Disappointment for McEllistrim after moving constituency for brother

Fourth-generation politician and sitting councillor Anne McEllistrim has lost her bid for a seat in the Killarney electoral area.

The Fianna Fáil candidate stepped out of her own area in Tralee to allow her brother Thomas to run there.

Ms McEllistrim, a councillor since 2004, has just been eliminated on the eighth count in Killarney and her total vote of 805 is now being distributed.

@electionlit does teacher Cllr. Anne McEllistrim know her #FF colleagues in Sth Kerry can't spell her name? pic.twitter.com/GVWImqvpvr

— Brían Ó Luanaigh (@Looneytours) May 23, 2014