Pat Buckley and Thomas Gould elected in Cork as Sinn Féin surge continues

Sinn Féin's Thomas Gould was elected on the first count with a huge surplus, picking up more than one-quarter of the first preferences in Cork North-Central.
The city councillor picked 13,811 of the first preferences, giving him a huge lead over any of the other candidates in the constituency. He exceeded the quota of 10,356 by 3,455 votes.