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Independent councillor William O'Leary is top of the tally in Fermoy on 18%. O'Leary left Fianna Fáil after he was reprimanded for accusing asylum seeker accommodation providers of being worse than the absentee English landlords of times past at a rally outside Abbeyville House. "These people are the biggest traitors out of everyone the way they're selling out communities, and it's easy for them to sit away wherever they are and not give a shite about the people of Fermoy." Derek Blighe is on 5%. There's a lot of suggestion that he's having a more successful EU election. 🔗echolive.ie 👉🏻Join Late Stage Ireland

Irish Freedom Party's Glen Moore tallying in third place on 9.7% in Palmerstown-Fonthill (5-seater). Looks to be their strongest performing candidate so far. 🔗x.com 👉🏻join Late Stage Ireland

Concern in RTÉ that Independent candidate Gavin 'Rwanda Plan' Pepper will take a seat in Finglas-Ballymun once transfers are sorted. They were too scared to name him. #RTÉBias 👉🏻join Late Stage Ireland

There's a quiet shock at the RDS count centre over the disarray caused by the rise of support for pro-Irish candidates who will take a substantial vote share although many will struggle to overcome the widespread foreign interference in the elections. "Sinn Féin are in a shock. It's breaking up on them all over the place ... seats that were assured ... Left-wing parties are under pressure and under attack." Speaking to Newstalk is Cllr Mannix Flynn. 👉🏻join Late Stage Ireland

Stephen Kerr on 7th in Castlebar with 100% tallied but might not be as transfer friendly as others below him. They don't deserve Tom Moran. 🔗x.com 👉🏻join Late Stage Ireland

Looking good for Independent Malachy Steenson who's tallying 4th in Dublin's North Inner City (seven-seater) but unfavourable results for Brian Garrigan and Anthony Shevlin this time. 🔗x.com 👉🏻join Late Stage Ireland

Independent Michelle Keane tallying fifth on 10% ahead of Sinn Féin in the Castleisland four-seater. Poll topper Jackie Healy-Rae's big surplus could help her. 🔗x.com 👉🏻join Late Stage Ireland

BREAKING: Disturbing reports out of Ballaghaderreen describing voter mobilisation of local Arabs and Pakistanis consolidated by independent candidate Sajjad Hussain. On the ground witnesses report busloads of Pakistanis arriving to the count centre potentially from the nearby EROC asylum centre or further. This morning Hussain is surging ahead according to local tallies.

Irish Inquiry's Stephen Kerr tallying in sixth place in the Castlebar seven-seater. 🔗x.com 👉🏻join Late Stage Ireland

Some early positive signs from the counts. 👉🏻join Late Stage Ireland

Fine Gaelers have told John McGuirk that while the overall turnout is similar to the last elections, they're very worried that turnout is disproportionately up in working-class areas of Dublin but down middle-class areas. 🔹 Clontarf is down 7 percentage points 🔹Artane-Whitehall is up 10 pp 🔹Donaghmede is up 5 pp 👉🏻join Late Stage Ireland

The Plantation is at least out in the open now. https://x.com/Gonchigkhand1/status/1799036299531481149