Childers favourite to win Euro seat in Ireland East

Nessa Childers is still in the lead after the third count in the Ireland East constituency to win a European Parliament seat for Labour.

Mon, 08 Jun, 2009 - 12:04

Nessa Childers is still in the lead after the third count in the Ireland East constituency to win a European Parliament seat for Labour.

Outgoing Fine Gael MEP Mairead McGuinness has secured the first seat after topping the poll with a massive 110,000 votes.

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