McEntee elected in Meath by-election
12/03/2005 - 20:50:46Fine Gael's Shane McEntee has won the Meath by-election after he was elected without reaching the quota.
In the final count the transfers of Labour's Dominic Hannigan and Sinn Féin's Joe O' Reilly were distributed, with McEntee picking up 5,833 to bring him to 24,047.
Since Fianna Fáil's Shane Cassells picked up just 3,698 to bring him to 21,178, returning officer Maire Teehan declared McEntee elected without reaching the quota.
