Dublin South West
12:50pm: With 100pc of the tallies counted Sinn Fein’s Sean Crowe is topping the poll at 14.8 pc with Fine Gael’s Colm Brophy trailing behind him at 12,7pc.
Fianna Fail’s John Lahart is currently coming in at 12.4pc ahead of Labour’s Ciaran Ahern at 8.7pc Both candidates would be vying for the same affluent regions of the constituency in the Rathfarnham Templeogue region.
People Before Profit’s Paul Murphy, who expressed agnst over the loss of his traditional stronghold in the Fettercairn region, is polling at 7.6pc with Fianna Fail’s Theresa Costollo just behind at 7.1pc.
12pm: With 67pc tallied in Dublin South West Sinn Fein’s Sean Crowe and Fine Gael’s Colm Brophy have emerged on top with Crowe capturing close to 20pc while Brophy is over 12pc.
While initially Fianna Fail’s Theresa Costello was outperforming her running mate John Lahart in the Tallaght region, the latter has managed to garner more votes in the Rathfarnham Templogue region.
Some smaller parties and independents were confident in acquiring votes, but this has not come to pass.
Former MMA fighter Paddy Holohan is on just over 6pc with 50pc of votes counted mainly in the Tallaght area.
