Dublin count coverage

lostexpectation

http://www.scribblelive.com/Event/Count_Day_Liveblog_le09
brian greene sp twittering from rds

eoin ryan arrived...

they are sorting mcdonnald votes now. McKenna dist not called yet. Odd #le09

i interviewed patrica mckenna. Seems she will get expenses

http://www.scribblelive.com/Event/Count_Day_Liveblog_le09

conchubhar1

mary lou is knocked out?

lostexpectation

http://www.rte.ie/news/elections/european/dublin.html
mlmcd counted out

lostexpectation

count numbers
http://www.rte.ie/news/elections/european/dublin_counts.html

joe 60 thou
eoin 71 thou

conchubhar1

ah cool - just seen it there it took a while to update

well that should be joe elected then as i doubt many people who voted sinn féin would have given fianna fáil a preference and went socialist down the line

Hitman Actual

Hmmm, I don't know. Isn't 11,000 votes still a huge amount for Higgins to have to pick up?

conchubhar1

does all of mary lous 55,000 go to one of the two left?

if so i would say most people who voted sinn féin would give it to him rather than ryan

PrivateEye

Eoin Ryan has done alot better than I expected he would.

On top of that, remember Mary Lou is far more popular than Sinn Féin in general (See the statistics from the locals!) so there's a possibility she picked up some first pref. from people not necc. left wing and could give JUST enough transfers to Eoin to keep Joe out.

Really hope Eoin Ryan gets knocked out here, come on!!!
Too close for my liking at the minute. Either Joe hammers him here or Eoin *just* does it.

does all of mary lous 55,000 go to one of the two left?

No, only her first pref's, which were in the high 40,000s I think?
Unlikely they ALL transfered anything either. We'll see!
I'd say Joe will be ok.

conchubhar1

ah, sorry 47928 of the first prefrences duh

but yeah, most would go to joe and others and little to a fianna fáil candidate

Agent Smith

I've a score on Eoin ryan to keep his seat.

Any ETA on the next count?

BlitzKrieg

according to RTE if you click on count details eoin ryan is now at 71000 est and joe is at 60000 est.

PrivateEye

Previous voting patterns from General Elections in particular would suggest the vast majority of MLM transfers will go to Joe, most likely more than enough to see him through.

Hopefully Eoin and Sarah can sign on for the Dole together soon, but at the minute this one is very close.

BlitzKrieg

its over joe higgens is elected

he got a whopping 20000 votes from May lou

while Eoin was only able to scrap 5000

giving higgens a 7000 lead.

PrivateEye

JOE HIGGINS ELECTED
(see RTE online)

Take that Fianna Fail, you got your knickers in a twist over one 'euro-sceptic' and you just got yourself another one with a sharp wit elected to Brussels.

4 Council seats and an MEP, not a bad days work for the Socialist Party.
Combined with the PBP 5 council seats, and the Sinn Féin 50, I wonder if the 'party left' will get anywhere.

lostexpectation

count 7
joe82 to eoin 76

Agent Smith

total disaster for FF. Cowen must call an election.

Hitman Actual

Wow, respect to Higgins, fair play to him. MLM is gone, so I can live with that.

conchubhar1

didnt give joe a vote, even down the line

but as soon as it looked likely that mary lou might not get in, was cheering joe on like my life depended on it


anyone but a ff candidate....

Our man in Havana

Bye bye Mary Lou and Eoin, you won't be missed.

Sully

Bond-007 wrote: »

Bye bye Mary Lou and Eoin, you won't be missed.

Did she pass any comment? I think people turned the vote around when they heard how much she missed and not being at important votes.

lostexpectation

at the same time eoin ryan lost for not being here enough