Ní Mhurchú said planning permission is becoming impossible for young native speakers who have land but are refused permission to build in Gaeltacht areas.

Kathleen Funchion got 61 per cent of transfers from her running mate Paul Gavan’s eliminated share.

‘We are extremely careful,’ returning officer Martin Harvey said on the fourth day of counting in Cork.

All the latest as counting begins for the European elections and continues in the local elections

Irish voters will head to the ballot box on June 7th to decide on 14 MEPs for the European Parliament.

Former RTÉ presenter Fianna Cynthia Ní Mhurchú has been announced as a Fianna Fáil candidate for the European Parliament Ireland South Constituency.

Fine Gael MEP Deirdre Clune has announced she won't contest the next European election