Sitting Sinn Féin MEP Chris McManus has been eliminated after the seventeenth count in the Midlands North West constituency.
Luke Ming Flanagan still leads the way and is now less than 7 thousand votes off the quota.
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Nina Carberry, Maria Walsh and Barry Cowen also look certain to be elected to the European Parliament.
Independent Ireland's Ciaran Mullooly is currently 17 thousand 830 votes ahead of Michelle Gildernew - however Sinn Féin expects Chris McManus to transfer significantly to his party colleague, which will close the gap significantly.
