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Jackie Connolly

WORKERS Party candidate Jackie Connolly has been eliminated from the election in Cork’s North Central Ward on the sixth count.

No candidate was elected on this count.

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Annette Spillane

INDEPENDENT, former Sinn Féin councillor Annette Spillane has been eliminated on the fourth count in the North Central Ward.

Cllr Spillane hit the headlines earlier in the campaign when she put the wrong ward on her nomination papers forcing her to run in North Central instead of North East.

Cllr Spillane was a sitting member of Cork City Council before the election.

FINE Gael candidate in the North Central Ward, Joe Kavanagh has been eliminated on the third count.

No other candidate made the quota.

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John Sheehan

FIANNA Fáil candidate in the North West Ward, Dr John Sheehan, has been eliminated from the election on the fifth count.

No other candidate was elected on this count.

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TWO more candidates have been eliminated from the race in Cork South Central.

Fine Gael’s Billy MacGill and Green Party candidate Mary Ryder were both eliminated.

No other candidate made the quota on this fifth count.

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Donal Counihan

FORMER Lord Mayor of Cork, Fianna Fáil councillor Donal Counihan has lost his seat in Cork City Council in the South East Ward.

No candidate made the quota in this fifth count.

WORKERS Party candidate Michael Crowley has been eliminated from Cork North West on the third count. No candidate was elected on this count.

INDEPENDENT candidate Tom Macintyre has been eliminated on the second count in Cork South Central.

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GREEN Party candidate in the North West Ward, Nicholas McMurry has been eliminated on the second count with a total of 71 votes.

No candidate was elected on this count.

FINE Gael’s Derek Connolly has been eliminated in in Cork’s North East Ward on the fourth count.

The count now proceeds to the fifth count.