First tally in Laois local election from the Portlarlington Graiguecullen district

A Sinn Féin candidate leads the way in Portarlington Graiguecullen with sitting Fianna Fáil candidate in second, according to the Fianna Fáil tally at the count centre in Portlaoise.

Some 17 of 38 boxes boxes from the six seat Municipal District have been tallied. 

The breakdown is as follows:

17 counted 21 remaining

• Aidan Mullins, Sinn Féin, 774, 16%
• Paschal McEvoy, Fianna Fáil, 591, 12%
• Padraig Fleming, Fianna Fáil, 493, 10%
• PJ Kelly, Fine Gael, 446, 9%
• Ben Brennan, Non-party, 430, 9%
• Aaron Kelly, Sinn Féin, 426, 9%
• Vivienne Phelan, Fine Gael, 379, 8%
• Aisling Moran, non-party, 372, 8%
• Joe Kennedy, Fianna Fáil, 326, 7%
• Eoghan Barry, Labour Party, 234, 5%
• Patsy Fennell, Independent Ireland, 220, 5%
• Charlie Hackett, Green Party, 118, 2%

A total 12 candidates are vying for six seats in the Portarlington Graiguecullen Municipal District.

The votes are being sorted at the CBS / Scoil Chriost Ri sports hall in Portlaoise. They will be counted at the Kea Lew business park from Saturday evening.