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The Green Party Saoirse McHugh has been eliminated for the European Parliament's race for seats in the North West Midlands.
While in the southern riding of Ireland, TD Mick Wallace could win the second five-place seat ahead of Fianna Fáil and Billy Kelleher.
Countdown resumed in both centers Wednesday.
The MP for Sitting Fine Gael and former GAA President Seán Kelly has already been elected. He calls his performance "top score" as "probably the greatest moment of my political career".
While the distribution of transfers continues, Mr. Wallace had 88,759 votes in the 13th count. Mr. Kelleher was on 87,964.
Mr Wallace said that he was "surprised" at the reception he had received at the gates had resulted in a vote. He believed that his character "talking right" resonated with voters.
Mr. Wallace admitted that he was not very familiar with the transfer system, he had been in the counting centers only in his previous election for a few minutes.
Sinn Féin Liadh Ní Riada and Green Party MEPs Grace O'Sullivan hold fourth and fifth places, with 83,891 and 80,708 respectively.
Malcolm Byrne, MP for Fianna Fáil, will follow with 72,853 spectators and Deirdre Clune, MEP Fine Gael, with 67,896 spectators.
Mr. Kelly received 119,444 first preference votes but had to wait 24 hours to cross the finish line after the announcement of the first count results.
Midlands North West
In the North West Midlands, MEP Luke Ming Flanagan is currently closest to the finish line with 97,319 points after leader 11, followed by Matt Carthy (84,825) of Sinn Féin and 80,338 with Maria Walsh of Fine Gael.
Peter Casey was on 66,565 while Brendan Smith of Fianna Fáil is on 64,532.
Saoirse McHugh of the Green Party was eliminated on 61,957. Although she did not win a seat, the arrival of Ms. McHugh on the political scene was one of the stories of l & # 39; election.
The first 28-year-old candidate suddenly came in third place in Friday night's exit polls.
Achill Islander appeared as one of the stars of the campaign after his performance in a televised debate when his retaliation for candidate Mr. Casey earned him applause.
Last Monday, McGuinness was the first of 13 elected Irish MEPs. The 59-year-old MEP, elected for the first time in the European Parliament in 2004, won 134,630 first-clbad votes, 16,000 more than the four-seat constituency.
Ms. Walsh, a former Tralee Rose, voted over 6,000 votes in Mairead McGuinness's first vote of preference.
Dublin
Clare Daly of Independents 4 Change and Barry Andrews of Fianna Fáil won the last two MEPs in Dublin.
Ms. Daly earned Tuesday the third seat with a final total of 87,770 votes and Mr. Andrews the fourth seat with 68,952.
Green Party candidate Ciaran Cuffe and Fine Gael's Frances Fitzgerald won the first and second seats on Monday respectively.
Lynn Boylan of Sinn Féin was eliminated from the Dublin constituency after the 15th count.
Ms. Daly said she was "overwhelmed" by the response she received "from all over the city".
Mr Andrews, who occupies the fourth seat, said it was satisfying that a member of the European Parliament Fianna Fáil be sent back to Dublin, adding that he would think about the way forward for the next months until the UK leaves the EU.
"I consider Brexit a disaster for this island. It is not necessary to study it to understand the negative impact that will have. But if Brexit happens, I'm ready to sit in the European Parliament. "
He said he understood that more than 50 MEPs from the EU were in a similar situation to his. Mr. Andrews said that there was confusion as to how the poll count would work for people "cold storage" and said that it was time to set up an election commission.
Local elections
The 949 seats were filled in local elections. The Longford County Council finally announced the results after four days of counting on Tuesday. The Green Party is the big winner after recording its best election results so far, while Sinn Féin is the big loser. Sinn Féin lost seats in councils across the country – and was eliminated from some local authorities – resulting in a turnaround from the previous elections five years ago.
The party saw its advisers fall from 159 in 2014 to 81.
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