O'Sullivan eliminated on Count Eight

At the end of Count Eight, Jacinta O'Sullivan of Fine Gael has been excluded and her 694 votes are now being distributed amongst the remaining candidates, writes Brian Byrne.

In the count, Ger Dunne's 575 votes being distributed didn't result in any election. Fellow Labour candidate Anne Breen received 168 of them, and Willie Callaghan of Fianna Fail got 107, and Labour's Fergus Carpenter got 56. Non-transferable votes numbered 101.

It's expected that Billy Hillis of FG should get around half of Jacinta O'Sullivan's distribution. The state of play now is Anne Breen 1,074, Fintan Brett 885, Willie Callaghan 1,304, Fergus Carpenter 721, Billy Hillis 893, Paddy Horan 739, and Rob Power 1,283.