Sinn Fein’s Michelle Gildernew says she’s ‘still in with a shout’ of winning a seat in the five-seat Midlands Northwest constituency in the European elections. She is in sixth place and trails Independent Ireland’s Ciaran Mullooly by 13,000 votes after 13 counts.
Castlerea man Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan is in first place, leading by almost 10,000 votes. Fine Gael’s Nina Carberry and Maria Walsh, along with Fianna Fáil’s Barry Cowan, are also likely to be elected. Yesterday, Michelle Gildernew said she thought Ciaran Mullooly would take the last seat – but she is more optimistic about her chances this evening:
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