level ? What exactly is the difference that the electorate are seeing ? There was as much corruption as in FF and even Lab councillors were taking money. For goodness sake what short memories we have and the briber is only in jail two weeks.
9:45 AM: AllanCavanagh So, the @sendboyle and Donal Geoghegan vanity project has come to fruition for @greenparty_ie. Well done the pair of ye. #le09
9:46 AM: BrianGreene #le09 oddity in Howth Malahide. FG lost a seat only standing 2 when they had 3/7. FF held their 1/7 seat. GP lost 2/7 (now a 5 seater)
9:46 AM: RTE_Elections Local elections: FF’s Tom Fleming & Michael Cahill elected to Kerry County Council #LE09
9:46 AM: PatrickSaint Clareman McNamara picked up some votes as protest in South
9:46 AM: wendylimerick Ah
9:47 AM: RTE_Elections Local elections: SKIA’s Michael Gleeson, IND Danny Healy-Rae & IND Michael Healy-Rae all elected to Kerry County Council #LE09
9:48 AM: PatrickSaint Mary White on newstalk live
9:48 AM: wendylimerick Mary White on Newstalk
9:48 AM: AdamMaguire Labour have more seats now than in 2004 & there are still 333 to be won; this looks like Gilmore’s election, not Kenny’s #le09
9:50 AM: lexia Maurice Ahern wearing Dublin GAA shirt under sports jacket
9:51 AM: wendylimerick So Mary has the new Green Vision of local government reform now been rejected
9:53 AM: omegar24 @AdamMaguire but do they have many more candidates left to win a seat? I think they are reaching the end of what they will win #le09
9:53 AM: lexia Qikking live – #le09
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9:53 AM: RTE_Elections Local elections: FG’s Ray McAdam, LAB’s Claire O’Regan, IND Nial Ring elected to Dublin City Council after eleventh count #LE09
9:54 AM: BrianGreene #le09 Gormley to take power away from councillors. I think the electorate took power away from the Green Party! kicked where it hurts.
9:54 AM: Suzy Byrne
9:55 AM: lexia Qikking live – #le09
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9:55 AM: Mark_Coughlan BAck in a very empty RDS #le09
9:57 AM: themayonews Gerry Coyle has arrived and after looking over the tally figures he looks relaxed and confident #elections
9:58 AM: RTE_Elections Local elections: FG’s John Hegarty, FF’s Malcolm Byrne have been elected to Wexford County Council #LE09
9:59 AM: BrianGreene Fingal CoCo 3SP 9LAB / 6FG 4FF / 2NP wonder what the balance of power is? Will Labour turn right or left? right or left? right left? #le09
9:59 AM: RTE_Elections Local elections: LAB’s Robert Ireton, FG’s Michael Kinsella, IND Declan MacPartlin elected to Wexford County Council #LE09
10:00 AM: lexia @damienmulley @wendylimerick yfrog.com
10:02 AM: Declan O’Kane SF doing bad all over Dublin negative press will affect all their candidates but they been threading water for some time now, need some new fish in the think tank.
10:03 AM: PatrickSaint any galway county tallies or results?
10:03 AM: Paschald Dublin Central FG 09: 3 public representatives. DC FG 04 : 1 public representative. So proud.
10:03 AM: Suzy Byrne
10:04 AM: RTE_Elections Local elections: LAB’s James O’Shaughnessy & FG’s Irene Winters elected to Wicklow County Council after the third count #LE09
10:05 AM: Suzy Byrne George Lee on Marian Finucane
10:07 AM: BrianGreene #le09 party health warning: coalition with fianna fail can seriously damage the junior partner. PDs Labour & Greens
10:07 AM: RTE_Elections Local elections: Complete recount in Oranmore (Galway CoCo), only five votes separate two candidates battling for last seat #LE09
10:07 AM: irlef2009 Joe Higgins on the Wide Angle on Newstalk. #le09
10:09 AM: RTE_Elections Local elections: FG’s Vincent Blake elected to Wicklow County Council after third count #LE09
10:13 AM: igaeilge #le09 Mary White on Newstalk. Who could have predicted the global/national bubble bursting, she asked. Who indeed but the Greens!
10:14 AM: RTE_Elections Local elections: FF first preference vote in Dublin down 6.6% since the last local elections in 2004
10:14 AM: tallaghtecho 11:11 : Basketball Arena: Tallaght South update Morning abhaille, how’s things? I was lucky enough to make it home for half one unlile my..
10:15 AM: JP O’Brien any word on who will take the last euro seat in dublin ?
10:16 AM: Alexia Golez Hello from the RDS. It’s going to be a long day ahead!
10:16 AM: Suzy Byrne JP – It’s going to be a long day on that one and the last seats in all the other Euro Constituencies. We’ll have news later today from the tallies.
10:16 AM: Suzy Byrne @Alexia – We’re wondering if there is news on a tally or news on Maurice keeping his council seat in Cabra/Glasnevin
10:17 AM: SimonHaden Will Enda Kenny now finally bite the bullet and talk to Sinn Fein because the numbers dictate that an alternative Govt. must include them ?
10:17 AM: Alexia Golez Sitting down for a couple of minutes. Going to upload some video and pictures.
10:17 AM: Alexia Golez @Suzy According to him, he’s in with a shout. There’s a count happening atm.
10:18 AM: MickFealty @sinnfeinireland We’re hearing there were no RTE tallies for South Dublin Council area? #le09 #EU09 How are yours for there?
10:19 AM: Alexia Golez @Suzy C/G is certainly where the news will break before the Euros. Gonna pop back once I’m done here
10:21 AM: Alexia Golez Any news on Roscommon? I’ve become obsessed with it all
10:23 AM: krayZpaving Watching “The Office” (US) to kill time at the Ireland East count. Glad I brought the laptop! #le09
10:23 AM: lexia Juicing up my phone!
10:25 AM: Stephen Spillane morning all! apologies for not reponding to people yesterday. I believe Sinead Shepard got elected. #le09
10:25 AM: Stephen Spillane North Central was still going when i left the count last night. Pat Gosch seemed safe #le09
10:26 AM: Stephen Spillane in North East Tony Fitzgerald FF, looked like he was going to beat O’Callaghan of FG for the last seat. #le09
10:26 AM: cianflah Morning all – G.Lee on Marian while Dermot Ahern spins his ass off over on Newstalk. Best of luck to candidates today, heres hoping we have as much fun as yesterday.
10:27 AM: Stephen Spillane Hearing grat things for Colm Burke in with a chance of the 3rd seat! #le09
10:27 AM: BrianGreene @suzybie I was on the crash barrier tallying Balbriggan LEA some Euros there were not tallied;Joe Higgins ahead in Skerries Rural Balbriggan
10:30 AM: wendylimerick That will be some win for FG if they get the 2 Euro Seats in South
10:30 AM: BrianGreene the JoikuSpot wifi hotspot named ’socialist’ was invaluable to the team in FCCcc yesterday. nearly lost it twice #LE09
10:30 AM: Peter Kelly @ Stephen Spillane – Cork Nth Central recount started at 10am – Mick Barry, followed by Catherine Clancy – the one FF, one FG and one SF – Damien Wallace (FF) to loose out
10:30 AM: PatrickSaint george lee has lured me to rte —he sounds good
10:31 AM: themayonews Serious discussions going on among agents and candidates in the Belmullet area over spoiled votes #elections
10:32 AM: RTE_Elections Local elections: Full recount in Cabra/Glasnevin area of Dublin City Council where Maurice Ahern fights to hold his seat #LE09
10:33 AM: PatrickSaint great stuff Mayo News…wish the rest of the print media were on the ball
10:33 AM: wendylimerick RT @dinglenews: New tally estimates for dingle this morning:GRIFFIN-2112, O’Shea-2051, COSAI-1659, O’CONNOR-1315, FITZ-1115,HANAFIN-813
10:38 AM: wendylimerick For Dingle will be 2FG 1FF
10:38 AM: lexia Qikking live – #le09
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10:40 AM: Stephen Spillane So FG only lost on seat in Skib. Predictions of collapse in West Cork, didnt come through.
10:41 AM: dinglenews Patrick Hanafin eliminated: new standings GRIFFIN-2227, O’Shea-2140, COSAI-1946, O’CONNOR-1488, FITZ-1252
10:41 AM: Suzy Byrne
10:41 AM: Stephen Spillane RT @seanmck09: All 3 FF Cllrs. in Bailieborough LEA lost their seats, replaced by 2 new FF candidates – Wow!! #le09
10:43 AM: lexia Cabra Glasnevin ballot watching tense. Party supporters spotting errors. Eagle eyes! yfrog.com
10:43 AM: Stephen Spillane So on Cork City Council the FG representation looks to stay at 8. Seat lost in North West, balanced out by gain in South East. #le09
10:44 AM: Stephen Spillane FF have lost 4 seats on Cork City Council and maybe a 5th if Wallace cant hold his seat in North Central. #le09
10:46 AM: Campaign_Watch Wicklow County Council yet to report a first count #le09
10:47 AM: Stephen Spillane Sinead Shepard of FG was elected to Cobh Town Council. is.gd #le09
10:48 AM: Suzy Byrne Very Few Fianna Fail members at RDS according to RTE – and very few requests for count passes over weekend from FF members. Tally in Dublin will be sporadic – Labour and FG doing a tally of sorts of Euro count.
10:48 AM: RTE_Elections Local elections: After been re-elected in Sligo’s Dromore area FF councillor Joe Queenan has criticised party leadership in Dublin #LE09
10:49 AM: BrianGreene top story in the Louth Leader. Sunday 8am – A LAWN bowls competition has been organised to help keep people in Louth fit this summer.
10:49 AM: Stephen Spillane @BrianGreene how did you get on??
10:50 AM: RTE_Elections Local elections: FF had 10 seats on Sligo County Council but it looks like they will lose three by the time the count is over #LE09
10:50 AM: Stephen Spillane FG didnt lose a seat in Kanturk either! So only down 1 seat in County! Phew! #le09
10:51 AM: garymckeown The Green Party has lost all its city and county council seats in Dublin #le09
10:52 AM: RTE_Elections Local elections: A full tally of Donegal Co Council votes indicates that Fianna Fáil will lose three or possibly four seats. #LE09
10:52 AM: BrianGreene that was Louth Lincolnshire www.louthleader.co.uk not Louth Ireland
10:53 AM: Gerard Roscommon Local Election count continuing in Roscommon Electoral area still awaiting the first count for Strokestown & Boyle Electoral Area
10:54 AM: RTE_Elections Local elections: A full tally of Donegal Co Council suggets FG is set to gain two seats, SF one #LE09
10:54 AM: PatrickSaint just got text obituary for FF. It will be a big funeral with so many casualties. No flowers please, send them to the Greens.
10:55 AM: Stephen Spillane RT @joej: Ray McAdam wins a seat for FG in North Inner city – first FG seat since 1985. FF win none url.ie #le09
10:55 AM: RTE_Elections Local elections: FF’s Pat Casey elected to Wicklow County Council after fourth count #LE09
10:56 AM: PJ Coogan Poetry Corner .. heard on Newstalk… ” Lie with dogs, Wake with fleas.. Go in with FF .. end up like PD’s “…
10:57 AM: RTE_Elections Local elections: FG’s John Naughten, IND Tony Ward elected to Roscommon County Council #LE09
10:58 AM: Roscommon LE09 Still Awaiting count from longford count centres
10:58 AM: RTE_Elections Local elections: IND Jimmy Kenny elected to Roscommon County Council after fourth count #LE09
10:59 AM: BrianGreene RT@garymckeown The Green Party has lost all its city and county council seats in Dublin #le09 // they got a Balbriggan Town Council seat.
11:00 AM: aoifecarroll Does anyone have details for Lucan electoral area?
11:01 AM: lexia Dispersal of Fitzpatrick’s surplus. Don’t see the carry through to Ahern. Qik coming.
11:01 AM: lexia Qikking live – #le09
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11:02 AM: Mark_Coughlan One has heard that a candidate in the NW is purposefully supplying wrong tallies. Dunno who. #le09
11:03 AM: Stephen Spillane @Mark_Coughlan ganley??
11:03 AM: BrianGreene @spiller2 1032 4.7% 9/15 on fpv. in 5 seater. haven’t dissected the tally but the most excellent tally was shared effort.did Kinsealy vote?
11:05 AM: Stephen Spillane @BrianGreene fair play! thats a good result. whos kinsealy??
11:05 AM: lexia Qikking live – #le09
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11:06 AM: wendylimerick I see Mary Burke, Hospital (Fianna Fail) and Willie Sister has asked for a recount in the Kilmallock area
11:06 AM: Roscommon LE09 Declan Ganley could be the dark horse in the north west, Marian Harkins looking set to top the poll #le09
11:07 AM: cianflah Right now only Labour, SP, PBP are in a position where they are already ahead of their 2004 total. That is before 300 seats are finally handed out
11:07 AM: Suzy Byrne @clooncashel – would doubt harkins will top poll in NW based on exit poll etc. #le09
11:08 AM: BrianGreene @spiller2 en.wikipedia.org an area of largest growth in HowthMalahide ward. It had a v.low turn out Haughey land too
11:09 AM: lexia Cabra Glasnevin counts expected to go all day long. Also some of the counters object to their image being videoed or photographed. Fabulous.
11:09 AM: Suzy Byrne
11:09 AM: lexia Still Qikked though
11:10 AM: Roscommon LE09 where is pat the cope based on the exit polls in the North West
11:10 AM: krayZpaving @AdamMaguire It’s about being “in there right to the end, and just lost” instead of “was hammered”. #le09
11:10 AM: lexia Ahern will wait until 3:30 before deciding on anything
11:11 AM: Stephen Spillane RT @FionaAshe: George Lee TD on Today FM now – Love the sound of that, George Lee TD…
11:12 AM: lexia Qikking live – #le09
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11:12 AM: Suzy Byrne @clooncashel www.rte.ie
11:12 AM: themayonews 1st Belmullet count in McNamara tops poll followed by Holmes, Coyle and Conway-Walsh. Tim Quinn looks like losing his seats #elections
11:12 AM: BrianGreene #LE09 BTW its always helpfull to shout out who is appearing on what media outlet for the channel hoppers. thanks in advance.
11:13 AM: RTE_Elections Local elections: FG’s Joe Cooney elected to Clare County Council with 2,780 votes, believed to be a record vote in that area #LE09
11:13 AM: Roscommon LE09 Jimmy Kenny IND also elected in the Athlone (Roscommon Electoral Area) the last two seats should be between Trevor Finneran & Paddy Kilduff both FF, it will be a tough fight.
11:13 AM: Suzy Byrne
11:14 AM: RTE_Elections Local elections: IND Christy Curtin & FG’s Oliver Garry have been elected to Clare County Council #LE09
11:14 AM: tallaghtecho 12:08 : Basketball Arena: Tallaght SouthNEWSFLASH! Tea-break time here in the arena for the count-staff!
11:14 AM: themayonews Ganley applying for an injunction because it appears boxes opened before 9am. Stay tuned for more details #elections
11:14 AM: RTE_Elections Local elections: LAB’s Nicky Kelly elected to Wicklow County Council after fourth count #LE09
11:15 AM: krayZpaving @AdamMaguire It’s all about the spin. A day’s worth of talk will influence the story for the rest of the week. #le09
11:16 AM: Sile Flannnery is d blog working rite can’t see my comments cuming up ?
11:16 AM: wendylimerick RTE Large Number of spoilt votes in Euro South as well
11:16 AM: Suzy Byrne The live blog is prioritising reports of result and tallies and not comments at the moment Sile
11:16 AM: RTE_Elections Local elections: So far, 119 FF councillors elected, compared to 205 for FG, 108 for LAB, 2 Greens, 34 SF, 88 others #LE09
11:17 AM: RTE_Elections Local elections: FG’s Mary Barrett & Dara Mulvey elected to Sligo County Council after fifth count #LE09
11:17 AM: Suzy Byrne Qiking the Eiblin Byrne press gaggle in RDS @lexia bit.ly
11:18 AM: lexia Qikking live – #le09
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11:20 AM: lexia Qikking live – #le09
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11:23 AM: irlef2009 Word on RTE seems to be that Euro tallies, especially in NW, are very inconsistent and unreliable. Sounds reasonable. #le09
11:24 AM: Suzy Byrne
11:25 AM: lexia Seriously loving Qik. It’s confusing all the trad journalists.
11:25 AM: RTE_Elections Local elections: Labour has emerged as the biggest party in the Dublin local authorities #LE09
11:26 AM: RTE_Elections Local elections: Labour has 45 seats across Dublin City, Fingal, South Dublin and Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown councils #LE09
11:26 AM: RTE_Elections Local elections: FF can only expect to get 19 out of a total of 130 seats on the four Dublin councils #LE09
11:26 AM: aoifac @themayonews More info please. RTE just covered the constituency and said Ganley had meeting with his team but not taking action.
11:26 AM: RTE_Elections Local elections: The Greens have lost all 8 seats they held and do not now have a single representative in Dublin #LE09
11:26 AM: topgold Down the street in Cashel Town Council we have 3 people chasing 2 seats after eleven counts. #le09
11:26 AM: browne_jp Limerick City Council Full results are in. Trends and council Seat details by party available bit.ly #le09
11:27 AM: RTE_Elections Local elections: Dublin – The People Before Profit Alliance have five representatives and the Socialist Party three #LE09
11:27 AM: themayonews Libertas founder Declan Ganley has arrived at the count centre in Castlebar, counting for Europe is well underway. #elections
11:27 AM: RTE_Elections Local elections: There are 12 independents across the Dublin local authorities #LE09
11:27 AM: eolai was going to go to Croker today to watch the Dubs in hurling and in football. Have decided to watch the elections by @lexia instead
11:29 AM: corkpolitics New blog post: European count underway bit.ly
11:30 AM: RTE_Elections Local elections: FG’s John Crowe elected to Clare County Council #LE09 www.rte.ie
11:30 AM: cianflah Eibhlin Byrne on Newstalk ‘loss of Ryan worse for Dublin than for FF’ #le09
11:33 AM: Mark_Coughlan Just saw that the Paul McGrath candidate (Victor Boyhan) in Blackrock beat two FFers to last seat. #le09
11:33 AM: themayonews Johno’ and peter flynn are elected in Westport. Flynn is hoisted high by supporters and hits his head on the low ceiling #elections
11:33 AM: themayonews former councillor Pat Kilbane is eliminated in Belmullet #elections
11:33 AM: RTE_Elections European election: FF says it accepts it will be fighting for its seat in the North West constituency
11:33 AM: Mark_Coughlan Just saw that the Paul McGrath candidate (Victor Boyhan) in Blackrock beat two FFers to last seat. #le09
11:33 AM: PatrickSaint george lee doing the rounds…he’s up next on newstalk
11:34 AM: AdamMaguire Mary Fitzpatrick tops Cabra/Glasnevin while Maurice Ahern struggles hold on; if FF have sense they’ll be making urgent changes at St Luke’s.
11:34 AM: samuelbowman @Mark_Coughlan Why is he called the Paul McGrath candidate? Forgive my ignorance! #le09
11:34 AM: MabroIRL Cork County Council roundup: bit.ly How Fianna Fail managed to get 39.8% of the vote boggles and infuriates. #ABFF #le09
11:35 AM: brettmirl KK Borough Council Update: 1FG, 3FF, 1Lab, 1Grn. 6 more to be elected. #le09
11:35 AM: wendylimerick Mary Burke (Willie Sister) has failed in her quest to help the women in Kilmallock
11:35 AM: wendylimerick Great to see Tom Shortt (Labour) (brother of Pat) get elected in Limerick City North
11:36 AM: RTE_Elections Local elections: IND Thomas Welby & FG’s Sean Kyne elected to Galway County Council #LE09
11:36 AM: Suzy Byrne @wendylimerick – great feminist was Mary O’Dea?
11:36 AM: wendylimerick Sean Kelly now on Marian
11:36 AM: PatrickSaint any word from galway South/loughrea?
11:38 AM: wendylimerick Suzy Mary came to me and said she was going to help all the women of Kilmallock she was against 11 men
11:38 AM: Alexia Golez Roscommon, Roscommon, Roscommon… How are the numbers?
11:39 AM: Suzy Byrne @ Alexia Next Election we may send you to Roscommon to cover the count You are our local expert!
11:39 AM: damienblake Letterkenny TC recount ended. 4FF, 2Ind. 1xFG,SF,other. FG take 1 seat on a vote of 2.5 quotas. #le09
11:39 AM: Alexia Golez @Suzy I loves it Club together and buy me a tractor!
11:40 AM: themayonews Libertas founder Declan Ganley has arrived at the count centre in Castlebar, counting for Europe is well underway. #elections
11:41 AM: Stephen Spillane Seats according RTÉ: FG 210, FF 120, Lab 109, OTH 89, SF 34, GP 2 #le09
11:41 AM: wendylimerick From Newswire-Castleconnell(1st):Mary Jackman(FG) and Eddie Wade(FF) elected, Jackman surp Distributed
11:42 AM: RTE_Elections European election: SF’s Mary Lou McDonald, Socialist Party Joe Higgins & FF’s Eoin Ryan battle for the third seat in Dublin
11:42 AM: RTE_Elections European election: An RTE exit poll puts Joe Higgins and Eoin Ryan jointly on 11% and Mary Lou McDonald on 15%
11:42 AM: PJ Coogan Final lineup Cork City Council
11:43 AM: ianjamesjohnson RT @RTE_Elections Local elections: Dublin – The People Before Profit Alliance have five representatives and the Socialist Party three #LE09
11:43 AM: Campaign_Watch Libertas leader Declan Ganley says he is “quietly confident” of taking a
seat in the North West constituency #le09
11:44 AM: PJ Coogan Final lineup Cork City Council .. FF6.. FG8.. Lab7.. SF4.. SP1.. WP1.. Ind4… north central count continuing but won’t alter these.. lineup there FF1 FG1 Lab1 SF1 SP1..
11:45 AM: dinglenews Indication is that Cosai to be elected after Breandan Fitz elimination.
11:47 AM: PJ Coogan heading to Euro count now .. my spies are trying to get me an accurate tally.. health warnings on everything so far , I believe
11:48 AM: damienblake @suzybie FG threw everything at it, ran too many candidates. No vote management from us. Our vote is down here but from high base. #le09
11:49 AM: Suzy Byrne From 38 Migrant candidates running in local elections it looks like only 3 will win seats.c
11:49 AM: brettmirl Anyone have any updates from Dunshaughlin LEA of Meath CoCo? #le09
11:49 AM: RTE_Elections -Local elections: FF has lost 2 seats to FG, leaving FF on 8 and FG on 10 on Leitrim County Council #LE09
11:52 AM: Laughing_Lion Two post-election (de)motivational posters bit.ly #le09
11:52 AM: Tipster Anybody able to computer pictures and colour the map of FF-Free zones so far (mid-day, Sunday)

Electoral areas where the counting has been completed, Fianna Fáil have zero councillors in the following electoral areas in Dublin and the immediately surrounding counties:

Ballbriggan Fingal County Council 0/5 seats

Lucan South Dublin County Council 0/5 seats

Ballyfermot-Drimnagh Dublin City Council 0/4 seats
Crumlin-Kimmage Dublin City Council 0/4 seats
North Inner City Dublin City Council 0/6 seats
South-East Inner City Dublin City Council 0/4 seats
South-West Inner City Dublin City Council 0/4 seats

Ballybrack Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council 0/5 seats
Blackrock Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council 0/4 seats

Baltinglass Wicklow County Council 0/3 seats
11:52 AM: faduda New blog post: Kildare (Celbridge) sixth count #le09 faduda.ie
11:53 AM: themayonews Michael McNamara elected in Belmullet on the third count. The next count will see his surplus of 77 being distributed. #elections
11:53 AM: Fergal Crehan
11:53 AM: Fergal Crehan The Sunday Times have trouble determining exactly what city yesterdays bye-elections occurred in
11:55 AM: themayonews Tim Quinn is now 353 votes behind Rose Conway Walsh for the last seat. He will need a big swing from Ian McAndrew’s elimination. #elections
11:56 AM: themayonews Gerry Coyle and Ml Holmes should be 2nd and 3rd home – they will benefit reasonably from McAndrew’s votes. #elections
11:56 AM: Suzy Byrne
11:56 AM: machinenation Counts for Clare EAs updated as they happen. Kilrush Killaloe Shannon #le09 bit.ly
11:57 AM: JL Pagano If I had to choose between my beloved Dubs beating arch-rivals Meath 2day and Declan Ganley NOT getting a seat I’d say GO MEATH!!! #le09
11:57 AM: Stephen Spillane HJearing that lots of YFG’ers are getting elected!! Delighted for em all! #le09
11:57 AM: dinglenews Indication is joe higgins on 11% in dublin euro election
11:57 AM: Suzy Byrne RTE Television coverage of elections will recommence shortly running until 2.45pm
11:58 AM: lexia I may have scared Proinsias!
11:58 AM: krayZpaving Ireland East turnout reported as 56.8% here, according to briefing sheet given to me by the Returning Officer. Very high. #le09
11:59 AM: damienblake On Newstalk now, 18 year old Leaving Cert student who took a seat for FG on Tramore TC. Missed his name. #le09
12:00 PM: Suzy Byrne RTE Election music is high on the drama
12:00 PM: JL Pagano George Lee on NewsTalk gives “learning curve” speech re his job ahead and asks us to give him some “leeway”. Funny guy. #le09
12:01 PM: lexia Off to adjudications !
12:02 PM: BrianGreene (genuine*) left unity more crucial now than ever. there was no slate for these elections. 2ndNo2Lisbon organisation will be key. #LE09
12:03 PM: lexia Qikking live – #le09
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12:03 PM: RTE_Elections Local elections: FF’s Martin Connaughton, Orla Leyden, FG’s Dominick Connolly, IND Paula McNamara elected to Roscommon Co Council
12:05 PM: Suzy Byrne
12:06 PM: Suzy Byrne Adjudicating of spoilt votes in RDS qik.com
12:06 PM: sorcha_ni_dhuin Sylvia Cooney-Sheean(ff), Margret Croke(FG) and Denis Landy(LAB) only 3 seats in Carrick-on-Suir so far, recount continues #le09
12:06 PM: igaeilge #le09 #EP09 Toghchán na dTurcaí bit.ly
12:06 PM: labour Uploading pics from yesterday’s count in the RDS www.flickr.com #le09
12:06 PM: Clarabel This makes me think this country will never change RT @suzybie Mary O’Rourkes son was elected to town council – dynasty continues #le09
12:06 PM: sazzybm RTE are turning into sky news with their drama. good graphics though.
12:07 PM: Stephen Spillane After lunch heading into city hall to check on north central count. Still 3 seats up for grabs. #le09
12:08 PM: igaeilge #le09 #EP09 Léargas i nGaeilge ar na dtorthaí go dtí seo. Buaiteoirí FG, Neamhspleaigh, Lucht Oibre. Cailteoirí; FF, SF, Glasaigh
12:11 PM: Suzy Byrne The Supermarket Trolley – An essential tool in the conduct of Ireland’s Participative Democracy! #le09
12:12 PM: P O’Neill Meath CC Trim Area. Quota 1960. 2nd count: Butler (ff) 2013, cantwell (ind) 718, carey (fg) 1535, fegan (ff) 1656, golden (ind) 1179, Mcelhinney (lab) 1360, murruy (ff) 1260
12:12 PM: fearraigh I can’t even imagine how Bertie would think of running for Dublin mayor next year after FF’s decimation in Dublin #le09
12:12 PM: sazzybm Patrick O’Dricoll, former YFG president got elected to Cork County Council last night. Fine Gael look after the young enthusiastic people. thats why I think they are more appealling to younger voters. FF is just full of old foggies!
12:14 PM: P O’Neill Meath CC Trim Area — corrected. Quota 1960. 2nd count: Butler (fg) 2013, cantwell (ind) 718, carey (fg) 1535, fegan (ff) 1656, golden (ind) 1179, Mcelhinney (lab) 1360, murray (ff) 1260.
12:14 PM: tallaghtecho 12:31 : Basketball Arena: General UpdateLeaving Tallaght South out of the equation…this is the low down on how many seats each party ha..
12:14 PM: BrianGreene Mick Barry Socialist Party Cork City North Central Ward on almost 2 quota. Highest vote on Cork Northside again? #LE09
12:14 PM: tallaghtecho 1:04 : Basketball Arena: Tallaght Central update For anyone just joining us, two existing councillors Mick Murphy (Soc) and Joe Neville (..
12:15 PM: Stephen Spillane @BrianGreene highest vote in Cork. Beat John Buttimer FG South West by 26 votes
12:17 PM: BrianGreene RT@spiller2 <Mick Barry SP> highest vote in Cork. Beat John Buttimer FG South West by 26 votes
12:18 PM: P O’Neill Meath CC Trim area. Ray Butler (FG) elected after 2nd count. Now has strong base to look for Meath West nomination in GE.
12:18 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: The countdown is on in Euro South bit.ly
12:21 PM: Suzy Byrne one quarter of all electoral areas in Dublin will not have FF representative. RTE say Maurice Ahern will just make it.
12:22 PM: aoifecarroll RTE saying that Maurice Ahern will hold on in Cabra…wonder if its FG or SF who loses out
12:23 PM: cianflah SImon harris officially a name to watch says John Bowman on RTE as Donagh Diamond is stunned by his 55% of vote.
12:24 PM: sazzybm Harris is very young. Another YFGer!!!! Come on the young ones!!! Well done Harris!!
12:25 PM: irlef2009 “We suspected Geogee Leee’s Fine Gael leaning two years ago.” Dermot Ahern on RTE News! What a laugh. He is pathetic. #le09
12:26 PM: Suzy Byrne The new way of getting FF candidates elected according to John Bowman is to deselect them and then they will get elected and come back in!
12:27 PM: Elrobo Gerry Adams now on Newstalk #le09
12:28 PM: Suzy Byrne FF will have 18 out of 130 seats in the 4 Dublin Councils
12:28 PM: faduda New blog post: Kildare (Celbridge) 7th (final) count #le09 faduda.ie
12:28 PM: Alexia Golez Fact – the RDS is prejudiced against white bread sandwiches! They are all that icky, wholewheat type!
12:30 PM: RTE_Elections #LE09 So far, 121 Fianna Fáil councillors have been elected, 211 Fine Gael, 109 Labour, 2 Green, 34 Sinn Féin and 89 others
12:31 PM: Alexia Golez
12:31 PM: Alexia Golez RTE totty shows Ahern the RTE site. He leaves like a lost schoolboy.
12:32 PM: RTE_Elections Lab leader Eamon Gilmore has told RTE that the party has done better than initially hoped and this has been their best ever local election
12:32 PM: sazzybm fg now on 222, ff 128, l 111, green 2, sf 38, 90 to others. (Local Authority Seat Count)
12:33 PM: RTE_Elections The Labour candidate in the European elections in Dublin, Proinsias de Rossa, says he is reasonably confident he will be elected
12:33 PM: Mark_Coughlan None of the main parties are tallying in the NW? #le09
12:33 PM: BrianGreene Dermot Ahern “politicians of every hue & cry… colour ” [news@1] #le09 Hue&Cry (Latin, hutesium et clamor, “a horn and shouting”) D. Ahorn
12:34 PM: Mark_Coughlan None of the main parties are tallying in the NW? #le09
12:34 PM: Campaign_Watch FF tallies show Pat The Cope trailing Harkin, Higgins in North West, with Ganley in fourth #ie09 #le09
12:34 PM: irlef2009 John Gormley philosophising on RTE News. In cloud-cuckoo land, methinks. #le09
12:35 PM: Suzy Byrne Brian Lenihan, Eamon Ryan, Joan Burton and Olivia Mitchell are political guests on RTE TV
12:35 PM: sazzybm Lenihan in cloud cuckoo land too!
12:36 PM: RTE_Elections Green leader John Gormley says the electorate has given the Green party a kicking as a consequence of unpopular Govt decisions
12:36 PM: Alexia Golez Need to find power. Time to decamp!
12:37 PM: Suzy Byrne BlogWatch: Irelands Award Winning Politics Blog – Cedar Lounge Revolution on the Green Party in this Election cedarlounge.wordpress.com
12:37 PM: Stephen Spillane RT @b2dac: – mantra from govt spokespersons is an insult to the intelligence of the electorate. #le09
12:38 PM: chiarraigrrl “Your party organisation is just crumbling beneath you”- Brian Dobson to Eamon Ryan on RTE. #le09
12:38 PM: Fergal Updates on Dublin Euro tallies? Last night it looked like Higgins for third seat – this morning everyone is saying McDonald #le09
12:38 PM: Elrobo Eamon Ryan is talking about staying strong and coming back on RTE, but will they go down the route of the PDs #le09
12:38 PM: SimonHaden Gormley on RTE rightly sayes general election now will solve nothing.
12:38 PM: sazzybm Gormley needs to listen to his members. They gave the greens a thumping to tell them they dont want them proping up FF anymore, thats what I gleen from the whole thing!!! youd wonder what goes through these people’s heads!!!
12:39 PM: Suzy Byrne Blogwatch:Newstalk’s online feed could not cope with traffic according to Blogger Eteanga ? www.eteanga.ie
12:40 PM: cianflah Brian Lenihan on RTE – “this is not a numbers game it is about leadership.” #LE09
12:41 PM: BrianGreene @Fergal EUROs theres talk of Exit Pols from Friday on Sunday. Tallies from Saturday spoken of on Saturday, We need Sunday Tally&Counts #LE09
12:41 PM: kilian_doyle Green Party’s Eamon Ryan says party retains ‘core vision’ despite election results #le09
12:41 PM: Fergal Crehan Brian Lenihan implies we shouldn’t be worried by the recession because life is about more than material things
12:41 PM: JennyJeffer Gormley: 50% of jobs created since March are green jobs!?!
12:42 PM: martin_mills Great to see Joan Burton smiling on RTE! #le09
12:42 PM: Alexia Golez With the SF team.. robbing their electricityz
12:46 PM: RTE_Elections FG’s Brian Hayes says the election results show that the Irish people do not have confidence in the FF/Green Govt
12:46 PM: P O’Neill Meath CC Navan area. 7 seats. Currently 3FF, 3FG, 1 SF. FF hoping to keep 3 seats with better vote management than last time …
12:47 PM: RTE_Elections Labour leader Eamon Gilmore has told RTÉ that the party has done better than initially hoped
12:47 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Wallace loses seat bit.ly
12:48 PM: RTE_Elections Libertas’ Declan Ganley said he feels quietly confident of taking a European seat
12:49 PM: Suzy Byrne Higgins, McDonald and Ryan are within 1 and 1.5 percent of each other according to tally of about 10percent of votes tallied – differing from Exit polls. Katie Hannon on RTE
12:49 PM: RTE_Elections #LE09 Three former FF Lord Mayors have lost their seats on Cork City Council with all 31 councillors now elected
12:50 PM: Suzy Byrne 50 to 60 percent of Byrnes tranfers are going to Ryan <- RTE
12:50 PM: RTE_Elections Mick Barry of the Socialist Party was re-elected on the first count in Cork North Central
12:51 PM: P O’Neill Meath CC Navan area 1st count quota 1958. Deane (ind) 1813, reilly (sf) 1612, holloway (fg) 1351, reilly (ff) 1225, jamal (fg) 1189, cassells (ff) 1059, tobin (sf) 822, mchugh (lab) 822, duffy (fg) 785, oneill (fg) 773
12:51 PM: Roscommon LE09 Count in Mid Roscommon Complete, Laurance Fallon FG Elected on final count.
12:51 PM: cianflah Byrne is northside of the city so other 40% must be up for grabs by Higgins or even SF? That kills Ryan
12:52 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Recount finishes bit.ly
12:52 PM: Roscommon LE09 Canditates Elected in Mid Roscommon: Martin Connaughton FF, Paula McNamara IND HAC, Orla Leyden FF, Dominic Connolly FG, Laurance Fallon FG
12:53 PM: eolai RTE TV news reporting Ganley to just miss out – that top 3 poll toppers will take those seats #le09
12:54 PM: Suzy Byrne RTE’s Cork Correspondent Pashcal Sheehy has gone stripey on the Tie and Shirt front
12:54 PM: cianflah RTE says no tally from the South. Suspense remains high all the way to the end so. #LE09
12:55 PM: Suzy Byrne Quota in East will be about 110,000 votes
12:55 PM: Suzy Byrne McGuinness will not have a big surplus to help John Paul Phelan
12:55 PM: Stephen Spillane FG remains largest party on Cork City Council with 8 Seats. Lab have 7. FF and Oth have 6, SF have 4 #
12:56 PM: Suzy Byrne Predictions that Liam Aylward will take third seat in East
12:56 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Cork North Central – Final Result bit.ly
12:56 PM: skearon Wicklow CC, Greystones Result to Date – Harris FG
12:56 PM: skearon Wicklow CC, Arklow Result to Date – Blake FG, Kelly Lab
12:57 PM: skearon Wicklow CC, East Result: Casey FF, Kavanagh Lab, O’Shaughnessy Lab, Snell SF, Winters FG
12:57 PM: skearon Wicklow CC, West Result: Cullen Ind, Ruttle Ind, Timmins FG
12:57 PM: faduda New blog post: Kildare (Naas) first count #le09 faduda.ie
12:57 PM: JL Pagano RT @eolai: RTE TV news reporting Ganley to just miss out – that top 3 poll toppers will take those seats #le09 FINGERS, TOES & EYES CROSSED
12:57 PM: Roscommon LE09 Athlone (Roscommon) Electoral Area: Trevor Finneran son of Minister of State Finneran may find it hard to keep his seat it will be possible that he will be in a fight with fellow party Cllr
12:58 PM: cianflah McGuinness second prefs going everywhere says her election manager. not good news for JPP #LE09
1:00 PM: themayonews Rose Conway-Walsh’s supporters have the tri-colour ready, they are confident she will get in #elections
1:00 PM: RTE_Elections Labour’s Proinsias De Rossa has said that the message from this election is that the Govt should go
1:01 PM: Campaign_Watch Brian Lenihan says election ‘not a referendum on Government’ and insists it retains a mandate to continue in office #le09
1:01 PM: Campaign_Watch Labour’s De Rossa says election a “message to Government that they should go” #le09
1:02 PM: Fergal Is it now possible that Ganley was inflating his chances yesterday by throwing around bogus tally figures? #le09
1:02 PM: machinenation Counts for Clare EAs as they happen. Kilrush Killaloe Shannon #le09 bit.ly Nationally FG223 FF128 Lab111 Ind90 SF38 GP2
1:02 PM: Elrobo DeRossa telling Lenihan how it is on RTE…Anyone but FF! #le09
1:03 PM: Bazalini any idea where Mary Coughlan has been? Has she been seen in the North West?
1:03 PM: sazzybm Thats not good for JP Phelan. Pity. I like him!!!! lenihan is a fool. talking through ahe behind
1:03 PM: RTE_Elections The Minister for Justice, Dermot Ahern, says there will be no heave against the leadership of the Taoiseach
1:03 PM: Suzy Byrne @Bazalini – my last ’sighting’ was Highland radio yesterday!
1:04 PM: Bazalini Cheers Suzy
1:04 PM: damienblake News from Donegal: McBrearty from Tribunals to take a seat for Labour; Labour also showing well in Glenties; Battle on in Letterkenny area.
1:04 PM: boctweet The Greens looked shocked & dismayed on tv. Did they really think the people were behind their support for FF? #LE09
1:05 PM: RTE_Elections An RTE exit poll has shown that 55% of voters said there should be a general election before 2012
1:06 PM: RTE_Elections Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern says Fianna Fáil now has to move on and to work hard in continuing to get the economy right
1:06 PM: Stephen Spillane Seats Held: FF 130 – FG 230 – LAB 112 – GP 2 – SF 39 – OTH 91 #le09
1:07 PM: boctweet Has Eamonn Ryan been out singing last night? He’s lost his voice. Certainly isn’t from celebrating #LE09
1:07 PM: Patrick_DCC Summary of 4 Dublin councils #le09
(3 seats outstanding in DCC)
45 Lab
36 FG
17 FF
12 Ind
9 SF
5 PBP
3 SP
0 GP
1:08 PM: Mossy Anyone got anything on latest in Castlerea, Co. roscommon??
1:09 PM: cianflah Count in Mid Roscommon Complete, Laurance Fallon FG Elected on final count.

Canditates Elected in Mid Roscommon:
Martin Connaughton FF,
Paula McNamara IND HAC,
Orla Leyden FF,
Dominic Connolly FG,
Laurance Fallon FG
1:09 PM: Fergal Crehan Eoin Ryan is distraught on RTE. Talk about tired and emotional
1:09 PM: Suzy Byrne Cabra/Glasnevin count continues – Seaghan has been eliminated (Sinn Fein) Waiting still to see if Maurice Ahern will keep his council seat.
1:10 PM: eoinpurcell Joan bruton is actually a very effective attack dog. She sounds very reasonable #le09
1:10 PM: clairehearty Laois must be the slowest county in Ireland for counting votes….. #le09
1:10 PM: eoinpurcell Eamonn Ryan is losing his cool on RTE, not a good sign #le09
1:10 PM: RTE_Elections Minister Eamon Ryan said he was surprised yesterday at the insults and contempt coming from FG towards the Green party
1:11 PM: RTE_Elections #LE09 Only 12 of the 34 local authorities have so far completed their elections. Within those 12 councils, FF has lost 24 seats
1:14 PM: lexia All of the SFer here have Macs. They even brought an iMac.
1:15 PM: tallaghtecho 2:07 : Basketball Arena: General UpdateThe turn-out for Rathfarnham was actually 54.50% not 53.50% as reported above.Not much happening h..
1:18 PM: MickFealty Libertas transfering to Mary Lou strongly, accordingly 2 RTE ticker. Anyone know more? #le09
1:18 PM: Suzy Byrne @MickFealty LIbertas vote would be very small in Dublin? It’s McKenna and De Burca’s transfers that would be more important to watch?
1:18 PM: RTE_Elections #LE09 Eamon Ryan says he is very disappointed with the Green’s performance in the local elections but added the party was going to survive
1:18 PM: MarkBagnall Very glad to see Ganley & Libertas aren’t going to get in. Impossible to trust a group so big, also hated his attacking negative politics
1:18 PM: brettmirl FG’s Betty Manning elected to KK Borough Council after count 11. Five more places to be filled SF will take next seat I think #le09
1:18 PM: deebdublin Eamon Ryan fighting back on RTE1. Good to see a bit of passion and fight-back, he can be a bit priestly sometimes. At least it sounds like greens stay in govt bcoz they believe in something #le09
1:18 PM: Roscommon LE09 Luke Ming Flanagan & John Kelly Both Independents elected for Castlerea Electoral Area
1:19 PM: Roscommon LE09 it just shows that the greens should not be in goverment when they cannot take a few petty insults forn FG
1:20 PM: PatrickSaint PJ Kelly, FF Clare co co just re-tainted his seat
1:22 PM: krayZpaving Now watching The West Wing to pass time at Ireland East count. (the black Vera Wang) #le09
1:23 PM: Roscommon LE09 State of the Parties Nationally:
1:23 PM: Roscommon LE09 State of the parties so far nationally: FF(133) FG (235) Labour (112) Greens (2) Sinn Fein (39) Others (92)
1:24 PM: PatrickSaint John ‘Masheen’ McInerney, FG Clare lost his set.
1:25 PM: Alexia Golez At the Cabra-Glasnevin count area!
1:25 PM: Thaedydal Catching up on the aftermath of the elections, finding #le09 to be really helpful.
1:25 PM: Alexia Golez Looks like it could be some time
1:25 PM: damienblake Cora Harvey, SF, tops poll in Stranorlar LEA of Donegal County Council #le09
1:26 PM: Suzy Byrne According to Shane Coleman on RTE – 20 out of 27 LEA’s in Dublin – A left candidate topped the poll
1:27 PM: brettmirl KK CoCo – Callan -B. Ireland FG, P. Crowley Ind, M. Doran FF, T. Maher FG elected, all seats filled. #le09
1:27 PM: DiarmaidONeill Killorglin LEA:5 seats: 2FG, 2 FF and 1 Healy Rae #le09
1:27 PM: Suzy Byrne Noel Whelan points to interview process and the problem that it caused to FF organisation as supporters who did not get selected did not come out to support the party on canvass.
1:27 PM: irlef2009 Noel Whelan suggesting on RTE that Eoin Ryan won’t make it back to Europe. #le09
1:29 PM: Alexia Golez Gossip around that Mary Lou is doing better than Eoin Ryan on transfers, but is neck and neck with Joe Higgins. SFers don’t see this as good though, as Higgins could very well pip her on transfers later.
1:29 PM: brettmirl KK CoCo – Kilkenny – No additional candidates are elected on the 2nd, 3rd, 4th or 5th counts. Only FF McGuinnes in so far #le09
1:30 PM: brettmirl KK CoCo – Piltown – 1 Lab, 1 FG. 4 more seats to be decided. On 4th count, very slow! #le09
1:30 PM: PatrickSaint Labour should hold seat in East Clare, scrum for last seat
1:31 PM: irlef2009 I see Election 2009 on RTE will be followed by “Carry On Cabbie”. From the ridiculous to the sublime, perhaps? #le09
1:31 PM: RTE_Elections FF’s Jimmy Maloney, and FG’s Eugene Lavin and Joe Mellett have retained their seats on Mayo County Council
1:31 PM: Stephen Spillane No tally going on in South so no point in heading to neptune till later. Id say first count result will be in ar about 10pm. #le09
1:31 PM: Suzy Byrne Brian Lenihan says party will have to reflect on candidate selection process after election
1:32 PM: Suzy Byrne Lenihan accepts that party have not communicated reality of economy effectively
1:32 PM: Alexia Golez Artane Whitehall recount announcement. Candidates and agent are being invited to talk about adjudications on changes in the last recount . Candidates invited – Flanagan / Rock / Carmichael / Mahon.
1:33 PM: irlef2009 Now Lenihan – and Dempsey earlier – is attributing their problems in part to poor communications. Another one from the spin doctors? #le09
1:33 PM: themayonews Jubilant scenes follow Rose Conway-Walsh’s election as she joins McNamara, Coyle and Holmes in the Council for Belmullet #elections
1:34 PM: Stephen Spillane a friends fb status reads: “The Greens are the new PDs”. couldnt agree more! #le09
1:35 PM: irlef2009 Speaking of cabals on RTE reminds me to ask, “Where is Mary Coughlan?”. Has anyone heard her speak her jewels of down-home wisdom? #le09
1:35 PM: Elrobo Lenihan saying on RTE that Cowen wants to be a chairman & not a chief…we need a chief & leader in this country #le09
1:36 PM: not_JimmyDevins RT RTE1 (TV) 10 mins ago “Fianna Fail have take a battering in Sligo due to the ‘Save Sligos Cancer Services Campaign” WELL DONE EVERYBODY
1:36 PM: Stephen Spillane RT @juanbehrend: 1st prognosis Austria: Soc 24%; Conserv 30,6;%; HPMartin 18,1%; GREENS 9,1%; Freedom Party; 12,7%; BZÖ 4,5% #ep09
1:36 PM: krayZpaving Trolley full of Childers votes just overturned. Decided not to demand a full recount yet. #le09
1:37 PM: Roscommon LE09 Sen: Terry Leyden on Shannonside FM has said, “Tuesdays FF party meeting will be an inquest on the elections” LE09
1:37 PM: PatrickSaint i heard a few chastened FF stalwarts on ClareFM moaning about lack of understanding by electorate and poor communication by HQ…god help us…
1:37 PM: Alexia Golez People are gathering around the podium here. An announcement is coming!
1:38 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: First candidates arrive at Neptune bit.ly
1:38 PM: Alexia Golez There goes the Artane Whitehall posse
1:39 PM: dinglenews O Shea (ff), Cosai and Griffin (fg) deemed elected in Dingle area
1:39 PM: Alexia Golez Maurice Ahern and team posing for photogs.. The pretend looking at tallies
1:42 PM: EmilyAM RTE coverage ending now. John Bowman says this is a tsunami hitting FF and a triumph for FG.
1:42 PM: Simon McGarr [object String]
1:42 PM: cianflah From Roscommon Local Election blogger on www.irishelection.com “Sen: Terry Leyden on Shannonside FM has said, “Tuesdays FF party meeting will be an inquest on the elections”, he also said that he will stand by Taoiseach Brian Cowan all the way as he is the best man to run the country.”
1:42 PM: lennyantonelli Pat Leahy described this as “political revolution”. From what, FF to FG-Lab? Hardly revolution. #le09
1:43 PM: cianflah Newstalk and the Live Blog now the only player in town again. RTE TV off air and the kerry game on the radio.
1:44 PM: Roscommon LE09 Trevor Finneran son of Minister Michael Finneran has lost his seat in the athlone electoral area.
1:45 PM: RTE_Elections FG’s Seamus Cosai and Brendan Griffin, Michael D. O’Shea, FF, and Robert Beasley, SF, have been elected onto Kerry County Council
1:45 PM: PatrickSaint RTE are a bit like FF…they don’t get it…out of step with the people a bit with their patchy coverage
1:47 PM: Roscommon LE09 Trevor Finneran son of Minister Michael Finneran has lost his seat in the Athlone (Roscommon) Electoral Area, John Keogh & Paddy Kilduff both FF have been elected that concludes the count for south Roscommon. #le09
1:47 PM: Elrobo RTE really should have worked out their coverage plan better, none now until later evening – stuck with Newstalk #le09
1:48 PM: skearon Bourke FG and Doran (semi-FF) elected in Wicklow CC Arklow area on final count
1:48 PM: RTE_Elections FF’s PJ Kelly, FG’s Tony Mulcahy and IND Patricia McCarthy have been elected onto Clare County Council
1:49 PM: BrianGreene RT@martin_mills Great to see Joan Burton smiling on RTE! #le09 // is that a 4:3 or 16:9 widescreen smile?
1:50 PM: irlef2009 “It’s the margin of error we operate in” – Dan Boyle on Newstlk re GP decimation. Methinks the errors were made in govt, not margins! #le09
1:51 PM: P O’Neill Meath CC Dunshaughlin 1st count quota 2112. bobbett (ind) 746, bonner (ind) 1574, brooks (ff) 890, doherty (fg) 1636, fanning (fg) 876, fitzgerald (ind) 2410, killian (ff) 2066, king (lab) 486, leonard (ff) 1070, long (ind) 157, mcgowan (lab) 947, mcloughlin (lab) 532, murphy (fg) 1050, o’connor (fg) 1050, tormey (ff) 938.
1:51 PM: Stephen Spillane @cianflah South will have first count around 10pm id say
1:51 PM: lexia Qikking live – #le09
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1:53 PM: Roscommon LE09 Cllr Paddy Kilduff FF who gain seat at the loss of Trevor Finneran confirms on Shannonside Radio that he was asked by Fianna Fail HQ in Dublin to step aside for this election and not to run.#le09
1:53 PM: lexia Qikking live – #le09
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1:55 PM: twentymajor Who’s likely to get the 3rd European seat?
1:56 PM: lexia Photo op yfrog.com
1:56 PM: RTE_Elections Of the 14 Councils which now have all seats filled, FG and Labour have gained 17 seats each
1:56 PM: Suzy Byrne @TwentyMajor – In Dublin? Too close to call between McDonald and Higgins – Ryan being discounted by many pundits at moment and from reports from sporadic tally in RDS. Alexia may know more shortly. She’s embedded with SF (Sharing electricity!)
1:57 PM: lexia Qikking live – #le09
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1:58 PM: lexia Mary Hannifin is here!
1:58 PM: twentymajor Thanks, Suzy. Come on, Joe.
1:58 PM: P O’Neill While we wait … France euro turnout at 15% at midday. Low turnout would help Libertas allied MPF (de Villiers) tinyurl.com
1:58 PM: lexia Qikking live – #le09
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1:59 PM: RTE_Elections Chief Whip Pat Carey says the strengths and weaknesses of how Govt policies are being communicated need to be examined
2:00 PM: Elrobo Newstalk back at 8pm with Hook, that is the end of their coverage #le09
2:00 PM: RTE_Elections 14 of the 34 councils have filled all their seats. On those 14, FF have lost 32 seats, while FG and Labour have both gained 17
2:02 PM: PatrickSaint FF Chief Whip Pat Carey communication comment translates to: We ran out of spin
2:03 PM: davgreene Fine Gael strategy across Donegal a disaster. Party HQ imposed its will on the local membership, results not great across Donegal. #le09
2:03 PM: RTE_Elections FF’s Paddy Bracken and FG’s David Goodwin have retained their seats on Laois County Council after the seventh count in the Mountmellick area
2:03 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Final results for Cork County Council in local elections corkpolitics.ie
2:04 PM: Roscommon LE09 Trevor Finneran & Michael now been interviewed on shannonside radio listen live www.shannonside.ie#le09
2:05 PM: lexia I swear to god, if I get trampled on one more time or get told to get out of the way..
2:07 PM: lexia Hannifin in beige yfrog.com
2:08 PM: lexia Séan Haughey used an old Sony Wricsson. It all makes sense now.
2:08 PM: lexia Uses*
2:08 PM: RTE_Elections Govt Chief Whip Pat Carey has said the Green party has affirmed its commitments to Govt with FF
2:08 PM: Fergal Crehan “Communication” is always the solution trotted out after a defeat like this. To say anything else would be an admission that the voters just aren’t that into you.
2:09 PM: Stephen Spillane RT @RTE_Elections: Govt Chief Whip Pat Carey has said the Green party has affirmed its commitments to Govt with FF – but for how long???
2:10 PM: lexia Qikking live – #le09
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2:10 PM: Fergal Crehan RTE have perferomed notably badly this election. This afternoon they continued to rely on their exit poll, a full 24 hours after tally information had become available.
2:11 PM: davgreene My predictions for Glenties LEA: O’Domhnaill (Ind-FF); Gallagher (SF); Slowey (FG); Doherty (Ind-FG); Alcorn (FF) #LE09
2:11 PM: twentymajor Cheerio, Green Party, the Irish language of Irish politics.
2:11 PM: Roscommon LE09 Trevor Finneran “Im disappointed but I wish Paddy & John all the best, I dont know whwre
2:12 PM: PatrickSaint Chief Whip Pat Carey says they’ll face down the no-confidence motion next week…all guns are loaded, high noon theatre again
2:12 PM: Suzy Byrne
2:12 PM: BrianGreene @lexia i know the feeling I was taking video of reaction to poll toppers declarations, photo guys wanted be out of the way, share lads #LE09
2:13 PM: RTE_Elections The Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan has said the Govt will have to reflect on the candidate selection process after this result
2:14 PM: BrianGreene posters posters posters wet warped flapping posters, need to come down and be stored for the General Election in 3 months #LE09
2:14 PM: tallaghtecho 3:08 : Basketball Arena: Tallaght SouthThe intensity on the floor is unreal! The eagle-eye supporters watching the count should be ammen..
2:14 PM: lexia Qikking live – #le09
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2:16 PM: lexia Qikking live – #le09
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2:17 PM: Stephen Spillane @suzybie i thought only parties could nominate to seats. We had an independent die here and it went to next on the ballot
2:18 PM: Suzy Byrne
2:19 PM: Stephen Spillane Excellent vote management by FG in Clare. 12 seats on 34.2% of vote while FF have 9 seats on 35.5% of vote. 4 seats left to fill #le09
2:20 PM: RTE_Elections -Local elections: FF’s Micheál McNamara, Michael Holmes IND, FG’s Gerry Coyle, and Rose Conway-Walsh for SF elected to Mayo County Council
2:21 PM: machinenation Counts for Clare EAs completed. Kilrush Killaloe Shannon #le09 bit.ly Nationally FG247 FF145 Lab114 Ind97 SF38 GP2
2:21 PM: Stephen Spillane @suzybie ohh i know no bye-elections but that didnt happen in cork as there is no party.
2:21 PM: skearon Fortune Lab elected on 5th County Greystones area WCC, now distributing his surplus of 191
2:24 PM: PatrickSaint Cathal Crowe FF, Michael Begley Ind + elected in East Clare. Tony O’Brien FF is out
2:24 PM: Suzy Byrne Mary Hanafin, Minister for Social Welfare press gaggle in RDS – thanks to @lexia bit.ly #le09
2:25 PM: lexia Pat Carey walks with Hannifin. They see the coffee shop. She says Hallelujah. I shit you not.
2:25 PM: lexia I spell Hanafin wrong every fucking time
2:26 PM: BrianGreene I suppose if you use public transport, have kids in school or are a public servant the time to kick Green-A-Fáil was Friday. #LE09
2:26 PM: lexia Tallies for Euros all over the shop. The tallies are not being done properly
2:29 PM: dinglenews Kerry 0-11 Cork 1-09 64 mins It’s back to one point as Sheehan adds another well taken free to his tally, this time from the left.
2:30 PM: PatrickSaint Pat Hayes (elected) FF Clare says FFHQ got it wrong…deposed FF Tony O’Brien moaning + chocking up on Clare FM
2:30 PM: lexia Qikking live – #le09
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2:30 PM: Suzy Byrne
2:31 PM: brettmirl FG Pat O’Neill first person elected in Thomastown LEA of KK CoCo #le09 Six candidates left for 3 seats
2:31 PM: PatrickSaint Any count from South Galway?
2:33 PM: dinglenews Cooper holds off two Cork defenders and point at a critical time and pull Kerry level for the first time since the tenth minute. 0-12 1-09
2:35 PM: lexia Qikking live – #le09
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2:36 PM: RTE_Elections FG’s Ollie Moore, Ind Jimmy Kenny, and FF’s John Keogh and Paddy Kilduff have been elected to Roscommon County Council
2:37 PM: dinglenews 72 mins Declan O’Sullivan put the ball behind for a Cork 45, and Colm O’Neill holds his nerve to point 0-12 1-10 Cork lead
2:37 PM: Suzy Byrne
2:37 PM: P O’Neill Meath CC Trim Area Quota 1960. 3rd Count Carey (fg) 1799, fegan (ff) 2472, golden (ind) 1494, mcelhinney (lab) 1679. Fegan FF elected
2:37 PM: lexia Epic.. Simons wants to shake hands with DeRossa. He refuses. Missed the fight.
2:37 PM: PJ Coogan a draw in killarney..
2:37 PM: PJ Coogan kerry have injury time free to draw game …
2:37 PM: brettmirl FG Pat O’Neill first person elected in Thomastown LEA of KK CoCo #le09 Six candidates left for 3 seats
2:39 PM: RTE_Elections SF has thanked everyone in the South Dublin County Council area who voted and elected three councillors for the party
2:39 PM: RTE_Elections Minister for Social and Family Affairs Mary Hanafin says the results of the elections do not show that the people want a change of Govt
2:40 PM: dinglenews 74 mins Sheehan keeps his nerve at the other end to point a free and ensure the game ends all square after an absorbing contest. 0-13 1-10
2:40 PM: lexia Counters for Artan Whitehall are destroyed. Zzzzz yfrog.com
2:40 PM: dinglenews Kerry 0-13, Cork 1-10, draw in Munster SFC at Fitzgerad Stadium Killarney
2:41 PM: lexia @BrianGreene Fuck ‘em. I’m only small
2:42 PM: Suzy Byrne RT @lexia: Epic.. Simons wants to shake hands with DeRossa. He refuses. Missed the fight. #le09
2:42 PM: P O’Neill Meath CC Trim electoral area. Seamus Murray (FF) who had Noel Dempsey’s old council seat eliminated. Seat likely to be picked up by Labour.c
2:43 PM: RTE_Elections Minister Hanafin has said the abinet has full confidence in the Taoiseach and she isn’t worried about the vote of no confidence in the Govt
2:44 PM: Suzy Byrne Many thanks to P O’Neill for the Meath Count Coverage – Also to our various contributors for coverage of the other sport this weekend – Kerry vs. Cork in Fitzgerald Stadium!
2:45 PM: aoifac Any update on Maurice Ahern yet? Has he been eliminated?
2:45 PM: RTE_Elections Malcolm Noonan in Kilkenny has become the third Green Party councillor to be elected
2:45 PM: PatrickSaint I’m so relieved Mary Hannafin isn’t worried about next week vote of no confidence!
2:46 PM: lexia TV3 reporter totty looks all the same. Clones?
2:46 PM: Stephen Spillane via @dkellyj “RTE’s ‘celebrity’ candidate former economics correspondent George Lee, takes Belfast South with ease” is.gd #le09
2:46 PM: Suzy Byrne @aoifeac – Maurice is still in – and hopeful – Alexia is keeping an eye on the count there.
2:46 PM: Christine Bohan Thread entitled ‘How did the Blacks do?’ on politics.ie has been renamed ‘How did the foreign-born candidates do?’. Concerned lulz.
2:48 PM: politicalthicko people with hearts and brains round the country rejoice at election results, until they remember FGs belief system #le09
2:48 PM: martin_mills They should swap the #gaa panelists and the #le09 analysts….just for the craic.
2:48 PM: BrianGreene Joe Higgins gets highest vote in Fingal beating Peter Coyle (Lab) by 6. #LE09
2:49 PM: faduda New blog post: Kildare (Naas) second count #le09 faduda.ie
2:51 PM: RTE_Elections Jerry Lundy FF and Michael Fleming FG have been elected to Sligo County Council
2:51 PM: brettmirl KK CoCo – Kilkenny – FG Martin Brett and Green Malcom Noonan elected on 6th count. O’Hargin Lab and Kavanagh Ind eliminated #le09
2:51 PM: RTE_Elections Pat O’Neill and Martin Brett for Fine Gael have both been elected to Kilkenny County Council
2:52 PM: lexia Adjudications have ended for Artane Whitehall
2:53 PM: SimonHaden there is no difference between FG & FF so I dont know what everyone is getting so excited about. If the Greens are to be in Govt. it has to be one of these so there is no point pulling out now.
2:55 PM: faduda New blog post: Kildare (Naas) third count – two FG candidates elected #le09 faduda.ie
2:56 PM: P O’Neill Meath CC Trim Area sees great showing by Tracey McElhinney (Lab), seems to have rebuilt old Labour support. FG and Lab both benefit from FF weakness and independent vote not buoyant outside Trim town.
2:56 PM: RTE_Elections The division of seats across the country stands at: FF 149, FG 252, Lab 115, Greens 3, SF 42, and Others 99
2:57 PM: Suzy Byrne
2:58 PM: faduda New blog post: Ireland East turnout – sorry, no tallies #le09 faduda.ie
2:58 PM: brettmirl KK CoCo – Kilkenny – FG Martin Brett and Green Malcom Noonan elected on 6th count. O’Hargin Lab and Kavanagh Ind eliminated #le09
2:58 PM: Suzy Byrne Many thanks to D4 Hotels for the great Blogger HQ yesterday – image below is of Cian and Myself and jellies, coffee and laptops which kept us going.
2:59 PM: sazzybm I dont think FF and FG are the same. maybe if you go back 50 years. FG want to put the country right, FF are hell bent on running it into the ground. FF are old fashioned and backwards. FG have young bright candidates,with great new ideas and people who actually know what they are talking about!!!
2:59 PM: aoifac @SimonHaden ….. there are of course differences between FF & FG but not for arguing it out here main thing to point out is thatt the Greens do not need to be, and shouldn’t be, in Govt. They are as bad as the PDs in accepting they are just numbers to FF and do not have any say.
2:59 PM: Stephen Spillane 1st count will be announced at about 9pm. Count will be finished by 7. #le09
2:59 PM: faduda New blog post: Ireland East turnout – sorry, no tallies #le09 faduda.ie
2:59 PM: aoifac @Stephen Spillane that would be great news. Colm Burke?
3:00 PM: Mark_Coughlan Just posted on @Irishelection off to get food. Haven’t eaten properly since Friday. 1.50 for a pack of crisps in the RDS! #le09
3:00 PM: sazzybm Does that mean there might be a 1st count in the South soon
3:00 PM: Suzy Byrne :sassybm – count not permitted to be announced until 9pm
3:01 PM: lexia The great thing about being at a count is its immersive nature. It’s also the biggest drawback. I have no clue what’s happening outside.
3:01 PM: RTE_Elections Green leader John Gormley says his party plans to stay in coalition with Fianna Fáil, despite their wipeout in the local elections
3:02 PM: Fergal Crehan No counts are to be announced until 9, and I understand there is no tally in South, so I would be very surprised to hear concessions from any candidates this early
3:04 PM: irishelection Mark posts on the long running Ahern council seat count url.ie and Lexia is Qikking like mad qik.com #LE09
3:04 PM: lexia Oh sweet Jesus. Adjudication for Artane Whitehall is recommencing. Candidates and their agents have been called again.
3:05 PM: PatrickSaint Live Donegal coverage as Gaeilge on RnaG…hopefully they’ll bring in other centers
3:05 PM: aoifac @lexia The world is still turning
3:05 PM: sazzybm is that the rules? I think thats silly. Denmark already have their results out.
3:05 PM: sazzybm Well At least you have access to a computer/internet. Yesterday I was at the count in Mallow and had no contact with the outside world for the whole night. We were relying on the newcomers for info!!! Ha ha!
3:05 PM: alaninbelfast Wonder if the impressive www.irishelection.com will be next year’s Best Political Blog in Irish Blog Awards #euni #LE09
3:06 PM: lexia Qikking live – #le09
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3:07 PM: Fergal Crehan @sazzybm Denmark is still voting as far as I know. The 9pm embargo is because that is when the last votes are being cast. It doesn’t do to announce results while the election is still happening.
3:08 PM: Elrobo Is Maurice hanging around for the count or heading to Croker, cos the Dublin match is starting? #LE09
3:08 PM: cianflah polls close in France and Germany at 22.00 CET no announcement of results until all polls shut.
3:09 PM: lexia Qikking live – #le09
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3:10 PM: RTE_Elections Caroline Lynch SF, Eoghan Farrell IND, Ray Butler FG, and Jimmy Fegan FF have taken the four Trim seats on Meath County Council
3:10 PM: aoifac It was the Netherlands who released their results and the election/count has been suspended there while under review by the EU for breaking the clearly set out rules.
3:10 PM: RTE_Elections Paddy Belton FG, Mick Cahill FF, Mark Casey IND, Sean Farrell FG, and Barney Steele FF elected to Longford County Council
3:11 PM: Alexia Golez Cabra Glasnevin recount starts!
3:11 PM: sazzybm O I thought I read in the news that they had results. My mistake. But we’re all voting for different candidates so how would the Irish results affect the other countries.
3:11 PM: Sinead O’Kelly greens or no greens the way forward is renewable energy and green technology, we all need to get behind campaigns such as the Spirit of Ireland
3:13 PM: Fergal Crehan Well, it is a European election, after all. The vast majority of candidates are alligned to Europe-wide groupings
3:13 PM: dfg Is there any place on the web to look up detailed count information for the locals yet. RTÉ doesn’t have it and electionsireland.org hasn’t been updated
3:13 PM: Stephen Spillane RT @juanbehrend: Germany first trends: CDU 36-39, SPD 24-26 Greens 11-12, FDP 10- 11, Left 7-8. Greens 3rd’s! #ep09
3:14 PM: P O’Neill The RTE twitter item for Trim is confusing the Trim town and county council results.
3:14 PM: aoifac @sazzybm So that other countries to do vote based on other countries results as far as I know. Just the way it applies in local and general elections, just wider as it is European. Fairness for all etc.
3:14 PM: tallaghtecho 3:56 : Basketball Arena: Tallaght SouthCounting officials are currently going through Brian Lawlor’s votes. Had a word with John Hannon (..
3:14 PM: aoifac sorry that should be DO NOT VOTE…
3:15 PM: sazzybm you mean like Libertas. I suppose if people saw they getting a hammering in other countries they might not vote for em.
3:15 PM: BrianGreene i met my old school teacher Roddy Doyle at the count y’day. He is writing a serial about an African FF candidate url.ie #LE09
3:15 PM: Stephen Spillane @RedDave14 its all about geography. Sinnott & ned could transfer well to Burke keeping him ahead of ferris #le09
3:15 PM: brettmirl KK CoCo so far…6 FG, 2 FF, 2 Lab, 1 Grn, 1 Ind. 14 left to fill #le09
3:15 PM: lexia Qikking live – #le09
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3:15 PM: Fergal Crehan @sazzybm Not just libertas. All major parties are members of pan-European groups
3:16 PM: sazzybm Its a long auld wait. Im tired. should be nearing the end of the locals counts surely!!!
3:16 PM: browne_jp Limerick County Council Party Trends 99 to 09 with 4 of 5 areas with 1st counts declared available bit.ly #le09
3:16 PM: sazzybm My brain is mush. sorry.
3:16 PM: Alexia Golez old lady needs a sit down.. Ahern is more concerned with watching the GAA than the recount!
3:17 PM: browne_jp Limerick County Council Party Trends 99 to 09 with 4 of 5 areas with 1st counts declared available bit.ly #le09
3:17 PM: BrianGreene i met my old school teacher Roddy Doyle at the count y’day. He is writing a serial about an African FF candidate url.ie #LE09
3:17 PM: cianflah @sazzybm Local counts could drag on until tomrrow if recounts take ages. Midnight before final MEP makeup is known
3:17 PM: Suzy Byrne Dublin 0-3 Meath 0-3 after 15 minutes…
3:18 PM: Campaign_Watch Greens take only third seat as Malcolm Noonan elected in Kilkenny #le09
3:18 PM: Stephen Spillane @cianflah we arent expecting a more then one MEP elected tonight in south. Counting expected to go on till tomorrow. #le09
3:18 PM: RTE_Elections Exit polls suggest a poor turnout across the EU which could favour extremist parties, though it would not upset the balance in the assembly
3:20 PM: cianflah @Spiller2 dont tel me things like that! ITs tiring work this waiting!
3:20 PM: Colm O’Rourke well said sinead wind, wave , solar and geothermal power are the future and Ireland can be one on the lending nations in these new industries but it takes all parties making this a priority
3:21 PM: Suzy Byrne Blogwatch: Kilcullen Diary keeps an eye to local counts in Kildare kilcullenbridge.blogspot.com
3:21 PM: cianflah Hearing from RDS authorities want to count and eliminate and get to result without telling candidates. Objections being lodged. #LE09
3:21 PM: PatrickSaint The term ‘Green Shoots’ is taking on a whole new meaning…
3:21 PM: sazzybm I’ll tell you one thing I didnt think waiting around could be so tiring!!!!
3:22 PM: Campaign_Watch Candidates clash over accuracy of ’sketchy’ tallies in North West short.ie #le09
3:24 PM: Stephen Spillane @cianflah sorry! but its what im hearing!
3:25 PM: Fergal If ganley loses, will he dispute the result and just turn up in Brussels every day? Or will he set up his own Parliament instead?#le09
3:25 PM: krayZpaving @Fergal Probably both, judging by what I’m hearing from Castlebar! #le09
3:25 PM: kenmcguire Borough Council in Kilkenny looks like 3 FF, 2 FG, 1 Lab and 1 Green at the moment #le09
3:26 PM: TheEmergency Greens doomed if pull plug, FF doomed if enter GE with Cowen. FF usually need longer between heaves. (Very Stale)mate? #le09
3:26 PM: BrianGreene <JUST IN> Drogheda Borough Council >Frank Gallagher< Socialist Party ELECTED
3:27 PM: sazzybm I think Sketchy is the operative word there
3:27 PM: Stephen Spillane @cianflah yea, but a long fecking night and another day for me!
3:30 PM: PatrickSaint Pat the Cope sounding a bit shakey on Radio na G…he’ll need Paschal Mooney’s transfers…he hopes to scrape in with Harkins and Higgins
3:30 PM: aoifac @Fergal He’ll split his time between stalking the EU even though he didn’t get a mandate and he’ll go back to making money through dodgy work process/war/guns and god knows what else.
3:30 PM: RTE_Elections In Wexford and Waterford, Fianna Fáil has been reduced to 5 seats on each county council, with gains for FG and SF
3:31 PM: faduda New blog post: Kildare (Naas) fourth count MacNamara (Lab) elected #le09 faduda.ie
3:32 PM: RTE_Elections In south Tipp, Fianna Fáil has dropped from 10 seats on the council to six
3:34 PM: macsithigh @cianflah s 125 Electoral Act 92 allows certain recount requests at end of any single count.Surely impossible to proceed w/o notice #le09
3:35 PM: AllanCavanagh @Fergal he’ll set up his own continent using Kryptonite, flood Europe and make a killing on property values.
3:35 PM: PatrickSaint bookmaker Paddy Power slashed the odds on a FG/Labour coalition forming the next Government from 4/7 to 1/2. Spokeperson said: “We’ve cut the odds on a FG/Lab coalition and Enda Kenny being the next Taoiseach who clearly think there’ll be big changes – and soon.”
3:35 PM: sazzybm Any news from tipp north yet? wasnt there counting starting there at 2?
3:37 PM: Suzy Byrne Sinn Fein camp in RDS deny hearing anything about counts in Euro Constituency proceeding without Candidates being told results – ‘Democracy Rocks Man’ was the response given.
3:38 PM: sazzybm Dublin 0-10 Meath 0-5 for those of you who care
3:39 PM: keithbelfast looking at a pic of mo ahern clutching his unused GAA tickets in his football top, as he watches the recount. #le09
3:39 PM: cianflah @macsithigh well at the moment its only what I am hearing hoping to confim soon and Ill bow to your legal knowledge! #LE09
3:39 PM: macsithigh @cianflah s 125 Electoral Act 92 allows certain recount requests at end of any single count.Surely impossible to proceed w/o notice #le09
3:39 PM: sazzybm correction 11 points to 5 at half time
3:41 PM: Suzy Byrne SF camp in RDS deny hearing anything about counts in Euros proceeding without Candidates being told results #le09
3:42 PM: skearon WCC Greystones Count 6, Roche FF eliminated, her 803 now being distributed
3:42 PM: skearon WCC Greystones Count 7, Roche FF transfers 44% to Kelleher FF, Maloney Ind eliminated and 895 being distributed
3:42 PM: Stephen Spillane Ganley not to get elected, via @TheEmergency: Gallagher, Higgins and Harkin to get elected is.gd
3:44 PM: BrianGreene @cianflah in Fingal y’day there were full checks before 1st pref announcements not called re-counts, there were issues re Euro split #LE09
3:45 PM: RTE_Elections #LE09 Labour’s Tracy McElhinney has been elected to Meath County Council in the Trim election area on the fifth count
3:46 PM: sazzybm is there any word on the No of spoiled votes yet. RTE reported that there were loads in the South. What about the other constituencies?
3:47 PM: Stephen Spillane Seat numbers: FG 264, FF 157, Lab 118, OTH 102, SF 44, GP 3 #le09
3:48 PM: RTE_Elections #LE09 Austin Francis O’Malley (FG) has taken the last seat for the Westport area of Mayo County Council
3:49 PM: RTE_Elections #LE09 for more detailed local elections results take a look at www.RTÉ.ie/elections
3:49 PM: PatrickSaint -Minister Brian Lenihan has told RTÉ it would be catastrophic for Ireland to bring forward the general election from 2012 because it would disrupt the country’s economic recovery programme. It would be catastrophic alright — for FF anyway.
3:51 PM: Suzy Byrne I see @RTE_Elections are finally tagging tweets with #le09 – welcome to the party!
3:52 PM: RTE_Elections #LE09 Aidan Murray (FG) and PJ O’Hanlon (FF) have both been elected to Monaghan County Coucil in the Carrickmacross electoral area
3:53 PM: RTE_Elections #LE09 Brigid Teefy (Ind) has been elected to Limerick County Council on the sixth count
3:57 PM: themayonews It looks like a long night ahead for the recounts in Ballina and Castlebar. We’ll keep you posted regardless. #elections
3:57 PM: RTE_Elections #LE09 Molly Buckley (FG) has been elected to Offaly County Council in the Tullamore electoral area
3:59 PM: skearon WCC Bray Count 6, Meaney FF eliminated and his 544 being distributed
3:59 PM: faduda New blog post: Kildare (Athy town council) summary to date #le09 faduda.ie
3:59 PM: RTE_Elections #LE09 Hughie McGrath (Ind), Séamus Mosrris (SF) and Virginia O’Dowd (Lab) all elected in Tipp North on the ninth count
4:02 PM: RTE_Elections #LE09 Stephen Keary (FG), David Naughton, and Kevin Sheahan all elected to Limerick County Council on the fourth count – Rathkeale completed
4:04 PM: RTE_Elections #LE09 Left out that David Naughton is FG and Kevin Sheahan is FF in that last tweet!
4:05 PM: Stephen Spillane CSU are on 6.5% in Germany from prelimary polling according to @teamdeutschland
4:06 PM: Stephen Spillane RT @stefanhapper: Erste Prognose aus Deutschland: CDU 31,0%, CSU 7,5%, SPD 21,0%, Grüne 11,5%, FDP 11,0%, Linke 7,5% #eu09
4:06 PM: BrianGreene Greens can’t pull out they need to inflict water/property/carbon taxes & 4bn more cuts in the budget before they go the way of the PDs #LE09
4:07 PM: RTE_Elections #LE09 Seosamh Ó Cuaig (Ind), Tomás Ó Curraoin (Ind) and Séamus Walsh (FF) all elected to Galway County Council
4:07 PM: sazzybm so there is no more election coverage on telly til 9:30, right? is there any good coverage on the radio?
4:09 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: The Euro South count continues bit.ly
4:09 PM: Alexia Golez Sociopathic FFer keeps talking to me. PFO
4:10 PM: Stephen Spillane @Tupp_Ed im told Crowley, S.Kelly, through on 2nd and 3rd counts roughly. Burke and Ferris fighting out for last seat. No tally. #le09
4:10 PM: Alexia Golez he introduced himself yesterday and it was okay, and now today he did the very same!
4:11 PM: Stephen Spillane RT @Campaign_Watch: Fine Gael take 12 seats in Clare to be largest party for first time in council’s 81 year history #le09 – wooooooooo!
4:11 PM: Suzy Byrne Radio coverage on newstalk at 8pm and RTE Radio 1 at 9pm. TV3 news is at 5.30pm and of course RTE have Six-One news.
4:11 PM: RTE_Elections #LE09 Local election update just before 5pm FF (157), FG (264), Lab (118), GP (3), SF (44) and OTH (102) – more at www.RTE.ie/elections
4:12 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: European election coverage corkpolitics.ie
4:14 PM: sazzybm What is CSU again? so many abreviations!!! I cant remember them all!
4:14 PM: sazzybm Thanks. Do ye think Burke could get the last seat?
4:15 PM: tallaghtecho 5:07 : Basketball Arena: Tallaght South update No news yet on recount, still a fair few people watching the count with bated breathe.
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4:15 PM: lexia Kinda hungry. But I shall not waste any more money here!
4:15 PM: Tim Buktu CSU = Christian Democrats in Bavaria
4:16 PM: RTE_Elections North-West candidate Marian Harkin (Ind) has said she is very hopeful that she will keep her seat
4:16 PM: faduda New blog post: Kildare (Naas) fifth count #le09 faduda.ie
4:17 PM: Suzy Byrne Blogwatch: Twenty Major twentymajor.net
4:17 PM: sazzybm thanks. what irish party would they be the equivalent of?
4:17 PM: Suzy Byrne @sazzybm Fine Gael
4:17 PM: JL Pagano Anyone heard Ganley cheekily suggest a re-run of the election yet? #le09
4:18 PM: samuelbowman @spiller2 Wow, that would be one for the books. I’m shocked that A Kelly isn’t in with a better chance, he was a good candidate. #le09
4:19 PM: psneeze twitpic.com – #le09 1 of only 2 election posters remaining in the village is Green party. What irony.
4:19 PM: Campaign_Watch Tallies show Harkin, Higgins and Gallagher winning seats in North West #le09
4:21 PM: Mark_Coughlan The biggest name Fianna Fáiler to lose a seat? #le09
4:21 PM: BrianGreene Very positive vibe – got a call from the RDS the tx’s are good, and the FPVs for Joe Higgins are great. can’t say more #LE09
4:22 PM: Stephen Spillane @Mark_Coughlan It will be M. Ahern if he loses his
4:23 PM: Campaign_Watch Lowry Team candidates take four seats, doubling representation on North Tipperary County Council #le09
4:24 PM: lexia @BrianGreene You coming down to the RDS?
4:25 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Kenny to call for Dáil vote of “no confidence” in government corkpolitics.ie
4:25 PM: Alexia Golez The more exciting thing happening in the RDS at the minute is the GAA. Bringing people from all sides together. Forget about democracy. Football cures all ills! And it’s on a tiny telly!
4:25 PM: RTE_Elections #LE09 Ray Cribbin (FF), James Deegan (FG), Paul Mitchell (IND), and Tom Mulhall (FG) have been elected to Laois County Council
4:28 PM: Stephen Spillane The place to watch results come in across europe www.elections2009-results.eu (via @zenlaura)
4:30 PM: twentymajor This is exciting now. If Ganley and Mary Lou get shafted this will make my weekend #le09
4:31 PM: RTE_Elections Outgoing FF East MEP Liam Aylward has said he will hold onto his seat when the votes of FF’s Thomas Byrne are transferred later this evening
4:31 PM: Alexia Golez Chatting to a very, very old voter and political hawk. After niceties, I ask him who he voted for. “Libertas”, he replied. “Why?” “I know Simons’ mother”. How very honest. He, of course, wants Ganley to do well. He’ll get things done. Apparently.
4:31 PM: Suzy Byrne Flares on the Hill – Dublin beat Meath by 2 points.
4:34 PM: Suzy Byrne TV3 news ‘election special’ is only all of 30 minutes and no Vincent Browne… (yet) #le09
4:34 PM: Suzy Byrne Sean Kelly FG was at Cork vs Kerry Match – will now proceed to count #le09
4:36 PM: RTE_Elections #LE09 Hughie McGrath (Ind), Séamus Mosrris (SF) and Virginia O’Dowd (Lab) all elected in Tipp North on the ninth count
4:36 PM: TheEmergency On now: RTE 1- Hyacinth f*cking Bucket Tv3 -election special. Public service broadcasting my arse. Well done 3 #le09
4:37 PM: Suzy Byrne Jim Higgins saying that Ganley getting very few transfers
4:38 PM: BrianGreene @lexia i’ve been asked to go so I might poster 7-9 and pop over. 9pm 1st Count or the winners? anyone?
4:38 PM: Suzy Byrne Declan Ganley says his tallymen know more than anyone elses
4:41 PM: Alexia Golez I’m off for a walk and some food. Back in a bit.
4:42 PM: Alexia Golez @Suzy Ganley has a bank of psychic tallymen! Excellent. Do they specialise in cruel and unusual terror?
4:42 PM: Suzy Byrne News coming from RDS related to conduct of count. Confirming sources at moment.
4:42 PM: RTE_Elections FG’s Jim Higgins said he is confident of retaining his seat and predicts seats for Pat the Cope Gallagher (FF) and Marian Harkin (IND)
4:44 PM: Suzy Byrne First count Results have been given to candidates in Dublin
4:45 PM: Maldini TV3 saying Eoin on 55k 1st pref votes, Mary-Lou on 50k and Higgins on 48k on first count #le09
4:46 PM: RTE_Elections #LE09 Ben Brennan (IND) and Padraig Fleming (FF) have been elected to Laois County Council after the first Luggacurren count
4:46 PM: sazzybm are they not allowed to tell anyone what the 1st count is?
4:52 PM: BrianGreene on behalf of @votejoehiggins thanks to Don Baker & Dermot Byrne 4music a cast of 100’s non party that helped in the Joe Higgins campaign.
4:53 PM: Stephen Spillane RT @TheEmergency: De rossa & Mitchell on 90k Ryan on 55k, mary lou 50k higgins 48k #le09
4:53 PM: RTE_Elections #LE09 Paddy MacNamara (Lab) and Seamie Moore (IND) have been elected to Kildare County Council in the Naas electoral area
4:57 PM: RTE_Elections #LE09 FG candidates George Jones and Derek Mitchell have been elected to Wicklow County Council
4:57 PM: Suzy Byrne Eibhlin Byrne polled well at 19,000 votes – she may be saving Private Ryan – still looking for info on McKenna and De Burca’s FPV #le09
4:58 PM: Suzy Byrne No figures on First preferences for De Burca or McKenna
4:59 PM: TheEmergency Signficant correction from tv3 to figs for Dublin – joe higgins on 50k *leads* Mary lou mcd on 48k #le09
4:59 PM: RTE_Elections #LE09 Fine Gael’s John Egan, Mary Harty and Michael Sheahan all elected to Limerick County Council
4:59 PM: lexia @suzybie boom boom!
4:59 PM: Suzy Byrne Eibhlin Byrne polled well at 19,000 votes – she may be saving Private Ryan – still looking for info on McKenna and De Burca’s FPV #le09
5:01 PM: cianflah elimination of simons should bump MCDonald over higgins but elim of McKenna and De Burca are vital to keep higgins or mcdonald ahead of each other
5:01 PM: sazzybm no news on South yet???
5:03 PM: cianflah Ryan will get 10-12k from Byrne TAlly has: Higgins getting 11.8 from McKenna and 8.9 from De Burca M Lou getting 9.8 from McKenna and 5.7% from De Burca. RYan gets 8% from De Burca and 4% from McKenna. Aim of game for Higgns / M Lou is stay in ahead of the other and overtake Ryan on the eliminees transfers.
5:03 PM: Suzy Byrne @Cian Concerns from some that the manner in which count is proceeding without transparency of eliminations is as bad as e-voting debacle.
5:05 PM: cianflah McKenna now eliminatede
5:05 PM: Suzy Byrne Dublin European Count First Count approx figures from TV3 – Quota is 101,000 – De Rossa on 95, 000, Mitchell on 95,000, Ryan on 55,000 MaryLou McDonald on 48,000 joe higgins on 50,000, byrne on 19,000
5:05 PM: Suzy Byrne Dublin Euro Count – Liveblog sources confirm that Sweeney and Simons have been eliminated – count ifAs proceeding but not being officially announced. Some candidates are very unhappy about this.
5:07 PM: RTE_Elections #LE09 Niall O’Brolcháin (Greens) has said he thinks it’s clear that Green voters have great difficulty with the party being in Govt with FF
5:07 PM: aoifac Didn’t see it mentioned already, Ahern got in on the last count.
5:07 PM: Suzy Byrne Thanks @AoifaC
5:08 PM: Suzy Byrne Maurice Ahern holds council seat – Elected on last count Cabra/Glasnevin #le09
5:08 PM: Campaign_Watch SF wins 7 of 20 seats on Monaghan County Council. FG takes 6, FF wins 5 and Independents take 2 #le09
5:09 PM: lexia @suzybie Damn. Missed it!
5:10 PM: RTE_Elections #LE09 Pat Millea (FF) has been elected to Kilkenny County Council in the Ballyragget electoral area
5:10 PM: Stephen Spillane waiting for cab to count centre! Will be txting results so cant @ or dm me sorry. #le09
5:10 PM: krayZpaving Potential spoils being adjudicated on at the Ireland East count. First count to be announced in 3 hours. #le09
5:12 PM: Stephen Spillane Looks like we will have 3 results at 9pm. Dub, East and South all going well. #le09
5:13 PM: Stephen Spillane right gone! laters
5:13 PM: demosuzki think Dublin 3rd seat will be an interesting excercise in transferable vote PR. It will all be about whose 2nd Prefs transfer first #le09
5:13 PM: sazzybm how did ahern manage to hold on??? Unreal!!! I think there are still 168 seats left to fill
5:13 PM: cianflah Totals and tally estimates from Dublin on www.irishelection.com numerate watchers might help to crunch the elimination of De Burca and McKenna (mckenna elimination processing now)
5:15 PM: tallaghtecho 5:39 : Basketball Arena: Tallaght South update Still here….told first preferences for Tallaght South recount will be announced before s..
5:15 PM: aoifac Obviously a few Cantona fans voted for him!! Not mentioned anywhere else yet but was mentioned for one second on RTE news.
5:16 PM: brettmirl All 12 candidates have now been elected to the Kilkenny 2009 Borough Council. They are represented by 4 FF, 4 FG, 1 SF. 1 Green #le09
5:16 PM: irishelection Early dublin numbers are in with tally estimates of transfer at url.ie #LE09
5:17 PM: Suzy Byrne 8,000 spoilt votes in East
5:17 PM: Fergal Crehan Am interesting possibility re Dublin. Joe Higgins will do better on transfers from McKenna and De Burca and will likely be ahead of McDonald when it comes time to eliminate Byrne. But where do Byrne’s transfers go? 10-12k are expected to go to Ryan. But will the remainder make the difference into whether Higgins or McDonald is in fourth place? It’s hard to know where Fianna Fail transfers would travel, except to other FF candidates.
5:17 PM: RTE_Elections Prime Time’s Mark Little has a blog with really good analysis of the RTÉ exit poll and the election results tinyurl.com
5:17 PM: Roscommon LE09 Adrian Farrell FG from Lanesboro Co Longford has lost his seat in the Ballymahon electoral area
5:18 PM: aoifecarroll @suzybie who lost out in Cabra?
5:18 PM: Roscommon LE09 Re-count underway in the Castlerea electoral area Roscommon.#le09
5:19 PM: RTE_Elections Outgoing FF MEP Eoin Ryan has said he is still in with a chance for a seat and is likely to get a significant transfer from Eibhlin Byrne
5:19 PM: Mark_Coughlan @aoifecarroll Ahern was elected over the Sinn Féin candidate and the other FFer
5:21 PM: faduda New blog post: Kildare (Naas) 7th count Callaghan (FF) elected #le09 faduda.ie
5:21 PM: athtrasna local results very slow out of Roscommon? #le09
5:22 PM: sazzybm Gay Mitchell looks like topping the poll in Dublin according to rte
5:23 PM: philomenaf does it look likely that mary lou is out of the running? #le09
5:23 PM: Suzy Byrne @philomenaf it’s all too close to call at moment – we’ll bring news as we get it.
5:24 PM: faduda New blog post: Kildare (Naas) final results: 2 FG, 1 Lab, 1 Ind, 1 FF #le09 faduda.ie
5:24 PM: philomenaf thanks… very frustrating up here awaiting news. glad something like this is available to keep up to date
5:25 PM: lexia Heartattack time yfr, not the other way aroundog.com
5:25 PM: Fergal Crehan Just realised that I misread the FPV figures (or were they edited?) and that Higgins is on 50k to McDonald’s 48k. He’ll stretch that lead over the next two counts and should be safely ahead of McDonald after Byrne is eliminated. He will take McDonalds transfers and jump ahead of Ryan to take the third seat.
5:33 PM: Fergal Crehan A sub-plot to the count is that, arguably, we shouldn’t really be counting at all. EU law forbids announcements until after 9pm, but our own electoral law and tradition requires us to tell candidates of their figures, in order for them to seek recounts, etc. I have my doubts as to whether the fudge of “unofficially” announcing figures gets us off the hook under EU rules. The sensible thing to do would have been not to even start counting until 9pm. But then everyone just wants to get this over with.
5:34 PM: twentymajor What happened with Tubridy Jr? #le09
5:36 PM: RTE_Elections #LE09 Sligo cllr Joe Queenan (FF) has been critical of the party leadership in Dublin, saying the elections were a referendum on the Govt
5:40 PM: Maldini @twentymajor last I heard he was on about 5% #le09
5:40 PM: Campaign_Watch FG takes three of four Wicklow County Council seats in Greystones ward #le09
5:40 PM: proinnsias @twentymajor He got only 4.4% of the vote in Pemb/Rath #le09
5:40 PM: philomenaf thanks fergal…. some news i didnt really want to hear ..haha
5:43 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Adjudication of spoiled votes commences bit.ly
5:44 PM: Stephen Spillane Ajdudication underway in south, result by 9pm looking doubtful #le09
5:47 PM: RTE_Elections #LE09 Frank McBrearty Jr has been elected for the Labour party to Donegal County Council
5:48 PM: samuelbowman @spiller2 Adjudication eh? #LE09
5:48 PM: dickobrien Wicklow 200 done in 8 hours 5 minutes. Off to shower the dried salt off me.
5:52 PM: philomenaf are many of you at the count centres?#le09
5:53 PM: cianflah Philomena most are at count centres twittering and posting – suzy and I (mostly suzy) are moderating while some are just at their laptops
5:53 PM: ElectionsIRL Clare County Council first preference votes online: bit.ly
5:55 PM: sazzybm Do ye think Mary Lou will get alot of simons transfers? the whole anti lisbon thing?
5:55 PM: philomenaf grma cian. any of you for any particular party? #le09
5:56 PM: RTE_Elections #LE09 Catherine Connery and John Brennan, both Fine Gael, have been elected to Kilkenny County Council
5:56 PM: Suzy Byrne Philomena – most of us are non- party aligned political nutters…
5:56 PM: RTE_Elections #LE09 Jim Cuddy (IND), Jarlath McDonagh (FG), Malachy Noone (FF), and Liam Carroll (FG) all elected to Galway County Council
5:57 PM: Suzy Byrne Ok I’m back from putting the curry on and going to stop the chatter and get more links and data up on the liveblog – we’re answering questions but not going to do the chat much here – you can check www.irishelection.com to comment on posts and argue the toss there!
5:58 PM: philomenaf sorry suzy, just wanting kept up to date.. new on this…apologies.#le09
5:59 PM: Suzy Byrne No problem at all Philomena – More than welcome here and glad you found us – we’ll keep you uptodate as we can on Mary Lou et al – Ferris is holding up well in South so I heard.
6:00 PM: RTE_Elections #LE09 Fianna Fáil’s Willie Callaghan elected to Kildare County Council
6:00 PM: ALDEgroup ALDE MEP Marian Harkin set to upset Declan Ganley in the Ireland North-West constituency tinyurl.com
6:01 PM: philomenaf grma. so we could have 3 sf women in europe!!!!! miracles do happen then…..once again thanks#le09
6:02 PM: jonworth @irishelection I’m not short of results to follow! Hard to make a positive story out of it. Good work releasing results in Ireland. #LE09
6:02 PM: brettmirl KK CoCo – Ballyragget – 3 FG, 1 FF, 1 Lab. All seats filled #le09
6:02 PM: RTE_Elections #LE09 Eamonn McGinty (IND), Patricia McCafferty (IND), and Seamus Carbin (Lab) all elected to Donegal County Council
6:02 PM: cianflah Eoin Ryan is the most depressing and uninspiring thing to happen this election. Just on Newstalks news now. Awful
6:03 PM: RTE_Elections #LE09 Jim Ryan (IND), Micheál Lowry (IND), John Kennedy (Lab), and Billy Clancy (IND) all elected to Tipp North Riding County Council
6:05 PM: cianflah Newstalk using our tally transfer figures or else we are bang on the money – neither are impossible www.irishelection.com
6:05 PM: lexia On my way back to RDS. Four Seasons is no fun yfrog.com
6:06 PM: brettmirl KK CoCo so far…9 FG, 3 FF, 2 Lab, 1 Grn, 1 Ind. 10 left to fill #le09
6:07 PM: faduda New blog post: Kildare (Kildare) first count #le09 faduda.ie
6:08 PM: faduda Cowen on his way to the Ireland East count, so leaving the local election count for a while to take a break and have a gander #le09
6:09 PM: Suzy Byrne Cowen emerges to East count – Aylward must be safe so
6:10 PM: Waterfire Thnks again guys. This is like totally riveting. In belfast but i feel like i’m in de rds. Go Joe! He’s gotta win on basis on McD’s transfers. Anyone with news of Lab’s john feely in Leitrim?
6:11 PM: Suzy Byrne @waterfire – thanks! and I can confirm John was the first councillor elected to Leitrim Co. Council for the Labour Party – he was elected last night
6:12 PM: RTE_Elections #LE09 Peggy Nolan (FG) and Padraig Loughrey (FF) elected to Longford County Council
6:12 PM: krayZpaving Wow. @labour now has two seats on Donegal County Council! Well done Cllr McBrearty & Cllr Carbin. #le09
6:13 PM: lostexpectation btw its annoying how irishelections title banner doesn’t click to the home page
6:13 PM: scow Following this in New York. Thanks everyone for great updates. Am I right in thinking there is a left(ish) majority on Dublin City Council now? Lab + SF + PBP + SP?
6:14 PM: themayonews Slow moving in the Ballina count. One Loftus vote ruled as spoiled then likewise for one of Ginty’s. #elections
6:14 PM: krayZpaving Ireland East update: 1st count complete, but no announcement until 9. 2nd count not started. Cowen & Gilmore both due soon. #le09
6:15 PM: tallaghtecho 7:09 : Basketball Arena: General update Nothing more to report as of yet….if Warren not happy can ask for re-check but not another re-c..
6:16 PM: Suzy Byrne @scow you are right – don’t have figures to hand at moment but will find you a link. www.rte.ie
6:17 PM: sazzybm Only 149 seats left, were getting there slowly but surely!!!!
6:19 PM: RTE_Elections Socialist Party candidate for Europe Joe Higgins has expressed reservations over the way the count is being handled at the RDS
6:21 PM: squidlimerick #le09 Newcastlewest (Count 1) Scanlon (FG) O’Donnell (FG) Elected
6:21 PM: RTE_Elections For in-depth analysis and features check out RTÉ’s full election coverage on www.rte.ie/news/elections/
6:22 PM: Suzy Byrne Hello to everyone in count centres reading the liveblog – we hear you’ve been keeping in touch with goings on around the country!
6:22 PM: damienblake @krayZpaving I’ve not been tuned to the radio – but Seamus Carbin sounds like a bit of a stretch. You sure? bit.ly #le09
6:24 PM: krayZpaving @damienblake RTE are reporting it. #le09
6:24 PM: krayZpaving Full recount called in Wexford for the Borough Council. #le09
6:26 PM: philomenaf would i be right in thinking that tv3 is better for election news than rte? just wondering where i can watch and keep up to date #le09
6:26 PM: RTE_Elections #LE09 John Bonham (FG), John King (FG), Brendan Phelan (FF), and Marty Phelan (FG) all elected to Laois County Council
6:27 PM: lexia There’s no huddle like a Socialist huddle
6:27 PM: Suzy Byrne RTE Radio will be broadcasting at 9pm – Newstalk.ie begin at 8pm. RTE television have news at 9 and then election programme for 2 hours at 9.30 pm.
6:27 PM: krayZpaving The current Taoiseach, Mr Biffo, just walked past me in the Ireland East count. Say “hi” twitterland. #le09
6:27 PM: krayZpaving Full recount called in Wexford for the Borough Council. #le09
6:28 PM: krayZpaving @damienblake bit.ly
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6:28 PM: Fergal @krayZpaving I’d prefer to say “bye”
6:29 PM: lexia Qikking live – #le09
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6:30 PM: krayZpaving @damienblake bit.ly
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6:30 PM: dfg any updates from South???
6:31 PM: lexia Pic yfrog.com
6:31 PM: BrianGreene 0n DART to RDS #le09
6:32 PM: RTE_Elections #LE09 Brian Collins (Lab) has been elected to Meath County Council
6:32 PM: lexia Full recount coming for Artane Whitehall
6:33 PM: nmcgivney So we’re down to irishelection.ie agus TG4. Scrub that. TG4 imithe anois. #le09
6:34 PM: brettmirl KK CoCo – Thomastown – Labour’s Ann Phelan just been elected on 6th count. #le09
6:35 PM: RTE_Elections #LE09 Jim Finucane (FG) has been elected to Kerry County Council
6:35 PM: RTE_Elections #LE09 Francis Deane (Ind) has been elected to Meath County Council
6:37 PM: sazzybm Last I checked on RTE website still 140 council seats to be filled in the following:
6:39 PM: RTE_Elections #LE09 Clarification: Eamonn McGinty (IND), Patricia McCafferty (IND), and Seamus Carbin (Lab) all excluded in the Donegal LEA
6:40 PM: Robbiecousins Cowen isnt making waves on Newstalk saying ‘the tide is out’. Cliched already #LE09
6:42 PM: philomenaf 134 yet to be filled#le09
6:42 PM: krayZpaving RT @RTE_Elections: #LE09 Clarification: Eamonn McGinty (IND), Patricia McCafferty (IND), and Seamus Carbin (Lab) all excluded in Donegal LEA
6:43 PM: lexia That last Qik was an accident. Ooops
6:43 PM: RTE_Elections #LE09 Padraig MacLochlainn (SF) has been elected to Donegal County Council in the Inishowen electoral area
6:43 PM: RTE_Elections #LE09 Padraig MacLochlainn (SF) has been elected to Donegal County Council in the Inishowen electoral area
6:45 PM: Stephen Spillane Rough tally south: crowley 117k, s. Kelly 91k, ferris 64k, a. Kelly 63k, sinnott 57k, burke 54k #le09
6:48 PM: lexia Awaiting announcement of Cabra Glasnevin. C’mon!
6:50 PM: lexia Qikking live – #le09
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6:53 PM: RTE_Elections #LE09 Eddie Fitzpatrick (IND) elected to Offaly County Council
6:53 PM: lexia And there we go – Séan Paul Mahon eliminated in Artane Whitehall after 7th vote. Recount likely
6:53 PM: eoinmadden I heard his victory speech on Galway Bay FM a few minutes ago. Sickening. And the presenter on GBFM was as sweet as pie to him. #le09
6:53 PM: PJ Coogan sorry correct quota ireland south 124K
6:53 PM: sazzybm on irishelection.com it says “Maurce Ahern Far from Safe in Cabra Glasnevin”. I thought he was already elected?
6:53 PM: Roscommon LE09 Tom Crosby IND Elected on the first count in the Strokestown (Roscommon) Electoral Area Tom’s Daughter Vicky Crosby ran for FF in Dublin South Inner City but she was unsuccessfull.#le09
6:53 PM: Roscommon LE09 Tom Crosby IND elceted
6:53 PM: sazzybm I wouldnt go but the tallys to be honest. they wont be accurate enough
6:54 PM: RTE_Elections #LE09 FF’s Jerry Lodge and FG’s Mary Sweeney have been elected to Laois County Council
6:55 PM: Stephen Spillane Looks like we will have a declaration @ 9pm in south #le09
6:56 PM: lexia So no recount announced for Artane Whitehall, but it is likely
6:56 PM: Stephen Spillane Been told that quota is about 125k, no one will be elected on 1st quota #le09
6:57 PM: aoifac 6 O’Clock News on RTE 1 said that Ahern “had had to hang on to get the last seat” it which is what I posted here. I have been keeping an eye on the sites and none show him as elected so RTE obviously were incorrect or phrased it badly.
6:57 PM: sazzybm where do you think sextons transfers will go??? Hopefully to Burke
6:57 PM: sazzybm why a recaount in Artane Whitehall?
6:57 PM: PJ Coogan yeah stephen .. 125 it is.. just got that clarified
6:57 PM: RTE_Elections #LE09 FG’s Patrick O’Donovan and Jerome Scanlan elected to Limerick County Council in the Newcastle electoral area
6:59 PM: lexia Mary Lou on da house with McGrattan. And she is smiling
7:00 PM: lexia And Gerry too… Looksbad for Ahern
7:01 PM: lexia Qikking live – #le09
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7:03 PM: Roscommon LE09 Looks like there will be another By Election in the North West, Pat the Cope almost certain to get an MEP seat.
7:03 PM: P O’Neill France euro exit poll shows Libertas (MPF) at 5% tinyurl.com
7:04 PM: lexia Qikking live – #le09
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7:05 PM: PJ Coogan anyone care to make an educated call on the third based on those figures ????
7:05 PM: aoifac Hopefully it she is smiling to mask the tears
7:05 PM: kingkane A 2 vote margin between the FFers in Artane-whitehall, what is it with DNC local seats and 2 vote margins? Clontarf last time #le09
7:06 PM: lexia Qikking live – #le09
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7:06 PM: lexia That was Mahon who was eliminated in Artane
7:08 PM: sazzybm I think the 3rd is still too close to call because of the uncertainty about transfers.
7:08 PM: sazzybm Whats the min margin of diference to be able to call a recount?
7:09 PM: Suzy Byrne George Hook picks up the Mainstream Media coverage on Newstalk – there’s a webcam pointed at him on newstalk.ie
7:10 PM: TheEmergency If ure some sick pinko right wing activist, go off with you to @ghook on Newstalk live from count centre. WTF is he thinking of? #le09
7:11 PM: TheEmergency Stop watching the count now! National public service broadcaster has fair city omnibus on. #le09
7:11 PM: lexia oh look – @ghook, Leo V, Hanafin And Pat Rabbitte in the front yfrog.com
7:11 PM: kingkane A pity to see Sean Paul Mahon go as he was a nicer, more level headed rep than Carmichael. God I’m saying good things about a FFer! #le09
7:11 PM: kingkane It’s at the discretion of the returning officer, not a set margin per se #le09
7:14 PM: tallaghtecho 8:12 : Basketball Arena: Tallaght SouthThe counters have been sent home. At the moment the Fianna Fail and Fine Gael camps are going thro..
7:16 PM: themayonews Sinn Féin’s Thérése Ruane looks like she could take the final seat in Castlebar, signalling a remarkable SF total of 3 seats.#elections
7:17 PM: themayonews After the recount it looks like Harry Barrett will be eliminated and his votes will hugely help Ruane with B Gavin losing out.#elections
7:18 PM: TheEmergency Only rugby union beats politics as a spectator sport, opines. @ghook on newstalk #le09
7:18 PM: brettmirl KK CoCo – Kilkenny – all seats filled: 3 FG, 2 FF, 1 Grn, 1 Lab #le09
7:18 PM: RTE_Elections #LE09 Val Smith (FG) takes a seat on Cavan County Council after the seventh count in the Cavan electoral area
7:20 PM: PJ Coogan ireland south .. good source on count floor .. quota 125,000
Crowley .. 117,000 sean kelly.. 92,500
ferris.. 64,000
alan kelly.. 63,000 sinnott.. 57,800
burke.. 53,000 o’keeffe.. 16,000
boyle.. 15,000
stafford.. 11,000
sexton.. 4,000
7:20 PM: sazzybm Hanifin just said people dont vote for a woman because she is a woman! What kind of a statment is that for a female politian to make???? btw Eu records record low turn out for EU elections
7:22 PM: RTE_Elections Brian Cowen has said he is not aware of any criticism of him personally by cllrs and he would face down any vote of no confidence by FG
7:22 PM: Suzy Byrne harry magee calling it for joe higgins? www.irishtimes.com
7:23 PM: ElectionsIRL Cork City Council first preference votes online: bit.ly
7:23 PM: kingkane @sazzybm actually research shows women don’t vote for women. especially older voters for younger candidates. UCC L.Weeks from 2004 #le09
7:23 PM: kingkane So 46K available transfers, & a heavy Cork bias to influence the 3rd seat. S. Kelly soaks up loads, but Stafford 2 trend 2 A. Kelly #le09
7:24 PM: sazzybm only estimated 43% turn out!!! thats bad isnt it!
7:24 PM: RTE_Elections #LE09 Tom Crosby (IND) and John Cummins (FF) have been elected to Roscommon County Council
7:25 PM: cianflah Hanafin on Newstalk being emollient about Crowley and how he sings to old people. A rare good moment for FF and the elderly
7:25 PM: RTE_Elections Brian Cowen has said he was not aware of any criticism of him personally by cllrs and he would face down any vote of no confidence by FG
7:27 PM: Suzy Byrne @Cian Brian Crolwy while singing to old folks told them that they might get free chips from Dino instead of the xmas bonus.
7:27 PM: squidlimerick #le09 Newcastlewest (Count 2) No one elected.
7:27 PM: cianflah @Suzy compensation for loss of medical card = heart attack food.
7:29 PM: RTE_Elections #LE09 Joe Reilly (SF) has been elected to Meath County Council
7:29 PM: Suzy Byrne Very tight for last seat on Wicklow Co Council between Greens O’Brien and Labour’s Nevin.
7:29 PM: sazzybm Crowley is probably one of the youngest FF candidates! Unintentionally I associate FF with old people, no offense to anyone. FG and Labour have young candidates. Thats just my opinion, though.
7:30 PM: JimserM Recount must still be going on in Greystones …. #le09
7:31 PM: lexia Byrne Simins Sweeney – all eliminated
7:31 PM: RTE_Elections #LE09 Michael Fahy (IND) has been elected to Galway County Council in the Loughrea count
7:33 PM: TheEmergency Mary Hasafin just said “not in the interests of winning this general election” #freudianslip #le09
7:34 PM: 26twit Wst Lmk – 4 seats. 3FG + 1FF.#le09
7:34 PM: RTE_Elections Green Euro candidate Déirdre De Búrca has called for a recount in the Dublin constituency
7:34 PM: Fergal Crehan Recount in Dublin – this will cause a 4 to 5 hour delay.
7:35 PM: RTE_Elections #LE09 IND candidate Dervill Dolan has been elected to Offaly County Council
7:35 PM: cianflah Deirdre wont be going out before PAtricia if she can help it?
7:35 PM: Fergal Crehan Deirdre De Burca has demanded a recount. No idea why – possibly to do with reaching the threshold to retain her deposit. Or maybe she just doesn’t want to be beaten by McKenna. Either way, the whole thing starts again. It will now probably be tomorrow before we know the destination of the final seat
7:36 PM: sazzybm FF keep it in the Family dont they! martin had two brothers running, one got re-elected and one didnt.
7:36 PM: Suzy Byrne RTE report de Burca calling for recount…she’s behind McKenna by 400 votes
7:36 PM: RTE_Elections #LE09 Paddy Kennedy (IND) elected to Kildare County Council in the Kildare electoral area
7:36 PM: Suzy Byrne Michael Martin (FF) not sounding confident about Ryan on Newstalk
7:36 PM: paul_cawley Newstalk and TV3 have really shown RTE how to do things this weekend… #le09… public service broadcasting how are ya!
7:37 PM: brettmirl RT @RTE_Elections Green Euro candidate Déirdre De Búrca has called for a recount in the Dublin constituency #le09
7:37 PM: Fergal Crehan Important to bear in mind that McKenna is a figurehead for those Greens who never wanted to get in government with FF in the first place. Bragging rights might have some significance in the Green debates to come
7:37 PM: Suzy Byrne Has de Burca called recount because of personal pride or to try to save Ryan?
7:38 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Tension mounting in Euro South count centre bit.ly
7:38 PM: kingkane Based on those more recent tallies, if De Rossa is still looking for transfers when MLM goes then Ryan could, just could hold on. #le09
7:38 PM: cianflah Very understated analysis there Fergal – it is all about ego here. McKenna win would cement a party in total mltdown and push the whole green in government question front and centre
7:38 PM: Anonymous No she wants a recount to recycle the paper!
7:39 PM: RTE_Elections An early tally suggests that Mairead McGuinness (FG) will retain her MEP seat
7:39 PM: sazzybm Martin just said it was very difficult running 2 candidates, sure crowley had a clean sweep and O’Keeffe didnt get a look in, whats he on about. They’re trying to make out that they ran a fantastic campaign. I didnt hear a thing from either candidate.
7:39 PM: SimonHaden Pat Rabittee talking rubbish on Newstalk. Sorry Pat but the Irish electorate have the worst memories in the world and will vote in droves for FF at next election.
7:40 PM: Suzy Byrne RTE Election’s Tweeter is understated and late in the extreme – early days for them and social media still!
7:40 PM: kingkane 40K from McK and DdB to transfer if DeR 20K shy of quota doesn’t see him reach it. Is he 87K or 97K post byrne? #le09
7:40 PM: ManAboutCouch DeBurca calls for recount? Must want to ensure that the entire process is conducted in full view, not behind doors as at present. #le09
7:40 PM: Elrobo It will be interesting to see what the “new” difference will be between DeBurca & McKenna after the new count #le09
7:40 PM: Fergal Crehan @ Cian Does a recount not sharpen the focus on that issue? Even if De Burca squeaks a win, she might end up wishing she’d gone quietly.
7:41 PM: TheEmergency M Martin loosing rag with Pat Rabitte on newstalk. First time u heard Martin crack today #le09
7:42 PM: cianflah Fergal you might be right but I dont think that level of nous now operates in a party who are absolutely shell shocked.
7:42 PM: Fergal Crehan RTE Radio still intent on telling me things I knew hours ago – in some cases, over 24 hours ago.
7:42 PM: sazzybm Your right about the electorate having a short memory, sure look at the last GE. Hook can barely get a word in on his own show coz Rabbitte and Martin are having a go at eachother.
7:44 PM: viddythis whopping load of something that can only be described “glee” coming across in pat rabbitte voice #le09
7:45 PM: TheEmergency Micky Martin has a big rearguard action smell off him on newstalk. #le09
7:45 PM: sazzybm Hook is putting martin in his place
7:45 PM: lexia Qikking live – #le09
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7:46 PM: Suzy Byrne Newstalk reports recount – 390 votes between De Burca and McKenna
7:46 PM: lexia Qikking live – #le09
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7:47 PM: RTE_Elections #LE09 Update just before 9pm FF (180), FG (293), Lab (123), GP (3), SF (48) and OTH (118)
7:48 PM: Elrobo 390 votes between McKenna & DeBurca according to Newtalk. She is on her way with the Green heavies – Gormley & Ryan #le09
7:48 PM: lexia Flanaghan and Carmichael elected in 8th and final count of Artane Whitehall
7:48 PM: ann_donnelly DeBurca asking for a recount – typical. #Le09
7:49 PM: Suzy Byrne Pundit on Newstalk calling it for Higgins
7:49 PM: faduda New blog post: Kildare (Kildare) 2nd count #le09 faduda.ie
7:49 PM: Stephen Spillane Centre filling up for declaration. Not long to wait. #Le09
7:50 PM: faduda New blog post: Kennedy (Ind) elected in Kildare (Kildare) 4th count #le09 faduda.ie
7:50 PM: cianflah @ Suzy that pundit is Eoin O Malley of DCU of the Limerick O’Malleys and lecturer at DCU.
7:50 PM: Anonymous Does the recount make much of a difference? If they are that close one is going to be eliminated after the other. Sake of pride between green and ex-green??
7:50 PM: sazzybm Whats the atmosphere like in cork?
7:50 PM: Fergal Crehan Pat Rabitte says he prefers to hear an election called rather than “On the one hand this and on the other hand that”. He must have been listening to RTE then
7:50 PM: Suzy Byrne Deburca would get money back if she reached a quarter of quota but there is also face to save in greens #le09
7:51 PM: paul_cawley #le09 de burca calling for a recount w/mckenna? wanting her deposit back… green/ex-green pride on display
7:51 PM: faduda New blog post: Kennedy (Ind) elected in Kildare (Kildare) 4th count #le09 faduda.ie
7:52 PM: RTE_Elections #LE09 Julia Carmichael (FF) and Declan Flanagan (FG) both elected to Dublin City Council
7:52 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: Sherlock delighted with Labour’s election success to date bit.ly
7:52 PM: Suzy Byrne Rabbitte says that Alan Kelly has done better than exit poll and is still in with a chance in South.
7:53 PM: cianflah RTE have had a FAILection except for their twitter
7:53 PM: lexia Me legs are about to fall off. Better not stop walking.
7:53 PM: RTE_Elections #LE09 A complete recount has been called for the Tralee electoral area of Kerry County Council
7:54 PM: Simon McGarr Getting ready to see/hear my first non-liveblog election news of the day on RTE. Imagining that it will be full of novel and exclusive news. Or that it will be pretending that nothing has happened.
7:54 PM: Fergal Crehan RTE’s Exit poll has been entirely inaccurate. Tallies were available yesterday morning but they persisted in using the poll figures right up until this evening, presumably on the ground that they’d spent good money on them
7:56 PM: lexia Joe is in a good mood. Poses for a pic yfrog.com
7:57 PM: paul_cawley DCU politics lecturer Eoin O’Malley just suggested Higgins gets the 3rd EUP seat #le09 #eu09
7:58 PM: RTE_Elections #LE09 Bryan Reilly (FF) and Catherine Yore (FG) elected to Meath County Council in the Kells area count
7:58 PM: sazzybm RTE completely dismissed the tallies, even though some tallies are very accurate!!! Their poll should have had more of a health warning. Id trust the pundits before RTE. Well Done News Talk. great coverage.
7:58 PM: CarlowWeather Rabbitte says that Kelly is in 3rd #le09
7:59 PM: Simon McGarr That exit poll was mad. By the time it was published we already knew better real figures.
8:00 PM: Suzy Byrne Website would add 5 hours to the counting process – if allowed in Dublin
8:00 PM: AllanCavanagh @twentymajor @suzybie the only face that can be saved by the Greens is about a quarter of a badly singed eyebrow. #le09
8:01 PM: lexia Few mins for numbers. will post a pic as soon as I can.
8:02 PM: CarlowWeather #le09 Crowley hasn’t exceeded quota 6000 off
8:03 PM: cianflah 509963 total poll – South
8:03 PM: cianflah 498127 valid poll
8:04 PM: RTE_Elections European Election results are imminant – declarations are expected shortly, watch now on RTÉ One or www.RTÉ.ie/live
8:04 PM: cianflah Boyle 15499 Burk 53721 Crowley 118 258 Ferris 64671 Kelly Alan 64152 Kelly Sean 92 579 O Keefe 16 596 Sexton 2 474 Sinnot 58 485 Stafford 11 692
8:04 PM: CarlowWeather McGuinnes and Childers will get in but JP Phelan won’t get in #le09
8:05 PM: lexia Irl South Numbers!!!!! yfrog.com
8:05 PM: RTE_Elections #LE09 John Hannon (FF) and Brian Lawlor (FG) elected to South Dublin County Council
8:06 PM: RTE_Elections Another new blog post from Prime Time’s Mark Little on the RTÉ exit polls – lots of new information to mull over tinyurl.com
8:06 PM: wendylimerick So de Burca looking for a recount
8:06 PM: Fergal Crehan RTE not telling us the whole story re De Burca recount. The 300 votes won’t bring her to a quarter quota – actually, they will bring her ahead of McKenna and keep alive her chances of reaching the quarter
8:06 PM: Bazalini Who is getting the 3rd Dublin seat folks – Just in – have not seen anything in last 6 hours
8:07 PM: cianflah 3rd South called for Kelly (Alan) on Newstalk
8:07 PM: Suzy Byrne Bazalini it’s Joe Higgins seat so everyone is now saying… de Burca is looking for a recount as coming in behind McKenna in 7th place by 390 votes.
8:08 PM: Suzy Byrne Newstalk call South seat for Kelly? And this is not just Pat Rabbitte calling it
8:08 PM: Suzy Byrne McGuinness Elected in East
8:08 PM: lexia Those tallies are after Byrne’s ballots were dispersed
8:08 PM: RTE_Elections South MEP candidates Maurice Sexton (IND) and Alexander Stafford (IND) eliminated after the first count as no candidates reach quota
8:09 PM: Fergal Crehan On those figures Alan Kelly looks stronger than expected for seat three in South. Sinnott is transfer-friendly, but has quite a bit of ground to make up.
8:10 PM: Stephen Spillane Quota 124,532. Sexton & stafford excluded. People calling 3rd seat for alan kelly
8:10 PM: Bazalini As always you have been a star Suzy.
8:10 PM: brettmirl Is this the first time Bran Crowley has not reached the quota on first count? #le09
8:11 PM: RTE_Elections Across Europe, no sign of Libertas candidates being elected yet in other member states, apart from France
8:11 PM: TheEmergency MvGuinness elected in east – 3k surplus to be distrbuted in2nd count #le09
8:11 PM: wendylimerick how many first preferences did Stafford get?
8:11 PM: cianflah Fergal he is in pole position as long as Toireasa doesnt shock on transfer front, thing is she is set to surprise on transfer front according to some counts – i have nothing to back this up bar anecdotal evidence so it is wait and see. Limerick vote of STafford will be v interesting in terms of Ferris – Kelly
8:12 PM: cianflah Maurice ahern – yes still a local election going on – very likely to lose seat in Cabra Glasnevin now.
8:13 PM: sazzybm Stafford got 11692
8:13 PM: aoifecarroll May have changes in Cabra/Glasnevin race for last seat…#Le09
8:13 PM: RTE_Elections FF’s Brian Crowley has topped the poll in the South Euro constituency but failed to reach the quota on the first count
8:13 PM: ElectionsIRL Euro EAST 1st count in: bit.ly
Mairead McGuinness elected
8:13 PM: aoifecarroll May have changes in Cabra/Glasnevin race for last seat…#Le09
8:14 PM: corkpolitics New blog post: First count results bit.ly
8:15 PM: tallaghtecho 8:59 : Basketball Arena: TALLAGHT SOUTH FINAL RESULT Following the recount for Tallaght South the returning officer declared that while t..
8:15 PM: lexia Ireland East numbers !! Still waiting on some numbers yfrog.com
8:16 PM: RTE_Elections Fine Gael’s Mairead McGuinness has been re-elected to her MEP seat in the East constituency
8:16 PM: sazzybm according to RTE FG got 34% of EU vote
8:16 PM: wendylimerick Thanks sazzybm thats a good showing for him
8:16 PM: aoifac De Burca on RTE Radio
8:16 PM: Suzy Byrne De Burca not getting recount – a check of mckenna’s votes and where they transfer to is what she got.
8:17 PM: lexia @cianflah oh epic ?!!
8:17 PM: TheEmergency Deirdre de Burca will add 5hours to Dublin count with her recount demand. I ‘d like to see that costed. #le09
8:17 PM: RTE_Elections #LE09 Rotimi Adebari (IND), Catherine Fitzgerald (FF) and Kathleen O’Brien (FG) all elected to Laois County Council
8:18 PM: dickobrien Looking for a hotel in London. One place advertises itself with the fact that Pete Doherty was arrested there.
8:18 PM: Suzy Byrne First Count in Dublin being announced on Radio 1.
8:18 PM: lexia Qikking live – #le09
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8:18 PM: Suzy Byrne voted 412664 – 6054 spoilt tvp 406630 – quota 101.658
8:20 PM: Suzy Byrne Dublin First Count – Byrne 18956 DeBurca 19086 De Rossa 83471 higgins 505010 Mary Lou 47928 mckenna 17521 mitchell 96715 ryan 55346 Simons 13514 Sweeney 3583
8:20 PM: RTE_Elections #LE09 John S. Ryan (FG) and Pat Vance (FF) elected to Wicklow County Council
8:21 PM: aoifecarroll Mary Lou looks sad but dignified. All over for her #Le09
8:22 PM: wendylimerick How did she manage to get that amount?-De Burca 19086
8:22 PM: eoinpurcell Folks, the exits were not as bad as is being said. Just looking @ exit results for South, they were nearly spot on all well within Margin for error. FG EX: 33%, 1st: 29.4%, FF EX: 27% 1st: 27.1, Lab EX: 10%, 1st 12.9%, SF EX: 14%, 1st 13%, GP EX: 4%, 1st: 3.1%, Ind EX: 13%, 1st: 14.6%. Seems pretty good prediction of first preferences to me!
8:22 PM: aoifecarroll Mary Lou looks sad but dignified. All over for her #Le09
8:22 PM: 26twit McGuinness – FG – Euro elected 110′000 #le09
8:23 PM: lexia @BobTheCorkDwarf count centre screen
8:23 PM: ElectionsIRL Euro SOUTH 1st count in: bit.ly
8:23 PM: sazzybm They’re on 3rd count so in Dublin.
8:24 PM: lexia @dermotcasey
8:25 PM: RTE_Elections #LE09 Fine Gael’s Liam Galvin has been elected to Limerick County Council in the Newcastle electoral area
8:25 PM: sazzybm Exit poll got it wrong with DeRossa. Interesting to see where byrnes transfers are going to go.
8:25 PM: lexia Dublin numbers !!! yfrog.com
8:25 PM: Stephen Spillane South, crowley 118k, s.kelly, 92k, ferris 64671, a.kelly 64152, sinnott, 58k, burke 53k, o’keeffe 16k #le09
8:26 PM: lexia Dublin tallies. Mitchell 100k, DeRossa 87k, Ryan 66,205, Higgins 53,036, Mary Lou 50,980, McKenna 22,380, de Burca 21,991
8:27 PM: aoifecarroll @suzybie its very very tight but i’m told SF think they’ll win. Could be this year’s Clontarf
8:27 PM: Fergal Crehan I wouldn’t call the exit poll “well within” the margin of error so much as right at it’s limits, or over it. Look at the figures for McDonald and Higgins yesterday. Gave a completely incorrect picture of the dynamic of the race. Likewise Alan Kelly and Kathy Sinott.
8:27 PM: ElectionsIRL Euro DUBLIN 1st count in: bit.ly
8:27 PM: PMCC kudos to newstalk on the great election coverage! #le09
8:28 PM: cianflah Leo says Garrett Fitz stopped Mitchell from going over Quota on first count speaking on RTE
8:28 PM: lexia Dear God yfrog.com
8:29 PM: cianflah On RTE FF refuse to concede Ryan is out of the race and Shane Coleman backs them up. Insert easy joke.
8:30 PM: ElectionsIRL Euro Dublin 2nd count in: bit.ly
8:30 PM: themayonews Gerry Ginty has been elected in Ballina – Michael Loftus conceded after a recount. A big blow for FF and Dara Calleary. #elections
8:31 PM: Fergal Crehan Can’t believe the pussyfooting by the papers and RTE around the third Dublin seat. It has been obvious that Ryan was a loser for over a day, and obvious that McDonald was a loser for almost as long.
8:32 PM: sazzybm I couldnt catch all the Dublin No’s but for 2nd count I think Higgins got 52457, McDonald 50,097, McKenna 21,523, Mitchell 99,098, Ryan 56,317. correct me if im wrong
8:32 PM: eoinpurcell Exits have a plus or minus margin of 3.4% at the constituency level. As for Alan Kelly and Sinnot’s poll they were spot on Labour South Ex: 10% 1st Count 12.9% within margin and independent South Ex: 13% 1st Count: 14.6%, also within margin! I’ll check the Dublin numbers but I think dissing the exit is a tap unfair. They were only ever going to be rough estimates for the Euro level given the complexity of the constituencies.
8:32 PM: Bazalini Whose that Lexia????
8:32 PM: RTE_Elections There are extra live feeds from Europe available on the RTÉ website, watch them and RTÉ One’s election coverage at www.rte.ie/live
8:32 PM: wendylimerick Lexia who is the dude in the flag supporting?
8:33 PM: samuelbowman Is Joe Higgins now looking certain in Dublin? #LE09
8:33 PM: brettmirl Mary Hanafin will not concede defeat of Eoin Ryans seat yet! #le09
8:33 PM: aoifecarroll Ahern to lose by 15 votes #Le09
8:33 PM: Stephen Spillane In pub while they distribute the 14k votes. #Le09
8:34 PM: RTE_Elections #LE09 Michael Mulligan (SF) and Paschal Fitzmaurice (FF) elected to Roscommon County Council
8:34 PM: RTE_Elections #LE09 FG candidates Liam Callaghan, Michael Creaton, Michael McGreal, and Ernie Keenan all elected to Roscommon County Council
8:34 PM: eoinpurcell RTE has full 1st count figures up www.rte.ie
8:35 PM: Suzy Byrne Maurice ahern – to lose seat by 15 votes in recount.
8:35 PM: aoifac “aoifecarroll wow that is close
8:35 PM: aoifac Byrne18956
De Burca 19086
DeRossa 83471
Higgins 50510
McDonald 47928
McKenna 17521
Mitchell 96715
Ryan 55346
Simons 13514
Sweeney 3583

Quota – 101,658
8:36 PM: sdccelections Tallaght South – Count 8 now available on www.southdublin.ie and is complete after a recount
8:36 PM: eoinpurcell Dublin Exit Versus 1st count. Clearly they did less well here:
8:36 PM: Bazalini Wow 15 votes…………….
8:37 PM: cianflah RTE TV = Weather. My licence fee at work today. Radio has childers and gilmore on. Why did Eamon spend money on indo ads for Nessa and none of the others? ‘we did’ Gilmore also says Govt should go. Hanafin says nothing really all mushy ‘we are staying’
8:38 PM: P O’Neill One theme on France 24 TV election coverage is prospect for Lisbon ratification; their correspondent in Castlebar noted that Libertas can’t be taken as sole indicator of anti-Lisbon given strength of Joe Higgins.
8:38 PM: cianflah Oh now wait, we have the silly people line. They didnt understand why so much had to be done. Quite the opposite minister – they understood you took shag all hard decisions in advance to get the place in order. You got the result of that.
8:39 PM: Suzy Byrne First Count in North West delayed by phone calls to returning officer – bet he is being told to wait for the telly to start…
8:39 PM: RTE_Elections FF’s Pat The Cope Gallagher has said bad election results highlight the need for the party to better understand the electorate’s concerns
8:41 PM: BrianGreene outside closed cafe RDS as recount continues #le09
8:41 PM: Suzy Byrne 70,638 for ganley – 84813 harkins 80093 higgins,
8:41 PM: RTE_Elections #LE09 Eamon Aylward (FF), Fidelis Doherty (FG) and Cora Long (FF) all elected to Kilkenny County Council
8:42 PM: Suzy Byrne Mooney 42985 Okeefe 28658 OLuain 3510 Oreilly 37564
8:44 PM: nmcgivney You never see Mark Little and Alan Partridge in a tv studio at the same time. Allamsayn. #le09
8:44 PM: Suzy Byrne 123815 is quota in North West – Pat Cope on 82k
8:45 PM: eoinpurcell Dublin Exits versus first count not too bad, but less accurate than south:
FG EX: 21%, 1st: 23.8%, Diff: +2.8% (Within Margin)
FF EX: 16%, 1st: 18.3%, Diff: +2.3% (Within Margin)
Labour EX: 25, 1st: 20.5%, Diff: -4.5% (Outside Margin)
SF EX: 15%, 1st: 15%, Diff: -3.2% (Within Margin)
GP EX: 4%, 1st: 4.7%, Diff: +.7% (Within Margin)
Libertas EX: 3%, 1st: 3.3%, Diff +.3% (Within Margin)
Ind EX: 16%, 1st: 17.6%, Diff +1.6% (Within Margin)
Note:
Ind included:
Ind Ex: 5% 1st: 5.2%, Diff +.2% (Within Margin)
Higgins: 11% 1st: 12.4%, Diff +1.4% (Within Margin)
8:45 PM: ElectionsIRL Euro NORTH WEST 1st count in: bit.ly
8:45 PM: sazzybm 5 eliminated in North West 1st count. JF Higgins, King, McCullagh, McNamara,O’Luian.
8:47 PM: sazzybm Didnt hear a quota for North West
8:47 PM: PatrickSaint McNamara’s transfers will be interesting in NW….they may go nowhere he got a big Clare protest vote…
8:47 PM: scow lexia – was that guy in the Euro flag… Steve Staunton?!?
8:47 PM: sazzybm McKenna having a go at Greens on News Talk
8:48 PM: krayZpaving Ireland East first count shows Nessa Childers will be elected MEP for @labour #le09
8:48 PM: lexia Trevor! yfrog.com
8:48 PM: Suzy Byrne McKenna says de Burca recount call is about more than money
8:49 PM: RTE_Elections Marian Harkin has topped the Euro poll after the first count in the NW but has failed to reach the quota
8:49 PM: Suzy Byrne Green Party have lost their seat on Wicklow Co. Council – Previous held by Senator Deirdre de Burca
8:49 PM: ElectionsIRL Euro NORTHERN IRELAND count starts on Monday morning
8:49 PM: CarlowWeather NW Quota 103k #le09
8:50 PM: krayZpaving Ireland East first count shows Nessa Childers will be elected MEP for @labour #le09
8:50 PM: lexia Qikking live – #le09
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8:50 PM: cianflah Looking at North and West Ganley only hope is to target Harkin and hope that he pulls in a lot of transfers from one of McLoughlin or O Keeffe. Looking tenuous though.
8:51 PM: Suzy Byrne
8:51 PM: cianflah Maurice Ahern now behind by 12 votes candidates being consulted on the next stes
8:51 PM: aoifac De Burca stated on RTE Radio that it was about the money and about 1,000 votes would make the difference.
8:52 PM: IRLConor I can’t believe 70 thousand people were dumb enough to put Declan Ganley down as a first preference. #eu09
8:52 PM: Suzy Byrne almost 600 seats filled in local elections.
8:52 PM: Suzy Byrne Ganley is asking for recount?? – statement in next 10-15mins
8:53 PM: RTE_Elections #LE09 Barry O’Neill for Fine Gael elected to Donegal County Council
8:53 PM: Suzy Byrne Alexia is qiking the Ahern ‘huddle’ on the Cabra/Glasnevin recount qik.com
8:54 PM: RTE_Elections #LE09 Gerry Finnerty (FF), and FG’s Peter Feeney, Michael ‘Moegie’ Maher, Jimmy McClearn and Bridie Willers all elected to Galway Co Council
8:54 PM: Suzy Byrne Simmons said she feels ’stellar’ about her performance.
8:54 PM: aoifac Ganley got 6% more than the polls were predicting. I too can’t believe he got so many first preferences.
8:54 PM: brettmirl KK CoCo so far…12 FG, 6 FF, 4 Lab, 1 Grn and 1 Ind. 2 seats still to be filled #le09
8:54 PM: Fergal Crehan There is such a thing as using too much of your margin of error in too many cases. Only a tiny number of exit poll figures were within 1%, and far too many of them were out by 3% or more. More importantly, RTE persisted in using the figures for almost a day and a half after they had actual tallies available.
8:55 PM: eoinpurcell Northwest Exits versus first count. Bad result for the pollsters here! I think the worst prediction across Euro constituencies. Heavily underestimated both Ganley & Harkin vote and overestimated Higgins!
FG EX: 29%, 1st: 23.8%, Diff: -5.2% (Outside Margin)
FF EX: 26%, 1st: 25.4%, Diff: -0.6% (Within Margin)
Labour EX: 8%, 1st: 5.8%, Diff: -2.2% (Within Margin)
SF EX: 9%, 1st: 9.2%, Diff: +.2% (Within Margin)
Libertas EX: 10%, 1st: 14%, Diff +4.0% (Outside Margin)
Ind EX: 18%, 1st: 21.6%, Diff +3.6% (Outside Margin)
8:55 PM: lexia Mary Lou is putting her lipstick on
8:56 PM: RTE_Elections #LE09 Eugene Cassidy (FG), John V Farrelly (FG), and Oliver Fox (FF) have been elected to Meath County Council
8:56 PM: Elrobo @lexia Is Gerry around to help her? #le09
8:57 PM: eoinpurcell Fergal, the listed margin for error was 3.4% its written in the introduction to the poll. The poll had good and bad parts, North West seems very weak (see figures below) I suspect because the constituency itself makes little sense and must be tough to poll accurately.
8:57 PM: clicky_here Oh, Miriam O’Callaghan, you are in your element aren’t you? Just look at her there – enthusiastic, smiling, happy. Positively glowing. #le09
8:58 PM: sazzybm what is the whole Clare protest thing about?
8:58 PM: philomenaf is ryan kelly doing that also lexia? haha#le09
8:58 PM: sazzybm How did Ganely get that many votes and now he wants a recount? What?
8:58 PM: PatrickSaint The Stroke Fahy (xFF) tops poll in South Galway/Loughrea EDc
8:58 PM: eoinpurcell The tallies don’t seem to have been any more accurate either, several commentators both on air and on location were skeptical of tallies. Even the parties urged caution. I think the caution was smart. It didn’t stop speculation though!
8:58 PM: Suzy Byrne Sazzy – Clare voters not amused at being included in North West constituency…
9:00 PM: philomenaf ahh theres nothing as bad as an amused clare man …..#le09
9:00 PM: Bazalini jasmina wins the Apprentice
9:00 PM: Samuel Farewell Declan Ganley – and good riddance
9:00 PM: Suzy Byrne Bazalini – thank you for that
9:01 PM: PatrickSaint Clare voters laughing in the pubs, playing music and dancing at McNamara’s 12k. They’re amused now…
9:01 PM: Fergal Crehan The tallies were in fact extremenly accurate. Where available (Dublin and East – there were no tallies to speak of in South and NW) they have been accurate predictions in every single case.
9:02 PM: RTE_Elections Update on first prefs of the Euro national vote – Libertas (5.6%), FF (24%), FG (29%), Lab (14%), Greens (2%), SF (11%), OTH (14.2%)
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