FF's Anne Rabbitte loses seat in Galway East

SITTING Fianna Fáil seat in Galway East Anne Rabbitte has lost her seat in Galway East.

She was eliminated on the ninth count following the distribution of Albert Dolan’s surplus. Dolan took the second seat.

Rabbitte was first elected to the Dáil in 2016 and won the final seat in the then three-seat Galway East in 2020.

The 10th count is now underway and the most likely viewed to take the remaining two seats are FG’s Pete Roche and SF’s Louis O’Hara.

NINTH COUNT

Distribution of Dolan’s surplus

Albert Dolan (FF) ELECTED (8th count)

*Seán Canney (IND) ELECTED (6th count)

Louis O’Hara (SF) (+43) 9,080

Peter Roche (FG) (+80) 6,447

Declan Geraghty (IND IRL) (+31) 6,477

*Anne Rabbitte (FF) (+117) 4,886

Clodagh Higgins (FG) (+135) 5,100

* Outgoing TD

Rabbitte eliminated