Longford #LE24: Fine Gael performing well in Granard at almost half way stage of tallies
Paraic Brady is the early frontrunner but key boxes in Granard have yet to to be tallied
Fine Gael are dominating in Granard Municipal District just ahead of lunchtime on Saturday, with just under half of the electoral boxes tallied.
However, while three of their candidates have performed well according to tallies, boxes in Granard and Aughnacliffe have yet to be tallied.
Paraic Brady is the early frontrunner with 9 out of 19 boxes tallied.
His party colleague Colin Dalton also looks on course to retain his seat along with Garry Murtagh.
Independent Turlough McGovern, who comfortably topped the pol the last time out, is behind the main party candidates at the moment but would expect to pick up a lot of votes in his home town of Granard where boxes from polling booths have yet to be tallied.
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