Deputy Barry highlighted the significance of the identified discrepancies, saying, 'The discrepancies broke towards us but only by the most marginal amount. But 29 discrepancies in 25% - that is quite a number of discrepancies. That would be 116 discrepancies overall if that trend were to continue in the context of a difference of 35 (votes).' This implies a potentially critical impact on the final result.
A full recount was ordered in Cork North Central due to a narrow margin separating the final candidates, Councillor Eoghan Kenny of Labour and Mick Barry of People Before Profit. The morning's counting revealed 29 discrepancies in 25% of the papers, indicating concerns about the accuracy of the vote count that could influence the decisive fifth seat.
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