Listowel to have full recount with five votes between three candidates

There is to be a full recount of votes in the Listowel Electoral Area, Co Kerry, after only five votes separated three candidates in the 11th and final count at the counting centre in Tralee late last night.

Five candidates were battling for the last four of the seven seats, with Sinn Féin's Dianne Nolan on 1,841; Fine Gael’s Liam Purtill on 1,574; Fianna Fáil’s Jimmy Moloney on 1,529; Fine Gael’s Mike Kennelly on 1,526 and Independent Dan Kiely on 1,524.