Fianna Fail stalwart visits count centre

Also present was former Ceann Comhairle, Seamus Kirk who stood down at the 2016 General Election.

He was preoccupied with how Fianna Fail’s two candidates fared, expressing some disappointment at Declan Breathnach’s first preference vote.

He mused on the difficulty of forming a stable government in the aftermath of the election and wondered would Sinn Fein enter government or prefer to wait in opposition and hope for an even better result at the next election.