LIVE UPDATES: Athlone/Moate local election count | Westmeath Independent

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LIVE UPDATES: Athlone/Moate local election count Adrian Cusack Published: Sat 8 Jun 2024, 9:57 AM

10am: Good morning! Adrian Cusack here. I'm at the Athlone International Area in TUS, where the ballot boxes have been opened for the local and European elections. I'll be providing updates over the coming hours on the tallies for the Athlone and Moate electoral areas of Westmeath County Council.

Eleven candidates - including the five sitting councillors and the former TD and Minister of State Kevin 'Boxer' Moran - are hoping to be elected in Athlone.

In the four-seater Moate area, eight candidates were on the ballot paper, including the four sitting councillors.

Stay tuned to this live blog for updates throughout the day. Once the tallies have been completed, the local election votes are due to be transferred to Moate Community Centre this afternoon for the formal counting to begin. Myself and my colleague Eve Conway will be providing updates and reaction from there later on.

Adrian Cusack Published: Sat 8 Jun 2024, 9:57 AM