Sinn Féin females steal the show with third MEP elected

The rise and rise of Sinn Féin — due in no small part to girl power — continued last night with the election in the South constituency of Liadh Ní Riada.

Elected on the fourth count, Ms Ní Riada’s victory took a little longer then that of party colleague and star turn Lynn Boylan, who romped home in the Dublin constituency, securing 83,264 first preference votes, enough to get her elected after the third count.

In Northern Ireland, Sinn Féin’s Martina Anderson also put in a stellar performance, taking a seat on the first count.