Further 2 eliminated following 5th count in Cavan-Monaghan

Both Emma Hendrick (PBP) and Val Martin (IFP) have been eliminated following the 5th count for the Cavan-Monaghan constituency. No candidate has reached the quota as of yet. State of play after count 5 is as follows:

Matt Carthy SF 9,551

Cathy Bennett SF 7,013

Brendan Smith FF 6,760

Pauline Tully SF 6,643

Robbie Gallagher FF 6,408

David Maxwell FG 6,368

Niamh Smyth FF 5,961

Sarah O'Reilly Aontú 5,478

TP O'Reilly FG 4,493

Carmel Brady FG 4,353

Shane O'Reilly Ind 3,294