Coppinger eliminated after protracted recount

Socialist Party candidate Ruth Coppinger has been eliminated from the Dublin West by-election this morning.

Socialist Party candidate Ruth Coppinger has been eliminated from the Dublin West by-election this morning.

The left-wing party requested a recount after its candidate was just 16 votes short of Fianna Fáil candidate David McGuinness in the fourthcount.

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