Louth LE 2024: Watters tops Dundalk Carlingford tally as Fianna Fail also perform strongly
Sinn Fein's Antóin Watters has topped the tally with 1,718 first preference votes
All 38 boxes in Dundalk-Carlingford have now been tallied showing a total of 9732 votes representing a turnout of 49.24%.
Fianna Fail have performed well in the early tally with their three incumbent councillors within the top six places in the six seater constituency.
However it is Sinn Fein's Antóin Watters who has topped the tally with 1,718 first preference votes having garnered a 17.65% share.
Next is Fianna Fail’s Sean Kelly with 1629 votes; a 16.74% share, with his party colleague Andrea McKevitt coming in third in the tallies with a 8.30% share of the votes with 808 votes.
She is closely followed by Fine Gael’s John Reilly who is on 802; a 8.24% share, with Fianna Fail’s Conor Keelan on 769 garnering 7.90% share.
Newcomer Independent Ciaran Fisher rounds off the top 6 with 645 votes, a 6.63% share.
Tracy O’Hanlon of the Irish Freedom Party is further back in 7th on 540 a 5.55% vote share.