Former Mayor, Councillor Noel Larkin (Independent Ireland) is on course to lose his seat in Galway City East, according to tallies.

With 97% of boxes tallied in City East, Cllr Larkin is on just 5.3%.

Labour’s Helen Ogbu (7.4%), Sinn Féin’s Aisling Burke (7.7%), and Shane Forde of Fine Gael (8.2%) are all neck-and-neck in a three-way battle to capitalise.

Declan McDonnell (Ind) on 12.7% and Alan Cheevers on 12.7% are fighting to top the poll and will take the first two seats.

Next is Terry O’Flaherty (Ind) on 12% who is on course to retain her seat.

Fianna Fáil’s Michael John Crowe on 9.1% will need transfers to get over the line.

Ogbu, Forde and Burke then battling it out for the final two, with transfers from Larkin, Aisling Keogh (FG, 3.8%), Joyce Mathias (Green Party 3.5%), and Justine Delaney Heaslip (SD 3.7%) to prove crucial.

Caption: Cllr Alan Cheevers keeping an eye on the tallies for Galway City East.

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