But in a shock turn, the seat was eventually won by the Labour Party's Marie Sherlock, with 6,102 votes to Hutch's 5,321.
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Roderic O’Gorman secures solitary Green Party seat, Aontú gains second TD while Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch loses out ...