THE results of the second count in the Tralee Electoral Area, announced just before 1.30pm, failed to elect any further candidates, but Cllr Terry O’Brien is within touching distance.

The count saw the distribution of Cllr Mikey Sheehy’s surplus of 426 votes. Cllr O’Brien got 100 of those which now sees him 51 votes off the quota. With his Labour Party colleague Ben Slimm now eliminated (along with Ame Abdurahman)  it could see O’Brien reach the quota on the next count with transfers.

Elsewhere, Cllr Deirdre Ferris received 32 extra votes to put her at 1,592, 96 votes short of the quota so it should be a few more counts before she is elected. The third count will see Ben Slimm (211) and Ame Abdurahman (27) distributed.

Continued below…

See full results of second count below…

Quota: 1,688

Abdurahman, Ame (Non-Party) – (0) 27

Baily, Angie (Fine Gael) – (+35) 841

Daly, Paul (Sinn Féin) – (+15) 1,061

Donnelly, Sinéad (Fine Gael) – (+25) 713

Dunne, Anluan (Green Party) – (+14) 665

Ferris, Deirdre (Sinn Féin) – (+32) 1,592

Foley, Cathal (Sinn Féin) – (+16) 730

Kevane, Paddy (Sinn Féin) – (+4) 370

Locke, Sam (Non-Party) – (+31) 1.088

McEllistrim, Thomas (Non-Party) – (+30) 804

O’Brien, Terry (Labour) – (+100) 1,637

O’Grady, Eddie (The Irish People) – (+2) 323

O’Sullivan, Anne (Fianna Fáil) – (+103) 922

Oyebanji, Mistura (Social Democrats) – (+5) 432

Sheehy, Mikey (Fianna Fáil) – 2,114 ELECTED

Slimm, Ben (Labour) – (+9) 211

Sweeney, Jacob (The National Party) –  (+5) 398

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