14.48pm — The elimination of Eugene Murphy has made clear the destination of the three seats in Roscommon/Galway – with Clare Kerrane and Martin Daly to complete the ticket alongside Michael Fitzmaurice. Next count will sortmatters here in the Hyde Centre.
Sunday 8.32 am — Counting in Roscommon Galway will recommence at 10am. Last night, Martina O’ Connor (GP ) and Alan Sweeney (IP ) were eliminated. Just one TD elected so far. Michael Fitzmaurice with a massive vote. Developments as they happen will be recorded here.
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21.04 — Outgoing Sinn Féin TD Claire Kerrane and Fianna Fáil candidate Dr Martin Daly are expected to fill the other two seats.
21.02 — Independent Ireland's Michael Fitzmaurice has been elected in Roscommon-Galway after the first count. He received 12,002 first preference votes, exceeding the quota of 10,283.
15.10 Some achievement by Michael Fitzmaurice to get well over 10,000 first preference votes here, having lost a section of his electoral patch. His regular media appearances on Virgin Media's Tonight show gave him a massive profile nationally. @galwayad #GeneralElection24
13.19 — Almost three quarters of the way through the tallying in Roscommon/Galway and here’s how it looks in order of percentage. Fitzmaurice, Kerrane Daly and Dolan lead the way for the four seats.
• Fitzmaurice (II ): 28.19%
• Kerrane (SF ): 20.15%
• Daly (FF ): 18.14%
• Dolan (FG ): 13.25%
• Murphy (NP ): 9.41%
• Daly-Finn (FG ): 4.65%
• Mannion (PBP ): 2.16%
• Corcoráin (AON ): 1.90%
• O Connor (GP ): 1.11%
• Beirne (NP ): 0.52%
• Sweeney (TIP ): 0.51%
11.47 — With almost half the boxes tallied here in the Hyde Centre, it seems that Fitzmaurice's decision to stay in this constiotuency has paid off handsomely, as himself, Dolan, and Kerrane are way ahead of the field. #GeneralElection24 @galwayad
08.41 — Good morning and welcome to the Galway Advertiser’s coverage of the counts in General Election 2024. We will have up to the minute coverage from the three count centres for Galway West (Galway Lawn Tennis Club; Galway East, (PCH Headford ); and Galway Roscommon (Hyde Park ). Follow our live blog on www.advertiser.ie and on our social media platforms Facebook, x, instagram and BlueSky. #GeneralElection24 @galwayad
