Speaking to South East Radio, he says he has decided last minute to seek election in Wexford.

Joseph Barry Wallace died of a brain haemorrhage in hospital after falling ill during the summer

Independent Michael McNamara, Sinn Féin’s Kathleen Funchion and Fianna Fáil’s Cynthia Ní Mhurchú have been elected as MEPs in the final count in Ireland South

Kathleen Funchion got 61 per cent of transfers from her running mate Paul Gavan’s eliminated share.

‘We are extremely careful,’ returning officer Martin Harvey said on the fourth day of counting in Cork.