The Half Past Fix: 2.30pm

Every hour – on the half hour – TheJournal.ie brings you your fix of election tallies, predictions and results. Here’s how the winners and losers of GE11 are playing out so far.

EVERY HOUR – on the half hour – TheJournal.ie brings you your fix of election tallies, predictions and results. Here’s how the winners and losers of GE11 are playing out so far.

WINNERS:

Brendan Griffith – the Fine Gael Kerry South candidate was elected on the fifth count.
Peter Fitzpatrick – Fine Gael’s Peter Fitzpatrick was elected on the 13th count in Louth.
Michael McGrath – the Fianna Fáil candidate was returned in Cork South Central on the 12th count.
Charlie Flanagan – another victory for Fine Gael, as Charlie Flanaghan was elected on the eight vote on Laois-Offaly.
Mary Mitchell-O’Connor - the Fine Gael candidate was elected to Dún Laoghaire on the ninth count.

LOSERS:

Eugene Finnegan – in Wicklow, independent Eugene Finnegan was eliminated on the seventh count. No candidates have yet been elected in the constituency – where 24 candidate are running.
James Carroll – the Fianna Fáil candidate has been eliminated in Louth on the 13ht count. Counting in Louth is now complete, and TDs are: Fergus O’Dowd (FG), Gerry Adams (SF), Séamus Kirk (FF), Ged Nash (Lab) and Peter Fitzpatrick (FG).
Chris O’Leary – on the 12th count in Cork South Central, the Sinn Féin candidate was excluded.
Pat Kavanagh – the independent candidate was excluded after the eight count in Wicklow.
Gerry Kinsella – the independent candidate has been eliminated in Wicklow on the ninth count.
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh – on the ninth count in Galway West, the Sinn Féin candidate was excluded.

For full list of who’s been elected and who’s been eliminated, go to our national map of the election results >

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