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Approaching the final stages of the count in Ballinteer community school. The four candidates vying for the three available seats are all here ahead of count 10. Either way there will be three new TDs for the constituency along with incumbent Fine Gael’s Neal Richmond

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COUNT 9
CATHERINE MARTIN (GP) ELIMINATED
5,881 VOTES BEING DISTRIBUTED

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COUNT 8
SHAUN TREACY (SF) ELIMINATED
4,382 VOTES BEING DISTRIBUTED

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Amended Statement on 7th Count following re-check and distribution of Liam Coughlan (Aontú) 2,767 votes. Shay Brennan (FF) gains 300 votes compared to original declaration. Sinead Gibney (Soc Dems) loses 268 votes. Lettie McCarthy (LAB) eliminated

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Every vote being scruitnised during recheck of votes in Rathdown. Shay Brennan appears to be the main beneficiary after discrepancies in the 7th count were highlighted by his team

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Re-check of count 7 has started in Rathdown. Candidates briefed by returning officer and told it's likely to set the overall count back by 1.5 hours here in Ballinteer Community School. Only FG's Neal Richmond has been elected in this four seater

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Candidates being briefed by returning officer Sue Martin about a recount that’s taking place following Shay Brennan’s request for a review of the 7th count. His team said he got more votes than 102 allocated to him

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RECOUNT: FF Shay Brennan has asked for a recount after the results of Count 7 were announced, when he received 102 transfers from Liam Coughlan. The Brennan camp said their tallies indicated he got 398 votes. Returning officer Sue Martin said a recount will happen after lunch

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Count 7
Lettie McCarthy (LAB) eliminated
3,480 votes being distributed

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COUNT 6

LIAM COUGHLAN (Aontú) ELMINATED
2,267 VOTES BEING DISTRIBUTED

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COUNT 5
ALAN SHATTER (IND) ELIMINATED

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Count 4. FF’s Elaine Dunne eliminated and redistribution of her votes (1,351) now underway.

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Count 3. No candidate reached quota. Siobha Ni Aonghusa (PBP-SOL) eliminated. Her votes (1351) will now be distributed tomorrow. Counting for tonight has now finished and will resume from 10 am Sunday.

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Third count here in Dublin Rathdown.
No one has been elected on this count.
There are three seats left unfilled here as we break for the night

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Second count finished here in Dublin Rathdown, no one was elected but bottom three candidates Garrett McCafferty (NP), Kevin Daly (IND) and Conor Murphy (IND) will all be eliminated

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Neale Richmond's team giving him the obligatory chairlift after it was announced he won his seat

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Voter turnout in Dublin Rathdown constituency at 61%

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COUNT 1

TOTAL VALID POLL 48,759

QUOTA 9,752

NEAL RICHMOND (FG) 10,044
ELECTED

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Mr Richmond said he was pleased to see the exit poll last night and believes that Fine Gael will return more TDs to the 34th Dáil than they did in the 33rd.

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Speaking to reporters after it was announced that Neale Richmond had retained his seat he said he was "chuffed"
He added that he expects his running mate Maeve O'Connell to be elected to the Dáil tomorrow morning

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He added that he expects his running mate Maeve O'Connell to be elected to the Dáil tomorrow morning
"Maeve and I ran as a really united ticket," Mr Richmond said.
He added that party leader Simon Harris had said that he wanted two Fine Gael seats returned in Dublin Rathdown