Dublin Bay North
Seats filled: 0
Tallies indicate first major wins and casualties in tight race
10:50am: Now on to Raheny and Bayside. Cian O’Callaghan and Aoibhinn Tormey doing well in Bayside, and Deirdre Heney has a decent showing here too.
Voting in Raheny Library showing a strong preference for Tom Brabazon but Cian O’Callaghan and Aoibhinn Tormey are also picking up plenty of first preference votes here too.
10am: Some boxes in Donaghmede and Priorswood being counted at the moment.
So far Sinn Féin have strong support here, with Mícheál Mac Donncha taking many first preference votes from the St Benedicts polling centre and Denise Mitchel running away with the first preference votes in St Francis school polling centre in Priorswood.
9am: Good morning from the RDS where the boxes are open from Dublin Bary North and the ballots are being closely watched by the tally people.
It’s a large constituency and with five seats to fill and three outgoing TDs not running this time round, it will be an interesting race.
The first boxes open are from the Clontarf area of the constituency, more specifically from the St Garbiel’s polling station and the Belgrove junior boys school.
Some very early indications from these boxes are first preferences are going to local Independent Barry Heneghen and Fine Gael’s Naoise Ó Muirí.
Social Democrats’ deputy leader Cian O’Callaghan has a decent showing here too. With only a few boxes open from one area, there is a strong health warning with these figures before the first tallies come in. Stay tuned.
