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ELECTED: Outgoing Minister for Justice Flanagan returned on 10th count in Laois-Offaly

By
Steven Miller
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Charlie Flanagan with family members at the count centre in Portlaoise

Charlie Flanagan has been elected on the 10th count in the Laois-Offaly constituency having been put over the quota by his running mate Marcella Corcoran-Kennedy, who was eliminated on the previous count.

It is the latest election success for the Fine Gael outgoing Minister for Justice who was first elected in 1987.

Though he lost his seat to Tom Parlon in 2002, only to win it back again five years later, the Flanagan name has been an almost ever-present in the Laois-Offaly constituency going back to his father’s first election success in 1943.

The late Oliver J, who died just a couple of months after Charlie was elected for the first time in 1987. Oliver J topped the poll in nine elections in a row.

Charlie didn’t romp home in that manner though his seat was never in doubt after polling more than 7,000 votes on the first count.

He got over 3,000 of Corcoran-Kennedy’s transfers to take the third seat.

Independent candidate John Leahy from Offaly is now the one to go and his 5,669 votes will be distributed among the three remaining candidates.

Sean Fleming with 10,868 and Carol Nolan (independent) with 9,364 are on course to win the two remaining seats – as Pippa Hackett of the Green Party is too far back to make up the ground. She will however finish in sixth position.

The state of play after the 10th count

  1. Brian Stanley (Sinn Fein) – 16,654, ELECTED on the 1st Count
  2. Barry Cowen (Fianna Fail) – 12,162, ELECTED on the 8th count
  3. Charlie Flanagan (Fine Gael) – 11,757 (+3,339), ELECTED on the 10th count
  4. Sean Fleming (Fianna Fail) – 10,868 (+192)
  5. Carol Nolan (Independent) – 9,364 (+437)
  6. Pippa Hackett (Green) – 6,468 (+504)
  7. John Leahy (Independent) – 5,669 (+417) – Eliminated
  8. Marcella Corcoran-Kennedy (Fine Gael) – 5,195 – Eliminated
  9. Peter Ormond (Fianna Fail) – 4,449 – Eliminated
  10. Ken Smollen (Irish Democratic Party) – 3,941 – Eliminated
  11. Noel Tuohy (Labour) – 3,190 – Eliminated
  12. Stephen Tynan (People Before Profit) – 2,273 – Eliminated
  13. Pauline Flanagan (Fianna Fail) – 1,874 – Eliminated
  14. John Daly (Irish National Party) – 557 – Eliminated
  15. Noel O’Rourke (Renua) – 356 – Eliminated

Quota – 11,571

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