LIVE: Election 2024 in Cork – as it happens

It looks like a dogfight in the Cork North West local electoral area (LEA) where anti-immigration and library protester Ross Lahive is in contention with two sitting councillors for the sixth and final seat, final tallies suggest.

With all 48 boxes tallied in this LEA, Lahive finished on 5.93%, tied with Solidarity Cllr Brian McCarthy, who are both just behind Sinn Fein Cllr Mick Nugent who is on 5.97%.

Fianna Fáil councillor Tony Fitzgerald is on course to retain his seat and top the poll, with final tallies showing him on just over 15.5%. His running mate, John Sheehan, is on 12.9%, with the party performing strongly overall, with just over 28% of the vote.

Fine Gael councillor Damian Boylan is on course to retain his seat with 15.25%, with Sinn Féin councillor Ken Collins on 10.49%, followed by the party’s candidate, Michelle Gould on 9.18%.

Tallies suggest Sinn Féin will take about 25% of the vote here, followed by Fine Gael on just over 15%.

In the Cork North East LEA, where Independent councillor Ger Keohane has retired, final tallies show Independent councillor Ken O’Flynn set to top the poll with a very strong performance finishing with just over 22.5% of the vote.

Labour councillor John Maher is on 14.3%, with Fianna Fáil candidate Margaret McDonnell on course for a breakthrough with just shy of 10% of the vote.

Fine Gael councillor Joe Kavanagh is set to hold his seat with almost 9.8% of the vote, with Worker’s Party councillor Ted Tynan and Green Party councillor Oliver Moran on 6.5% and 6.26% respectively.

On the southside, Fine Gael’s Deirdre Forde and Rabharta’S Lorna Bogue could be at risk of losing their seats in the south east LEA where Labour candidate Peter Horgan and Green candidate Honore Kamegni have performed well.

Ms Forde is on 7.4% of the vote, tied with Mr Horgan, and just behind Mr Kamegni who is on 7.5%. Ms Bogue is on 3.4%.

Fianna Fáil councillor Terry Shannon is on course to top the poll, followed by party colleague, Cllr Mary Rose Desmond, with Fine Gael’s Des Cahill and Independent councillor and outgoing Lord Mayor Kieran McCarthy set to retain their seats.

In the south west LEA, Fianna Fáil has performed well with Cllr Fergal Dennehy and Colm Kelleher on course to take the first two seats, with a combined total of around 23% of the vote.

But Green Party councillor Colette Finn and Sinn Fein councillor Orla O’Leary are both at risk of losing their seats with 4.3% and 5.1% respectively.

Fine Gael councillor Garret Kelleher looks set to retain his seat, with just shy of 9% of the vote, with a strong performance from Labour candidate Laura Harmon on 8.1%, Independent candidate Albert Deasy on 7.4%, Fianna Fail candidate Terry Coleman on 6.9%, Sinn Fein candidate Joe Lynch on 6.1% and Social Democrats candidate Ciaran McCarthy on 5.8%.

In the south central LEA, Social Democrats candidate Padraig Rice is in with a shout of seat with just over 10% of the vote.

Cllr Shane O’Callaghan looks set to top the poll here with almost 18% of the vote, with Fianna Fáil’s Sean Martin on course to retain his seat with almost 13%.

Green Party Cllr Dan Boyle, Independent Cllr Paudie Dineen, and Sinn Fein Cllr Fiona Kerins also look set to retain their seats. They are all hovering around 8%, with independent candidate Willliam O’Brien also in with a shout for the sixth and final seat.

The 230 ballot boxes from the 70 polling stations across the city’s will be taken from the Nemo Rangers sports complex in Douglas to City Hall where the count is set to begin after lunch.

Irish Party candidate Ross Lahive, who has been involved in anti-immigration and library protests, could be in with a shout of a seat in the Cork North West local electoral area (LEA), early tallies suggest.

With a third of the 43 ballot boxes in the LEA tallied, most of them city boxes, Lahvie is on just over 8% of the vote.

Sinn Féin’s Michelle Gould is on just over 14.4% followed by sitting Sinn Féin councillor Ken Collins on 13.43%.

The party is performing strongly at this stage with almost 33% of the vote, followed by Fianna Fáil on 20.62%.

Fianna Fáil councillor Tony Fitzgerald is on 12.45% with People Before Profit councillor Brian McCarthy on 10.1%, followed by Fianna Fáil councillor John Sheehan.

However, sources have pointed to Lahive’s tally of just 8% of the vote which could put him in with a shout of the final seat in this six-seater.

In the Cork North East LEA, where 10 of the 48 boxes, have been tallied, Fine Gael councillor Joe Kavanagh is on just over 20%, followed by Independent councillor Ken O’Flynn on just over 15%.

Labour councillor John Maher is on 11% the Green Party councillor Oliver Moran is on 10.2% with Worker’s Party councillor Ted Tynan on 9.4%.

Meanwhile, on the southside, where 19% of the votes have been tallied in the Cork South Central LEA, Social Democrats candidate Padraig Rice has put in a strong performance with 8.1% of the vote, putting him in with a chance of a seat.

The early tallies show Fine Gael councillor Shane O’Callaghan on almost 23%, Green Party councillor Dan Boyle on 9%, Fianna Fáil councillor Sean Martin and his running mate, David Boyle, on 7.8%. Aontú’s Anna Daly and Sinn Féin’s Luke McGrath are putting in a strong performance on 6.5% and 6.2% respectively. Independent councillor Paudie Dineen is on 5.5%, and Sinn Féin councillor Fiona Kerins is on 5.5% of the vote.

Ireland First candidate Tommy Murphy has 3.7%, according to the tallies.

In the Cork South East LEA, where just over 12% of the vote has been tallied, Fianna Fáil’s Terry Shannon is on 17%, party colleague Cllr Mary Rose Desmond is on 13.3%, outgoing Lord Mayor Kieran McCarthy is on 12.1% of the vote, with Fine Gael councillor Des Cahill on 9.3% and councillor Deirdre Forde on 6%.

Green Party candidate Honore Kamegni and Labour candidate Peter Horgan have done well on 7.1% and 6.2% respectively, with Rabharta councillor Lorna Bogue on 3.9%.

In the Cork South West LEA, where boxes in the western area have been opened, early tallies show Fianna Fáil councillor Colm Kelleher on 42%, Fine Gael councillor Garret Kellher on 10.7% and Sinn Féin candidate Joe Lynch on 10%.