7th Count City West: Ó Conchúir eliminated

It would appear that Sinn Féin has lost all three seats on Galway City Council – with the elimination of Cllr Cathal Ó Conchúir on the seventh count for Galway City West. 

While it has yet to be confirmed, due to a recount, all indications are that Cllr Mairéad Farrell has lost her seat in City East, while Cllr Mark Lohan was eliminated in City Central earlier today. 

Cllr Ó Conchúir was eliminated with 473 votes, which are now to be redistributed. 

Mayor Niall McNelis, following the redistribution of Independent candidate Marian Maloney’s votes, is now just 30 votes short of a quota. 

Cllr Peter Keane looks set to take the fourth seat, following the election of Cllr Donal Lyons (Ind) and Pauline O’Reilly (Grn) earlier. 

Fine Gael’s Clodagh Higgins is in prime position to take the fifth, while the sixth and final seat will be decided by transfers – with Fianna Fáil’s John Connolly and Fine Gael’s Pearce Flannery still in contention. 

The Social Democrats’ John Crowley will likely be eliminated on the next count.

Galway City West

Number of seats: 6
Electorate: 8,398
Spoiled votes: 125
Total valid poll: 8,273
Quota: 1,182

FIRST COUNT
Anderson, Marc Ind 91
Conchúir, Cathal Ó SF 422
Connolly, John FF 734
Crowley, John SocDem 491
Feeney, Patrick Ind 15
Flannery, Pearce FG 721
Higgins, Clodagh FG 811
Ivan, Darius Ind 30
Keane, Peter FF 900
Keegan, Claire Ind 30
Lyons, Donal Ind 1,463 ELECTED
Maloney, Marian Ind 183
McNelis, Niall Lab 941
O’Reilly, Pauline Grn 1,304 ELECTED
Roddy, Tommy Ind 137
Cllr Donal Lyons (Ind) re-elected and Pauline O’Reilly elected on the first count.
Lyons’ surplus of 281 to be distributed.

SECOND COUNT
Anderson, Marc Ind (+4) 95
Conchúir, Cathal Ó SF (+12) 434
Connolly, John FF (+30) 764
Crowley, John SocDem (+12) 503
Feeney, Patrick Ind (+1) 16
Flannery, Pearce FG (+31) 752
Higgins, Clodagh FG (+40) 851
Ivan, Darius Ind (+3) 33
Keane, Peter FF (+35) 935
Keegan, Claire Ind (+1) 31
Lyons, Donal Ind 1,463 ELECTED
Maloney, Marian Ind (+15) 198
McNelis, Niall Lab (+89) 1,030
O’Reilly, Pauline Grn 1,304 ELECTED
Roddy, Tommy Ind (+8) 145
Pauline O’Reilly’s surplus of 122 to be redistributed

THIRD COUNT
Anderson, Marc Ind (+3) 98
Conchúir, Cathal Ó SF (+6) 440
Connolly, John FF (+5) 769
Crowley, John SocDem (+37) 540
Feeney, Patrick Ind (-) 16 ELIMINATED
Flannery, Pearce FG (+7) 759
Higgins, Clodagh FG (+16) 867
Ivan, Darius Ind (+1) 34 ELIMINATED
Keane, Peter FF (+5) 940
Keegan, Claire Ind (+2) 33 ELIMINATED
Lyons, Donal Ind ELECTED
Maloney, Marian Ind (+6) 204
McNelis, Niall Lab (+32) 1,062
O’Reilly, Pauline Grn ELECTED
Roddy, Tommy Ind (+2) 147
Feeney, Keegan and Ivan eliminated.

FOURTH COUNT
Anderson, Marc Ind (+13) 111 ELIMINATED
Conchúir, Cathal Ó SF (+4) 444
Connolly, John FF (+6) 775
Crowley, John SocDem (+8) 548
Flannery, Pearce FG (+2) 761
Higgins, Clodagh FG (+4) 871
Keane, Peter FF (+4) 944
Lyons, Donal Ind ELECTED
Maloney, Marian Ind (+6) 210
McNelis, Niall Lab (+8) 1,070
O’Reilly, Pauline Grn ELECTED
Roddy, Tommy Ind (+13) 160
Non Transferable: 15
Anderson eliminated.

FIFTH COUNT
Conchúir, Cathal Ó SF (+11) 455
Connolly, John FF (+4) 779
Crowley, John SocDem (+18) 566
Flannery, Pearce FG (+8) 769
Higgins, Clodagh FG (+7) 878
Keane, Peter FF (+2) 946
Lyons, Donal Ind ELECTED
Maloney, Marian Ind (+12) 222
McNelis, Niall Lab (+15) 1,085
O’Reilly, Pauline Green ELECTED
Roddy, Tommy Ind (+6) 166
Non Transferable: 28
Eliminated: Roddy

SIXTH COUNT
Conchúir, Cathal Ó SF (+6) 461
Connolly, John FF (+29) 808
Crowley, John SocDem (+8) 574
Flannery, Pearce FG (+3) 772
Higgins, Clodagh FG (+12) 890
Keane, Peter FF (+19) 965
Lyons, Donal Ind ELECTED
Maloney, Marian Ind (+18) 240 ELIMINATED
McNelis, Niall Lab (+120) 1,105
O’Reilly, Pauline Green ELECTED
Non Transferable: 51
Eliminated: Maloney

SEVENTH COUNT
Maloney’s 240 to be distributed
Conchúir, Cathal Ó SF (+12) 473
Connolly, John FF (+17) 825
Crowley, John SocDem (+39) 613
Flannery, Pearce FG (+14) 786
Higgins, Clodagh FG (+26) 916
Keane, Peter FF (+22) 987
Lyons, Donal Ind ELECTED
Maloney, Marian Ind (+18) 240 ELIMINATED
McNelis, Niall Lab (+47) 1,152
O’Reilly, Pauline Green ELECTED
Non Transferable: 63
Eliminated: Ó Conchúir