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Wednesday 2 December 2020
The Fine Gael MEP secured over 93% of votes cast.
Wallace is one of four TDs elected to the European Parliament.
The commission said it will take time to determine the “scope and impact” of the disinformation campaigns.
We have 11 MEPs jetting off on 2 July, with two more waiting in the wings .
On the 20th count, Grace O’Sullivan, Green Party; and Deirdre Clune, Fine Gael joined Seán Kelly, Fine Gael; Billy Kelleher, Fianna Fáil; and Mick Wallace, Independents 4 Change.
Some 756,000 ballot papers were expected to be recounted, before the party withdrew its request.
There are some very interesting takeaways from this batch of various votes.
There are more right-wing and far-right parties enjoying success in European politics.
Fewer than half of poll respondents thought it was a good idea.
Social Protection Minister Regina Doherty said there was not one issue that did the damage.
The European elections have thrown up some tricky timeline issues.
A full re-count has been announced in Ireland South following a request by Liadh Ní Riadha.
Ireland was allotted an additional two seats as part of the redistribution of seats due to UK’s vote to leave the European Union.
Grace O’Sullivan is on 98,706 votes while Ní Riada follows close behind on 98,379.
On Friday, people around the country turned out at local polling stations to cast their vote on the ballot papers.
Ni Riada has ordered a full recount and recheck, which will commence tomorrow.
More than 33,000 unique Irish Twitter users discussed the European election on the social network in recent weeks.
Record levels of spoiled votes in the European election is being partly attributed to a lack of knowledge among voters.
The 28 year-old was eliminated on the 14th count this morning.
While a green wave overtook the local elections, the Greens’ Ciaran Cuffe topped the European poll in Dublin.
We’re still waiting for seats to be filled in Ireland South and Midlands North-West.
More than 4% of European election votes were deemed invalid this year.
Fianna Fáil’s Barry Andrews will take the fourth seat for the constituency once Brexit happens.
The Fine Gael candidate was first elected to the European Parliament in June 2009.
The former communications chief to Tony Blair took to Twitter to voice his disappointment.
Questions are being asked about RTÉ and Red C polling as the first results come in.
Dublin edges towards first MEP result, Cork and Waterford vote ‘No’ in plebiscite, and reaction to MEP elections in Europe.
Secretary Michael Gove is pledging to leave the EU before the next general election.
The Alliance Party’s Naomi Long was elected with the DUP’s Diane Dodds and Martina Anderson of Sinn Féin.
Great Britain and Northern Ireland will send 73 MEPs back to Brussels.
Meanwhile, there are around 50 seats yet to be filled across Ireland’s local authorities.
Farage’s Brexit Party won the most seats but things are more complicated than that.
There may be space for one this summer, so should we go for it?
There’ll be battles for the final seats in all three EU constituencies while the council seats are almost filled.
Turnout was up to around 51% across the continent.
Stick with us as we bring you the latest updates all evening and into the night.
The first results from the European elections are in.
Leo Varadkar said he has no plans call into Aras an Uachtarain in the next couple of days.
Housing minister Eoghan Murphy faced a similar protest at the RDS yesterday.
THE SHOPS ARE back, festive music is playing and the weather is going to get absolutely Baltic this week. Even though it’s been a strange year, you’d know Christmas is on the way.
But although it’s a time for giving and the shops are open again, the usual scenes of charity fundraisers on the streets will likely be less frequent due to public health concerns.
Many people make a point of putting some money, food or other items away to make a donation to a particular cause around this time of year, and will likely have to go a bit out of their way to do so in 2020.
Are you one of those people? This morning we want to know: Will you be giving to charity this Christmas?
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