Higgins elected after first count

The Socialist Party's Joe Higgins has been elected to Fingal County Council after the first count in Castleknock.

Also elected was Fine Gael's Eithne Loftus.

The Green Party still has not won a seat anywhere in the local elections.

Local election 2009 seats (2004 seats in brackets):

Total number of seats – 883

Fianna Fáil (302) – 2

Fine Gael (297) – 13

Green Party (17) – 0

Labour (101) – 10

Others (115) – 6

Sinn Féin (54) – 2