Donegal – Arthur McGuinness (Ind) and Niall McConnell (Ind) eliminated
Independents Arthur McGuinness and Niall McConnell are the first to be eliminated in the Donegal Constitueny. McGuinness ended on 109 total votes and McConnell with 832 after the 3rd count. The 2nd day of counting is now well under way since just after 10am this morning. No other seats have…
‘It’s a vote for change’ – Kenny
https://filedn.com/lglCaxamfnlV2gaMY6rU7tH/News%20Clips%202019-20/Kenny%20Elected%20Applause.mp3 That was the reaction of supporters when Sinn Fein’s Martin Kenny became the first TD elected in the Sligo/Leitrim constituency last night, topping the poll. Deputy Kenny succeeded on the first count with 15,035 first preference votes; the quota is 12,137 Speaking to OceanFM at the constituency count centre…
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 for OceanFM’s live coverage, Keith Henry, says there were a ‘considerable’ number of spoiled votes…
PODCAST: Who will be the 4 TD’s elected to Sligo-Leitrim?
Recorded Monday 27th January. It’s been the most dramatic lead-in ever to a General Election in Sligo-Leitrim. 2 Fine Gael candidate withdrawing, a former Minister standing against his own party, Sinn Fein dropping one of their two candidates, Marian Harkin returning to domestic politics after 18 years. But when all…