‘I want to be Minister for Finance’ – Pearse Doherty
Sinn Fein’s Pearse Doherty says he wants to be Minister for Finance. He along with party colleague, Padraig MacLochlainn, were elected on the first count in the Donegal Constituency. Pearse Doherty topped the poll receiving…
80 spoiled votes in Sligo/Leitrim not voters fault
A number of ballot papers were spoiled through no fault of the voter in the Sligo/Leitrim Constituency. It appears about 80 votes were not counted because the presiding officer did not stamp the paper. Analyst…
Sligo-Leitrim count adjourned
The Sligo-Leitrim count has adjourned for the night following Count 2 – the distribution of Martin Kenny’s surplus of 2,898 votes. No additional candidate was elected on this count although Marian Harkin has received the…
Donegal Constituency – Pat ‘The Cope’ Gallagher breaks down some of the figures
Fianna Fail’s Pat ‘The Cope’ Gallagher has been giving some of his predictions this evening. At the moment, it looks like he is to take the 4th seat. He broke down some of the figures…
SF’s Pearse Doherty and Padraig MacLachlainn elected on the 1st count
Sinn Fein’s Pearse Doherty and Padraig MacLachlainn have been elected on the first count in the Donegal Constituency. Doherty received 21,044 first preference votes and McLoughlainn 13,891; the quota is 12,909 in the 5 seat…
Martin Kenny elected – tops the poll
Sinn Féin’s Martin Kenny has been re-elected on Count 1 in Sligo-Leitrim after topping the poll with 15,035 first preference votes. He comfortably exceeded the quota of 12,137 and his surplus of 2,898 is now…
Outgoing Minister rules out SF/FG coalition
Fine Gael’s Joe McHugh has ruled out going into coalition with Sinn Fein. The outgoing Education Minister made the comments to OceanFM this evening at the Donegal Constituency count in the Aura Centre, Letterkenny. It…