Galway West 3rd Count: Farrell pulls ahead of Ó Cuív

Mairéad Farrell has pulled ahead of Éamon Ó Cuív to lead the polls in Galway West, with a strong transfer from two Solidarity/PBP candidates boosting the Sinn Féin candidate’s total.
Fianna Fáil’s Ó Cuív now sits 188 votes behind Farrell as the fourth count gets underway at the Lawn Tennis Club in Salthill.
Independent TD Catherine Connolly also benefited from Joe Loughnane and Conor Burke’s eliminations – adding 215 votes to her total and putting her into fourth place ahead of Fine Gael’s Hildegarde Naughton.
Aontú candidate Cormac Ó Corcoráin has now been eliminated and the redistribution of his 1,118 votes is underway.

Seats: 5
Electorate: 104,825
Total Poll: 60,764
Spoiled: 423
Total valid poll: 60,341
Quota: 10,057

THIRD COUNT:
Transfer of Loughnane and Burke’s 957 votes:
Farrell, Maireád (SF): +258 (8,744)
Cuív, Éamon Ó (FF): + 22 (8,556)
Grealish, Noel (Ind): +37 (8,196)
Connolly, Catherine (Ind): +215 (5,693)
Naughton, Hildegarde (FG): +28 (5,645)
Kyne, Seán (FG): +22 (5,314)
Crowe, Ollie (FF): +27 (5,207)
O’Reilly, Pauline (Green): +111 (3,766)
Ó Tuathail, Niall (Soc Dem): +131 (3,761)
Cubbard, Mike (Ind): +43 (2740)
McNelis, Níall (Lab): +23 (1,577
Cormac Ó Corcaráin (Aontu) +21 (1,118) ELIMINATED
Non-Transferable: 19
Ó Corcoráin 1,118 now to be distributed

SECOND COUNT:
Transfer of Darragh O’Flaherty’s 318 votes:
Cuív, Éamon Ó (FF): + 12 (8,534)
Farrell, Maireád (SF): +22 (8,486)
Grealish, Noel (Ind): +116 (8,159)
Naughton, Hildegarde (FG): +8 (5,617)
Connolly, Catherine (Ind): +39 5,478
Kyne, Seán (FG): +8 5,292
Crowe, Ollie (FF): +5 5,180
O’Reilly, Pauline (Green): +5 3,655
Ó Tuathail, Niall (Soc Dem): +7 3,630
Cubbard, Mike (Ind): +21 2,697
McNelis, Níall (Lab): +6, 1,554
Corcoráin, Cormac Ó (Aontu): +39 1,097
Burke, Conor (Sol): +17 512 ELIMINATED
Loughnane, Joe (PBP): +8 445 ELIMINATED
Non-transferable: 5
Loughnane and Burke 957 votes to be distributed

FIRST COUNT
Cuív, Éamon Ó (FF): 8,522
Farrell, Maireád (SF): 8,464
Grealish, Noel (Ind): 8,043
Naughton, Hildegarde (FG): 5,609
Connolly, Catherine (Ind): 5,439
Kyne, Seán (FG): 5,284
Crowe, Ollie (FF): 5,175
O’Reilly, Pauline (Green): 3,650
Ó Tuathail, Niall (Soc Dem): 3,623
Cubbard, Mike (Ind): 2,676
McNelis, Níall (Lab): 1,548
Corcoráin, Cormac Ó (Aontu): 1,058
Burke, Conor (Sol): 495
Loughnane, Joe (PBP): 437
Flaherty, Darragh (Ind): 318 ELIM