17 Candidates are contesting 5 seats 2 outgoing TDs are not running :Liam Twomey (FG) and John Browne (FF)
3 outgoing TDs running again : Paul Kehoe (FG), Brendan Howlin (Lab), Mick Wallace (Ind)
Other candidates : James Browne (FF), Malcolm Byrne (FF), Aoife Byrne (FF), Michael D'arcy (FG), Julie Hogan (FG), Ann Walsh (Green), Ger Carthy (Ind), Caroline Foxe (Ind), Emmet Moloney (Ind), Mick Wallace (Ind),Johnny Mythen (SF), Leonard Kelly (Social Democrats) and John Dwyer (non-party).
18:20 And there we have it folks! The 5 elected TD's for Wexford are:
Brendan Howlin (Lab)
James Browne (FF)
Mick Wallace (Ind)
Michael D'Arcy (FG)
Paul Kehoe (FG)
That's the lot from me. I'm going home to sleep, and consider eating something. I'm starving!
1741 It's all over! Michael D'Arcy and Paul Kehoe have been elected!
17:00 So the situation as it stands is that most of the count staff are now gone home. They're checking the last of Howlin's transfers and will then meet with Paul Kehoe and Johnny Mythen. If a recount is called, it'll most likely take place tomorrow...
16:51 Hold on a second, count staff have been sent home. Are they going to hold the full recount tomorrow?
16:34 So there isn't long in the checking of votes left. Thankfully.
16:03 Well, that was embarrassing. I poked my head out to look down at the counters, saw someone waving and thought they were waving at me. Like a fool, I waved back.
1537 Meanwhile, they're now rechecking James Browne's votes for discrepancies. Send food, particularly pizza. Everyone loves pizza.
15:36 I lost Kathleen
15:14 Kathleen Funchion, elected for Sinn Fein in Carlow-Kilkenny, has arrived at the count centre, I'm going to try and get her to show off some of her Strictly moves after she was involved in a charity dance competition for her local GAA club, watch this space!
14:48 I'm sorry I've been quiet, but I've little to report. For my own personal situation. I have pear drops and I'm happy.
13:26 By the way they're now checking Mick Wallace's votes for discrepancies. Still James Browne (I FEEL GOOD...) and Brendan Howlin to go.
13:16 I need more Capri Suns
13:14 Staff have been told here at the count centre to be prepared to stay until 2am. NOOOOOOOO
12:45 I'm working on a piece for tomorrow, and I've found myself listening to the Eastenders theme tune. I dunno either.
12:29 A friend of mine just text me to remind that the Cheltenham Festival starts two weeks from tomorrow. G'waaaan!
12:26 I'm really really happy with my life right now.
12:14 Michael D'Arcy's votes now being rechecked. People forgot he hasn't been elected yet. Including me.
This is going to be a long day, folks.
11:26 They're now rechecking the votes of Johnny Mythen. The Sinn Fein Councillor was overheard telling some of his volunteers that there were a small number of discrepancies in the votes of Paul Kehoe.
11:09am I would do anything for a few strawberries right now.
10:43am SF's Johnny Mythen just gave us an idea of what's going on. Essentially Paul Kehoes votes are being counted again and will be checked for possible discrepancies. Likewise with his.
My head is just fried at this stage.
10:20am Pep talk
10:00am Morning all. Andrew here. Full recount is just getting underway here at Wexford. While I was waiting I put on the most inspirational songs playlist on Spotify, because I'm tired and emotional and need that bit of a lift!
MONDAY 29th FEBRUARY - Recount Day
===
05:37 Fourteenth Count Only 52 votes separate the two candidates vying for the fifth and final seat in Wexford. A recount has been called for 10am on Monday morning.
05:17 Mick Wallace's surplus (1476) is being distributed amongst the remaining candidates now.
05:02 Thirteenth Count announced - Wallace [Ind] elected.
Wallace [Ind] – 13420 (+1490), D’Arcy [FG] – 11371 (+2421), Kehoe [FG] – 9593 (+644),
Mythen [SF] – 9405 (+573).
NON-TRANSFERABLE: 2281
04:30 Count continues into the early hours in Bishopswater.
03:30 M. Byrne [FF] votes (7409) being distributed: Wallace only needs 14 to reach the quota.
03:26 Twelfth Count announced - M.Byrne [FF] EXCLUDED
Wallace [Ind] – 11930 (+43), D’Arcy [FG] – 8950 (+33), Kehoe [FG] – 8949 (+27),
Mythen [SF] – 8832 (+8), M. Byrne [FF] – 7409 (+16).
03:00 No candidate reached the quota (11944) Brendan Howlin's surplus (127) being distributed.
02:46 Eleventh Count announced - Browne [FF] SURPLUS 490 DISTRIBUTED
Wallace [Ind] – 11887 (+70), Kehoe [FG] – 8922 (+48), D’Arcy [FG] – 8917 (+33),
Mythen [SF] – 8824 (+29), M. Byrne [FF] – 7393 (+271).
NON-TRANSFERABLE: 39.
02:19 Fianna Fáil's James Browne wins the second seat ...
Fianna Fáil's James Browne takes the second seat in #Wexford #GE16 pic.twitter.com/EVXzHThzq9
— Beat 102 103 (@beat102103) February 28, 2016
02:19 Tenth Count announced - Browne [FF] ELECTED
Browne [FF] – 12434 (+735), Wallace [Ind] – 11817 (+1192), D’Arcy [FG] – 8884 (+310),
Kehoe [FG] – 8874 (+352), Mythen [SF] – 8795 (+445), M. Byrne [FF] – 7122 (+172).
NON-TRANSFERABLE: 835
01:01 Ninth Count announced - Carthy [Ind] ELIMINATED
Howlin [Lab] – 12071 (+302), Browne [FF] – 11699 (+1549), Wallace [Ind] – 10625 (+412),
D’Arcy [FG] – 8574 (+84), Kehoe [FG] – 8522 (+178), Mythen [SF] – 8350 (+102),
M. Byrne [FF] – 6950 (+583), Carthy [Ind] – 4041 (+186).
NON-TRANSFERABLE: 189
01:01 Howlin No. 1 ...
Labour's Brendan Howlin takes the first of five seats in #Wexford #GE16 pic.twitter.com/VRgwTsQ8K3
— Beat 102 103 (@beat102103) February 28, 2016
00:45 Ninth Count Anticipation is building ...
Ninth count continues in #Wexford #GE16 pic.twitter.com/GJdXjNf5sE — Beat 102 103 (@beat102103) February 28, 2016
23:45 Eighth Count announced - A. Byrne [FF] ELIMINATED
Howlin [Lab] – 11769 (+458), Wallace [Ind] – 10213 (+638), Browne [FF] – 10150 (+55) , D’Arcy [FG] – 8490 (+100), Kehoe [FG] – 8344 (+60), Mythen [SF] – 8248 (+212), M. Byrne [FF] – 6367 (+81), Carthy [Ind] – 3855 (+292), A. Byrne [FF] – 3585 (+72).
NON-TRANSFERABLE: 211
23:04 Seventh Count announced - Kelly [SD] ELIMINATED
Howlin [Lab] – 11311 (+111) , Browne [FF] – 10095 (+29) , Wallace [Ind] – 9575 (+722), D’Arcy [FG] – 8390 (+33), Kehoe [FG] – 8284 (+25), Mythen [SF] – 8036 (+324), M. Byrne [FF] – 6286 (+45), Carthy [Ind] – 3563 (+135), A. Byrne [FF] – 3513 (+51), Kelly [SD] – 2179 (+240).
NON-TRANSFERABLE: 128
22:45 Food deliveries start ...
People are starting to get Dominos delivered #Wexford #GE16 pic.twitter.com/9k2MjGpmYQ — Beat 102 103 (@beat102103) February 27, 2016
22:22 Brendan Howlin leads the way in Wexford ...
Count 7 underway in #Wexford Eliminations - 7 Brendan Howlin 744 off the #quota #GE16 — Beat 102 103 (@beat102103) February 27, 2016
22:12 Sixth Count announced - Wadding [Ind] ELIMINATED
Howlin [Lab] – 11200 (+60) , Browne [FF] – 10066 (+59) , Wallace [Ind] – 8853 (+385), D’Arcy [FG] – 8357 (+23) ,Kehoe [FG] – 8259 (+107), Mythen [SF] – 7712 (+246), M. Byrne [FF] – 6241 (+19), A. Byrne [FF] – 3462 (+105), Carthy [Ind] – 3428 (+77), Kelly [SD] – 1939 (+32), Wadding [PBP] – 1843 (+94).
NON-TRANSFERABLE:155
21:50 Sixth count underway
Sixth count underway in #Wexford #GE16 pic.twitter.com/rXRmZjXwB1 — Beat 102 103 (@beat102103) February 27, 2016
21:33 Fifth Count announced - Dwyer [Ind] ELIMINATED
Howlin [Lab] - 11140 (+233) , Browne [FF] - 10007 (+24) , Wallace [Ind] - 8468 (+70), D'Arcy [FG] - 8334 (+421), Kehoe [FG] - 8152 (+344), Mythen [SF] - 7466 (+15), M. Byrne [FF] - 6222 (+18), A. Byrne [FF] - 3357 (+65), Carthy [Ind] - 3351 (+44), Kelly [SD] - 1907 (+24), Wadding [PBP] - 1749 (+18), Dwyer [Ind] - 1362 (+7).
NON-TRANSFERABLE: 22
20:58 Fourth Count announced - Hogan [FG] ELIMINATED
Howlin [Lab] - 10907 (+176) , Browne [FF] - 9983 (+46) , Wallace [Ind] - 8398 (+161), D'Arcy [FG] - 7931 (+83) ,Kehoe [FG] - 7808 (+44), Mythen [SF] - 7451 (+36), M. Byrne [FF] - 6240 (+65) , Carthy [Ind] - 3307 (+39) A. Byrne [FF] - 3292 (+40), Kelly [SD] - 1883 (+176), Wadding [PBP] - 1731 (+115), Dwyer [Ind] - 1355 (+32), Hogan [FG] - 1305 (+39).
NON-TRANSFERABLE: 41
20:15 Third Count announced - Walsh [G] ELIMINATED
Howlin [Lab] - 10731 (+96) , Browne [FF] - 9937 (+87) , Wallace [Ind] - 8237 (+224), D'Arcy [FG] - 7830 (+27) ,Kehoe [FG] - 7764 (+61), Mythen [SF] - 7415 (+58), M. Byrne [FF] - 6139 (+16) , Carthy [Ind] - 3268 (+79) A. Byrne [FF] - 3252 (+71), Kelly [SD] - 1707 (+30), Wadding [PBP] - 1616 (+58), Dwyer [Ind] - 1323 (+44), Hogan [FG] - 1266 (+33), Walsh [G] - 1093 (+29).
NON-TRANSFERABLE: 43
19:40 Second Count announced - Foxe [IPU] ELIMINATED
Howlin [Lab] - 10635 (+61), Browne [FF] - 9850 (+23), Wallace [Ind] - 8013 (+96), D'Arcy [FG] - 7803 (+5), Kehoe [FG] - 7703 (+7), Mythen [SF] -7357 (+97), M. Byrne [FF] - 6123 (+8), Carthy [Ind] - 3189 (+55), A. Byrne [FF] - 3181 (+17), Kelly [SD] - 1677 (+42), Wadding [PBP] - 1558 (+86), Dwyer [Ind] - 1279 (+14), Hogan [FG] - 1233 (+19), Walsh [G] - 1064 (+8), Foxe [IPU] - 956 (+26).
NON-TRANSFERABLE: 40
19:30 Mick Wallace arrives at the count centre
Mick Wallace arrives in #Wexford #GE16 pic.twitter.com/VbvQ05xysq — Beat 102 103 (@beat102103) February 27, 2016
18:43 Moloney [Ind] and Llyod [DDI] ELIMINATED
First count announced in #Wexford #GE16 pic.twitter.com/0YkW0odncM — Beat 102 103 (@beat102103) February 27, 2016
18:42 First Count announced ...
Total Poll 72352
Spoiled 691
Quota 11944
Howlin [Lab] - 10574, Browne [FF] - 9827, Wallace [Ind] - 7917, D'Arcy [FG] - 7798, Kehoe [FG] - 7696, Mythen [SF] - 7260, M. Byrne [FF] - 6115, A. Byrne [FF] - 3164, Carthy [Ind]- 3134, Kelly [SD] - 1635, Wadding [PBP] - 1472, Dwyer [Ind] - 1265, Hogan [FG] - 1214, Walsh [G] - 1056, Foxe [IPU] - 930, Moloney [Ind] - 476, Llyod [DDI] - 128.
17:50 As the first count approaches ...
A little then and now shot of the ballot papers #Wexford #GE16 pic.twitter.com/3N5LMeGnE2 — Beat 102 103 (@beat102103) February 27, 2016
17:00 We await the first count
First count imminent in #Wexford #GE16 pic.twitter.com/dJ2rcu57UR — Beat 102 103 (@beat102103) February 27, 2016
15:15 Labour's Brendan Howlin arrives at the count centre:
Labour's Brendan Howlin arrives at the count centre in #Wexford #GE16 pic.twitter.com/Lzpfcqdc0o — Beat 102 103 (@beat102103) February 27, 2016
14:30 Count centre kitchen
A peek inside the count centre kitchen #GE16 #Wexford pic.twitter.com/5SnpqJs7hW — Beat 102 103 (@beat102103) February 27, 2016
14:00 Wexford gears up for an afternoon of counting:
The current scene in #Wexford #GE16 pic.twitter.com/vPjKLv9Oks — Beat 102 103 (@beat102103) February 27, 2016
13:45 We catch up with two members of the Three Sisters 2020 bid at the count:
Three Sisters 2020 in #Wexford #GE16 pic.twitter.com/TFt5Ixab5T — Beat 102 103 (@beat102103) February 27, 2016
13:30 Final tally according to Fine Gael's figures: Howlin [Lab] - 10255 Browne [FF] - 9820 Kehoe [FG] - 7979 Wallace [Ind] - 7909 D'Arcy [FG] - 7875 Mythen [SF] - 7138 M. Byrne [FF] - 6032
12:50 Time to refuel
Tally tea time #GE16 #Wexford pic.twitter.com/rgeEm7z6HB — Beat 102 103 (@beat102103) February 27, 2016
12:45 Update on the Tally Figures
Tally figures at 80% here in #Wexford according to Fine Gael #GE16 pic.twitter.com/T4R56RXYdf — Beat 102 103 (@beat102103) February 27, 2016
12:10 Counting Continues here in Wexford - but who will be No.1?
Counting Continues - who'll be No.1 in Wexford? #GE16 #Wexford pic.twitter.com/HcZ4LVhGeo — Beat 102 103 (@beat102103) February 27, 2016
12:00 Leaderboard at noon according to Fine Gael tallies: Browne [FF] - 6090 D'Arcy [FG]- 5870 M. Byrne [FF] - 5234 Kehoe [FG]- 4772 Mythen [SF] - 3915 Wallace [Ind]- 3364 Howlin [Lab] - 2686.
11:51 Tally sheet in Bishopswater, Wexford Town.
Tally sheet from Wexford #GE16 pic.twitter.com/UhEQj1zo1k — Beat 102 103 (@beat102103) February 27, 2016
11:00: Tally from 20% of boxes Browne [FF] 12% Byrne [FF] 22% D'Arcy [FG] 21% Howlin [Lab] 6% Keogh [FG] 10% Mythen [SF] 11% Wallace [Ind] 8%
10:30 Beat chats to Tallyman Thomas Ford about first meeting his now wife at a count here in Wexford.
10:00 Gorey Boxes are currently being counted.
9:30 Social Democrat Leonard Kelly says " this is the result, this is the end - it's going to be really exciting to see what happens, to see how the people of Wexford have voted."
9:00 Social Democrat Leonard Kelly is the first candidate on site.
