Midlands North West first count | Irish Euro Election 2019

First count in the Midlands North West constituency. Fine Gael's Mairéad McGuinness tops the poll with a large surplus that could help 90s kid Maria Walsh get elected. Once again the Green Party underperforms compared to the RTÉ/TG4 exit poll, with Saorise McHugh down 4%. Peter Casey did better than the exit poll projected:

McGuinness, Mairéad 22.63% 134,630
Flanagan, Luke 'Ming 14.29% 85,034
Carthy, Matt 13.05% 77,619
Walsh, Maria 10.84% 64,500
Casey, Peter 9.52% 56,650
McHugh, Saoirse 8.58% 51,019
Smith, Brendan 7.20% 42,814
Rabbitte, Anne 5.08% 30,220
Healy Eames, Fidelma 2.69% 15,991
Hannigan, Dominic 2.08% 12,378
Brennan, Cyril 1.37% 8,130
O'Dowd, Michael 1.16% 6,897
O'Connor, Olive 0.53% 3,132
Mahapatra, Dilip 0.41% 2,450
Greene, Patrick 0.23% 1,352
Miller, James 0.22% 1,322
Mulcahy, Diarmaid 0.13% 789