Wallace runs sitting MEP Clune in a close race in Ireland South

Fine Gael’s Seán Kelly was set to top the poll in the five-seater constituency with Sinn Féin’s Liadh Ní Riada and Fianna Fáil’s Billy Kelleher also very likely to take a seat

Representative for Leinster: Mick Wallace canvassing in Kilrush, Co Clare last Friday Eamon Ward

Fine Gael MEP Deirdre Clune was in a desperate race to save her seat in the Ireland South constituency due to the strong showing of Independents4Change TD Mick Wallace.

Fine Gael’s Seán Kelly was set to top the poll in the five-seater constituency with Sinn Féin’s Liadh Ní Riada and Fianna Fáil’s Billy Kelleher also very likely to take a seat.

The Green Party’s Grace O’Sullivan from Waterford may also take a seat ...