SF candidate tops poll after first count, nobody elected

Sinn Féin's Padraig MacLochlainn is top after the first count in donegal North East, but nobody has been elected yet.

DONEGAL NORTH EAST - FIRST COUNT

QUOTA 9,480

CANDIDATES

Dara Blaney, Ind 1,228

Jimmy Harte, Lab 4,090

Betty Holmes, Ind 1,150

Padraig MacLochlainn, SF 9,278

Charlie McConalogue, FF 6,613

Ian McGarvey, Ind 1,287

Joe McHugh, FG 7,330

Humphrey Murphy, Green Party 206

John Ryan, FG 4,657

Dessie Shiels, IND 1,876

Ryan Stewart, IND 203

NO-ONE ELECTED

Ryan Stewart, IND and Humphrey Murphy, Greens ELIMINATED