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Martin Ferris at the count centre in Killarney on Sunday afternoon. Photo by Dermot Crean
AFTER the seventh count, things haven’t changed that much with Jimmy Deenihan still chasing the pack.
The Fine Gael man is 1,880 votes behind Fianna Fail’s John Brassil with Brendan Griffin and Martin Ferris still in a great position to be re-elected. They are now distributing Michael Fitzgerald of the Green Party’s vote as he has been eliminated. (see result below)
Seventh Count result (distribution of Donal Cororan’s vote in brackets)
John Brassil (FF) – 9,137 (132)
Jimmy Deenihan (FG) – 7,257 (89)
Martin Ferris (SF) – 10,490 (72)
Brian Finucane (AAA/PBP) – 1,261 (92)
Michael Fitzgerald (Green) – 1,222 (87)
Brendan Griffin (FG) – 10,999 (127)
Norma Moriarty (FF) – 5,172 (58)
Michael O’Gorman (Ind) – 1,589 (53)
Arthur Spring (Lab) – 5,356 (75)
