1.30pm: All boxes from the Milford area have been opened and Sinn Fein’s Pearse Doherty is clear in the lead with 23% of the tally votes.
Fine Gael newcomer Nikki Bradley is fourth in the tally in this, her local area, with 781 votes and 10.2% of the tally. The party had placed a strong focus on sweeping up support here from outgoing Joe McHugh.
Doherty’s running mate Padraig MacLochlainn (Sinn Féin) and Charlie McConalogue (Fianna Fáil) are near neck-and-neck for second and third. McConalogue is at 16.5% with 1,266 and MacLochlainn has 1,252 (16.4%).
The fifth runner is Charles Ward of the 100% Redress Party, who secured 9.5%.
MILFORD TALLY:
Bradley N (FG) 781
Bradley V (IND) 54
Carr N (GP) 86
Doherty P (SF) 1,777
Gallagher C (PBPS) 66
Gallagher P (FF) 534
Jordan N (SF) 94
Kennedy C (FF) 22
MacLochlainn P (SF) 1,252
McConalogue C (FF) 1,266
McConnell N (IND) 156
McGee E (IFP) 32
McGuinness A (IND) 8
McKeever G (IND) 58
McMenamin K (IP) 12
McNulty J (FG) 193
O’Donnell F (IND) 60
Pringle T (IND) 218
Sweeney MT (AON) 260
Ward C (100R) 726
