Elisa O'Donovan 'hopeful' to snap up the fourth seat in Limerick City

THE SOCIAL Democrats candidate for Limerick City, Elisa O’Donovan, said she is “hopeful” to snap up the fourth and final seat in the constituency, but that “nothing can be taken for granted”. 

The final tallies showed that the Limerick City and County Councillor is firmly in the running for picking up the fourth seat in the City, with poll topper Willie O’Dea likely to take the first seat.

Ms O’Donovan said: “I can’t believe the amount of Limerick people who put number one beside my name, I knew we had momentum and people believed in our message but it is still a wonderful experience to be in with a shot.”

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In terms of the ballot paper error, which saw Kieran O’Donnell of Fine Gael and Mr O’Dea also impacted by the non-alphabetical order, Ms O’Donovan said: “You spend so much time and money on an election that you would hope that things like that would be checked once and checked twice, but obviously it just wasn’t in this case. 

“It is disappointing but hopefully it won’t have any material impact,” she said.