{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/674b6290a12aa442323f73c7?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Election Daily: first counts trickle in and anti-immigration candidates falter","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/1733000935141-2c4a2e61-5ae9-4726-bc0d-2b4886be2211.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Jack Horgan-Jones joins Hugh Linehan to analyse the latest news from count centres across the country.</p><p><br></p><ul><li>First count results are starting to trickle in with <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/fine-gael/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Fine Gael’s</a> Jennifer Carroll MacNeill the first TD to be elected after meeting the quota in <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/dun-laoghaire/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Dún Laoghaire</a>.</li></ul><p><br></p><ul><li>Tallies indicate that Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty will romp home in Donegal.</li></ul><p><br></p><ul><li>Controversial Senator John McGahon unlikely to win a seat in Louth</li></ul><p><br></p><ul><li>With 8,820 first preference votes, first time candidate Brian Brennan, a hotelier, has topped the poll as Fine Gael’s sole candidate in this new, three-seat constituency.</li></ul><p><br></p><ul><li>A year ago, it looked like <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/immigration/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">immigration </a>was going to be a defining issue for this <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/election2024/results-hub/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">election </a>– but it’s not looking hopeful for a slew of candidates who ran primarily on that issue, including Philip Dwyer who has bombed in <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2024/11/30/election-2024-wicklow-constituency-results/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Wicklow</a>, securing less than 1 per cent of the vote.</li></ul><p><br></p>","author_name":"The Irish Times"}