Constituency wrap: Limerick City

FORMER defence minister Willie O’Dea kept the FF flag flying in Limerick City.

He was elected on the sixth count, but it was a far cry from 2007 when count staff almost suffered exhaustion dealing with his 19,082 vote.

But the ‘new kid’ on the re-configurated Limerick City constituency block was Michael Noonan. At 67, he was surrounded by a posse of grandchildren at the count centre as he topped the poll for the first time in his long career.