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As Mick notes in the comments here, we have three siblings to join the brother-in-law/sister-in-law, husband/wife combinations elected to Dáil Eireann. Tom Kitt, Michael Kitt and Aine Brady (nee Kitt) are all elected to the 30th Dáil.

Cork South Central - Kathleen Lynch is being joined by her brother-in-law Ciaran in the 30th Dáil. So that’s husband and wife and mother and son elected today.
(Familial values in this post were earlier misappropriated - take the issue up with our Cork Representative! My Apologies! I thought he was a bit old to be [...]

Again Hag of Beara wonders what if she was speechwriter for a losing candidate - this time for Mary Lou McDonald.
” I knew that white suit was a mistake. Gerry told me it made me look like a first communicant and it would go down well in the northside. Well, it didnt- they’re a godless [...]

Just a word to say many thanks to Will and Stephen for their fantastic reporting from the Cork Counts on Mysay. We’ll deliberate later but I think we can say Mysay.com got tried out big time today and it’s only the job as they say in the Peoples Republic (that’s mega, fab, great, wonderful)

The speech is a fantasy but not the the resignation!
Hag of Beara sent this in …

Friends, Ranelaghians, Countrymen, lend me your ears because you certainly didn’t give me your votes. As any reputable L&H man would do, I prepare now to fall on my sword. As a Democrat I respect the views of the electorate, [...]

50 votes separate Sheehan (FG) and Cronin (Lab) for last seat. Going to recount.

I have not received the latest count but it’s Eric Byrne fighting for the last seat again, this time against outgoing TD. Aengus O’Snodaigh.

All over to the Northside for pints and counts and the rest. A wake for Michael McDowell? Mary Harney for leader?

A new category here inspired by an email from Hag of Beara, we know there are a lot of you out there waiting in the long grass to write speeches for some of the TD’s to lose their seat.
But for our first speech, imagine the words of Liz O’Donnell thanks to HoB - if you [...]

Joe McHugh is set top the poll and join his wife Olwyn Enright (yes Bloggorah that’s a female Olwyn Enright!) in Dail Eireann.
Tallies…
Blaney 6275
Doherty 330
Gallagher 512
Harte 1290
Keavney 6252
MacLochlainn 6630
McDaid 6724
McGuinness
McHugh 8447
McLaughlin 801

The War Room takes a breather - so what are the Irish Election readers having for lunch? In the war room we are on coke and chocolate.  What is Michael McDowell having for lunch? Humour us with your tales of food and menus for your candidate!

Based on 55% of the boxes open…
Roche 15%
Behan 14%
Timmins 13%
Mcmanus 10%
De burca 7%
Nicky Kelly’s vote in Arklow is down significantly.

Andrews 6175
Creighton 6071
Doolan 1447
Gormley 4477
Hearne 563
Ivory 81
McDowell 4312
O’Callaghan 3058
O’Gara 25
O’Sullivan 39
Quinn 5318
Tierney 112
Uzell 529
It’s John Versus Mick for the last seat, with John to pick up the transfers!

 
Very good vote management in Meath east for FF
 
Wallace on 25 percent, Byrne on 18.2
McEntee 15.9%, Hannigan 11.77%
Regina 9.9 % A. Fitzgerald 5.6%
Finnegan 5.8%
 
65% of the boxes open - prediction for 2 FF 1 FG. But the transfers to play for…

Clare tallies with Ennis boxes still to open
james breen 6.87, pat breen 12.37, carey 8%, b daly 11%, dooley 22%, fitz 1.6%, kileen 12.2%, Quinn 6%, Mulcahy 8.8
 

Penrose expected to top poll, Sexton’s PD vote collapses and it transfers to FG. Bannon polling well but this is based on Longford boxes where he is expected to do well.