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The Fine Gael MEP secured over 93% of votes cast.
The 28 year-old was eliminated on the 14th count this morning.
Questions are being asked about RTÉ and Red C polling as the first results come in.
And it’s a good start for Fine Gael.
Luke Ming Flanagan and Brian Hayes automatically vacated their Dáil seats last month and won’t officially become MEPs into July.
Ten out of 11 seats are filled and the make-up of Ireland’s representation in the next European Parliament has been changed utterly.
Pat ‘the Cope’ Gallager of FF requested the recheck after finishing just 275 votes behind Harkin.
Labour senator Lorraine Higgins claims she has been subjected to a death threat on her Facebook page.
The former garda welcomed Eamon Gilmore’s resignation as Labour leader, describing him as “arrogant”.
The Roscommon-Leitrim deputy will vacate his Dáil seat, leading to a by-election.
The first count in the constituency is due this afternoon.
Flanagan is expected to secure one of four European seats in the 15-county Midlands North West constituency.
It’s the biggest constituency in the European elections and candidates are battling it out for just four seats.
Mark Fitzsimons said no one was injured in the incident which took place after he refused to remove himself from the studio in protest at his exclusion from the first part of the debate.
Lorraine Higgins’s posters were defaced with the message ‘Pro Abort’.
Almost 200 complaints have already been made – before anyone’s even opened their mouth or read out any tweets.
TJ Fay, the oldest candidate in election, is running in the Midlands-North-West constituency.
The sitting MEP believes she will have to put up a fight to retain her seat in the upcoming election.
The Fianna Fáil senator is bullish about his chances of being elected to the European Parliament next month.
The two men were selected by more than 600 party members and will run in the Midlands-North West region.
The veteran MEP will be one of two Fianna Fáil candidates running in the vast Midlands-North West constituency in the European elections this May.
Former TD Thomas Byrne will seek the Fianna Fáil nomination in the vast Midlands North West constituency.
The party held its selection convention this afternoon in Clonmel.
Party leader and former minister Eamon Ryan will be one of four Green candidates for the European Parliament when elections take place in May.
Phil Hogan believes candidates will need at least €100,000 if they want to be elected to the European Parliament next year.
The division of Ireland into three new constituencies presents some interesting challenges for the political parties and independents who hope to run.