The second count in the South constituency has been completed. Fianna Fáil’s Brian Crowley has been elected to the European Parliament after he topped the poll.

THE two candidates most likely to take the first two seats in the Euro South contest were taking nothing for granted on the campaign trail yesterday.

THE mother of a young Corkman, who died after a struggle with nightclub bouncers, is to stand as an Independent candidate in the local elections.