RESULT: City Central count completed

Former mayor Frank Fahy retains his seat, and along with Eddie Hoare, who was elected on the 10th count, keeps Fine Gael’s representation in the electoral area at two seats. Independent Colette Connolly, who was eighth after the first count, regains the seat she lost in the 2014 local election when she was running for the Labour Party. She had been co-opted back onto the Council in City West in 2016, when Catherine Connolly, her sister, won a seat in Dáil Éireann. Mike Cubbard (Ind), who topped the poll for a second election in a row, and Ollie Crowe (FF), were elected yesterday in City Central.

A recount was called after the ninth count on Saturday night, when Labour’s John McDonagh was eliminated, trailing the next highest candidate, Martina O’Connor, by eight votes. Following the recount, McDonagh and O’Connor were tied, but O’Connor was elected as she had a higher first preference vote. That concludes the counting in the three electoral areas of Galway City Council. The make-up of the new Council is: 5 Fianna Fáil (Mike Crowe, Ollie Crowe, Alan Cheevers, John Connolly and Peter Keane), 3 Fine Gael (Clodagh Higgins, Frank Fahy and Eddie Hoare), 2 Green Party (Pauline O’Reilly and Martina O’Connor), 1 Social Democrat (Owen Hanley), 1 Labour (Niall McNelis), and 6 Independents (Terry O’Flaherty, Declan McDonnell, Donal Lyons, Mike Cubbard, Noel Larkin, Colette Connolly).

Galway City Central: Electorate: 16,241 Total Poll: 8,146 Spoiled Votes: 150 (Revised up by 6 on recount) Total Valid poll: 7,996 (Revised down by 6 on recount) Quota: 1,143 (Revised down by 1 on recount) First Count: Byrne, Imelda FF 490 Connolly, Colette Ind 493 Corcoráin, Cormac Ó Aontú 429 Crowe, Ollie FF 1,008 Cubbard, Mike Ind 1,292 ELECTED Fahy, Frank FG 694 Feeney, Patrick Ind 1 Geraghty, Mike Ind 243 Hoare, Eddie FG 854 Lohan, Mark SF 328 Loughnane, Joe PBP 377 McDonagh, John Lab 527 Nolan, Sharon SocDems 515 O’Connor, Martina Greens 544 O’Flaherty, Darragh Ind 83 O’Toole, James Ind 124 Cubbard elected SECOND COUNT: Distribution of Cubbard’s surplus: Byrne, Imelda FF (+7) 497 Connolly, Colette Ind (+17) 510 Corcoráin, Cormac Ó Aontú (+5) 434 Crowe, Ollie FF (+16) 1,024 Cubbard, Mike Ind ELECTED Fahy, Frank FG (+15) 709 Feeney, Patrick Ind (+1) 2 Geraghty, Mike Ind (+13) 256 Hoare, Eddie FG (+12) 866 Lohan, Mark SF (+8) 336 Loughnane, Joe PBP (+9) 386 McDonagh, John Lab (+20) 547 Nolan, Sharon SocDems (+10) 525 O’Connor, Martina Greens (+8) 552 O’Flaherty, Darragh Ind (+3) 86 O’Toole, James Ind (+4) 128 Non-transferable: 0 Patrick Feeney (Ind), Daragh O’Flaherty (Ind) and James O’Toole (Ind) eliminated. THIRD COUNT: Distribution of Feeney’s, O’Flaherty’s and O’Toole’s votes: Byrne, Imelda FF (+19) 516 Connolly, Colette Ind (+16) 526 Corcoráin, Cormac Ó Aontú (+19) 453 Crowe, Ollie FF (+12) 1,036 Cubbard, Mike Ind ELECTED Fahy, Frank FG (+12) 721 Geraghty, Mike Ind (+17) 273 Hoare, Eddie FG (+15) 881 Lohan, Mark SF (+6) 342 Loughnane, Joe PBP (+10) 396 McDonagh, John Lab (+32) 579 Nolan, Sharon SocDems (+9) 534 O’Connor, Martina Greens (+19) 571 Non-transferable: 30 Eliminated: Mike Geraghty Geraghty’s 273 votes to be transferred

FOURTH COUNT: Distribution Geraghty’s votes: Byrne, Imelda FF (+19) 535 Connolly, Colette Ind (+25) 551 Corcoráin, Cormac Ó Aontú (+28) 481 Crowe, Ollie FF (+17) 1,053 Cubbard, Mike Ind ELECTED Fahy, Frank FG (+36) 757 Hoare, Eddie FG (+56) 937 Lohan, Mark SF (3) 345 Loughnane, Joe PBP (+17) 413 McDonagh, John Lab (+23) 602 Nolan, Sharon SocDems (+5) 539 O’Connor, Martina Greens (+19) 590 Non-transferable: 25 Eliminated: Mark Lohan Lohan’s 345 votes to be transferred FIFTH COUNT: Distribution of Lohan’s votes: Byrne, Imelda FF (+16) 551 Connolly, Colette Ind (+39) 590 Corcoráin, Cormac Ó Aontú (+12) 493 Crowe, Ollie FF (+12) 1,065 Cubbard, Mike Ind ELECTED Fahy, Frank FG (+23) 780 Hoare, Eddie FG (+14) 951 Loughnane, Joe PBP (+55) 468 McDonagh, John Lab (+34) 636 Nolan, Sharon SocDems (+37) 576 O’Connor, Martina Greens (+28) 618 Non-transferable: 75 Eliminated: Joe Loughnane SIXTH COUNT: Distribution of Loughnane’s 468 votes: Byrne, Imelda FF (+17) 568 Connolly, Colette Ind (+58) 648 Corcoráin, Cormac Ó Aontú (+24) 517 Crowe, Ollie FF (+7) 1,072 Cubbard, Mike Ind ELECTED Fahy, Frank FG (+10) 790 Hoare, Eddie FG (+16) 967 McDonagh, John Lab (+20) 656 Nolan, Sharon SocDems (+165) 741 O’Connor, Martina Greens (+66) 684 Non-transferable: 85 Eliminated: Ó Corcoráin

SEVENTH COUNT: Distribution of ó Corcoráin’s 517 votes: Byrne, Imelda FF (+41) 609 eliminated Connolly, Colette Ind (+53) 701 Crowe, Ollie FF (+88) 1,160 ELECTED Cubbard, Mike Ind ELECTED Fahy, Frank FG (+43) 833 Hoare, Eddie FG (+56) 1,023 McDonagh, John Lab (+38) 694 Nolan, Sharon SocDems (+21) 762 O’Connor, Martina Greens (+36) 720 Non-transferable: 141 Eliminated: Byrne Eighth COUNT: Distribution of Byrne’s 609 votes: Connolly, Colette Ind (+99) 800 Crowe, Ollie FF (+88) 1,160 ELECTED Cubbard, Mike Ind ELECTED Fahy, Frank FG (+94) 927 Hoare, Eddie FG (+85) 1,108 McDonagh, John Lab (+65) 759 Nolan, Sharon SocDems (+31) 793 O’Connor, Martina Greens (+49) 769 Non-transferable: 186 Ollie Crowe’s surplus of 16 to be distributed

NINTH COUNT (Recount) Connolly, Colette Ind (+3) 804 Crowe, Ollie FF ELECTED Cubbard, Mike Ind ELECTED Fahy, Frank FG (+5) 931 Hoare, Eddie FG (+2) 1,109 McDonagh, John Lab (+4) 768 ELIMINATED Nolan, Sharon SocDems (+1) 788 O’Connor, Martina Greens (+2) 768 Non-transferable: 0 Eliminated: John McDonagh LAB TENTH COUNT Eddie Hoare FG ELECTED Connolly, Colette Ind (+159) 963 Crowe, Ollie FF ELECTED Cubbard, Mike Ind ELECTED Fahy, Frank FG (+79) 1,010 Hoare, Eddie FG (+79) 1,188 ELECTED Nolan, Sharon SocDems (+82) 870 O’Connor, Martina Greens (+144) 912 Non-transferable: 222 EDDIE HOARE ELECTED - surplus of 45 to be redistributed ELEVENTH COUNT Eddie Hoare’s surplus of 45:

Connolly, Colette Ind (+11) 974 ELECTED Crowe, Ollie FF ELECTED Cubbard, Mike Ind ELECTED Fahy, Frank FG (+19) 1,029 ELECTED Hoare, Eddie FG (+79) 1,188 ELECTED Nolan, Sharon SocDems (+3) 873 O’Connor, Martina Greens (+12) 924 Non-transferable: 0