Full recount requested after just 31 votes separate Seanad election candidates

Neither Aubrey McCarthy nor Hazel Chu reached the quota in the Seanad election count for the Dublin University/Trinity College panel

The returning officer said Hazel Chu's request for a recount would be considered on Friday morning. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA

A request for a full recount has been made in the Dublin University/Trinity College panel in the Seanad election.

The count at Trinity College was adjourned shortly before 10pm on Thursday night after the final count left just 31 votes between the final two candidates.