So we’ve two #IrelandSouth scenarios ahead:
1. Full recheck tomorrow makes little or no difference to Grace’s 327 vote lead, and SF might choose to not proceed with full recount. Proceed to transfer Ni Riada’ preferences between remaining three candidates (Clune, Grace, Wallace)— Ed Davitt (@davitter) May 29, 2019
return to their normal jobs). This smaller staff means that the count would take much, MUCH, *MUCH* longer – 28 working days is their estimate. Obviously this is the nightmare scenario for most everyone.
— Ed Davitt (@davitter) May 29, 2019
This morning
A recheck of the European Election vote of Sinn Féin’s Liadh Ní Riada and The Green Party’s Grace O’Sullivan has begun in the Ireland South constituency at 9am.
Ms Ní Riada’s director of elections requested the recheck after the 18th count left her trailing Ms O’Sullivan by 327 votes.
After the 18th count was announced, returning officer Martin Harvey said he had acceded to a request from Ms Ní Riada’s director of elections for a recheck.
Recheck of votes in Ireland South with three seats left (RTÉ)
Meanwhile…
There’s an empty seat beside me. Hoping against hope that the wonderful @GraceOSllvn will be elected today in #IrelandSouth to @Europarl_EN and join me here in Brussels with @GreensEP #EP2019 pic.twitter.com/ThscSSLUoe
— Ciarán Cuffe (@CiaranCuffe) May 30, 2019
Meanwhile…
Following the final count, the newly elected Irish MEPs for the Midlands-North-West Constituency are:
📍@MaireadMcGMEP
📍@lukeming
📍@mattcarthy
📍@MariaWalshEU #EUElections2019 #EP2019 #EE2019— European Parliament in Ireland (@EPinIreland) May 29, 2019
