Local election results: Independents perform strongly as Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil battle to be largest local government party

Labour European election candidate Aodhán Ó Ríordáin at the RDS during the count for the European elections. Photograph: Damien Storan/PA Wiregovernment remains too close to call between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil as the second day of counting continues in local and European elections.

The party’s share of the vote so far is two percentage points higher than its 2019 local election performance but remains well below the 2020 general election performance and polling last year. “Obviously we expected to do better, I’m not saying that it was a good result for Sinn Féin, of course I’m not,” he said. “Absolutely there was no complacency. When we don’t have a good day, we accept it.

A partial tally of European votes in Dublin, which comes with significant caveats and health warnings attached, had Fianna Fáil’sShe said the party was having a “good weekend” and there was a “good feeling all around”.

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