Dearbhail MacDonald

One of our listeners, Anne, said, why had we not mentioned Helen Ogburn, Galway West?

We did mention her, actually, Anne, at the outset.

But actually, that has been a very, very successful campaign for her and for...

for the Labour Party.

Potential Dáil candidate in a general?

As Brian O'Connell told us yesterday, one of the things that he saw on the way into Salt Hill to the account was Galway Ugbu.

So she's got a great, she's got an absolutely brilliant slogan for next time round.

But it's just after half eleven.

Why don't we take a quick break?

You spotted a piece in the Sunday Independent about elderly people

And Aisling, if it were, the Taoiseach is eyeing the cost of a living package, according to Mary Regan in the Sunday Independent.

Your mortgage might be cheaper.

As well as Aisling's fantastic status update on her engagement.

Congratulations.

We have another status update live from the Fresh Count in Salt Hill Lawn Tennis Club and Galway West.

Independent Ireland's Noel Thomas has pulled slightly further ahead.

He now leads Fine Gael Sean Cain by some

1,200 votes, but, and it's a big but, we're only halfway to a quota.

There are 21,000 transfers to play for, with eliminations from Fianna Fáil, Labour and Social Democrats expected to favour Fianna Gael.

It's interesting, Gerard Highland, just in that go away, the two leading candidates, certainly on the first count, Noel Thomas and Sean Cain, coming from very, very different ends of the spectrum.