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Danny Healy Rae.
IT could be a while yet.
Independent TD Danny Healy Rae didn’t receive as much of his brother Michael’s surplus of 3,873 as expected at the Kerry constituency second count at the Killarney Sports and Leisure Centre this morning.
There are three seats left to be filled and while Danny Healy Rae, Fine Gael’s Brendan Griffin and Fianna Fáil’s Norma Foley are in line to take those seats, it will be this evening before it’s all wrapped up.
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Danny Healy Rae received 1,941 votes to put leave him 2,341 votes short of the quota and still behind Griffin who is 2,107 short.
Pa Daly’s surplus of 2,788 will now be distributed to the other candidates in the third count but this is unlikely to elect any candidate so a long afternoon and evening awaits.
Here’s the result of the second count …
• Micheal Healy Rae (Independent) — ELECTED 16,818
• Pa Daly (Sinn Féin) — ELECTED 15,733
• Brendan Griffin (Fine Gael) — 10,838 (542)
• Danny Healy Rae (Independent) — 10,604 (1,941)
• Norma Foley (Fianna Fáil) — 7,271 (415)
• John Brassil (Fianna Fáil) — 5,665 (234)
• Cleo Murphy (Green Party) — 4,273 (151)
• Mike Kennelly (Fine Gael) — 4,153 (179)
• Norma Moriarty (Fianna Fáil) — 4,049 (282)
• Sonny Foran (Aontú) — 1,180 (71)
• John Bowler (Irish Freedom Party) — 501 (28)
• Ted Cronin (Independent) — 417 (26)
• Sean O’Leary (Independent) — 37 (4)
Electorate: 116,885
Total Valid Poll: 78,209
Invalid Poll: 543
Quota: 12,945
