Election results complete after days of counting
A days-long marathon election count has come to a close with the election of three MEPs in the final constituency to declare.
Fianna Fáil has doubled its presence in the European Parliament, with Fine Gael on four seats – down one from its previous showing in 2019.
Sinn Féin has increased its European representation from one to two, while Labour holds one seat, the Independent Ireland party claimed one and two non-party aligned independents fill the remaining seats.
In the early hours of Friday morning, Midlands-North-West elected Fine Gael’s Nina Carberry and Maria Walsh, as well as Independent Ireland candidate and former RTÉ correspondent Ciaran Mullooly.
It followed shortly after the election of Fianna Fáil’s Barry Cowen, while left-wing independent Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan was the first candidate over the line in the constituency on Thursday.
It was the last constituency to declare in the European Parliament elections.
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