European elections 2024: Major battle in Dublin as five candidates neck-and-neck for two seats after first count

Dublin European count shows a close race between Barry Andrews (FF) and Regina Doherty (FG). Spoiled/invalid votes at 9483. Conor Murphy excluded with votes to be redistributed. No candidate meets the quota yet.

Conor Murphy's exclusion as no candidate reached the quota on the first count, indicating a competitive race in Dublin European count and a need for vote redistribution before resuming.

Read at Irish Independent