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Limerick mayor election: Independent John Moran over 5,000 votes clear after first count

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Independent candidate and former Department of Finance secretary general still short of quota

The Independent candidate polled 18,308 votes, some 5,000 more than his nearest challenger, Helen O’Donnell, another independent candidate.

Local election results: Hundreds of seats yet to be filled as FF and FG set to battle it out to be largest party Ahead of the count, Mr Moran said he was not commenting on the tally figures. Ms O’Donnell, who was endorsed by local businessman JP McManus, said: “I would hope to get transfers, but it’s too early to say, but it will definitely go down to transfers.”

 

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