Cork counts resume with most seats yet to be filled

As the fifth count commences for Cork North Central on Sunday morning, the 1,403 votes of Fine Gael’s Imelda Daly, who was eliminated last night on the fourth count, are being distributed.

Outgoing Fianna Fáil TD Pádraig O’Sullivan remains closest to the quota of 9,846, currently on 7,856 first preference votes.

However, he may be overtaken by Sinn Féin’s incumbent TD Thomas Gould.

At the fourth count, Independent Ireland candidate and Cork city councillor Ken O’Flynn was in third place on 5,843.

Outgoing Fine Gael TD and minister of state Colm Burke, was on 5,859 votes. Fianna Fáil city councillor and former lord mayor of Cork Tony Fitzgerald was on 4,145, and People Before Profit-Solidarity TD Mick Barry, in the political fight of his life, was on 3,814.

In Cork South Central, with Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin, there is still a lot to play for with the other candidates fighting for the remaining four seats.

FF’s Séamus McGrath, brother of former Minister for…