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Frances Fitzgerald elected to the European Parliament

Fine Gael's Frances Fitzgerald has won the second of four seats in the Dublin constituency for th...
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22.19 27 May 2019


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Frances Fitzgerald elected to the European Parliament

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22.19 27 May 2019


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Fine Gael's Frances Fitzgerald has won the second of four seats in the Dublin constituency for the European Parliament.

She reached the quota after transfers from Labour's Alex White, who has been eliminated.

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Earlier this evening, the Green Party's Ciaran Cuffe won the first seat in Dublin after 13 counts in the RDS.

He made it across the line following transfers from Fine Gael's Mark Durkan.

Independents4Change Clare Daly, Sinn Fein's Lynn Boylan and Fianna Fáil's Barry Andrews are vying for the last 2 seats.

Elsewhere, counting continues in Ireland South with Sean Kelly in pole position to be returned to Brussels.

After the second count, Kelly is roughly 1,400 votes shy of the quota.

Fianna Fáil's Billy Kelleher is currently in second place with 84,106 votes with Independent candidate Mick Wallace on 81,999.

Sinn Fein's Liadh Ní Riada is in fourth place on 79,140.


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