In Erne East in 2019, the big talking point was John McCluskey, who was running as an Independent, and picked up 1,286 first preference votes.

His election saw Sinn Féin’s Brian McCaffrey lose his seat as the party went from three to two Erne East councillors in the Council.

With 3,219 first preference votes between the four candidates in 2019, they were the largest party in the Erne East.

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This year, there are only three candidates running for the party in the DEA.

Experienced councillors Sheamus Greene and Thomas O’Reilly are alongside Noeleen Hayes as they look to win back the seat lost in 2019.

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John McCluskey was replaced by Eamon Keenan as councillor a year after his election, and he will be hoping that the support his predecessor received will be seen again.

Running alongside another Independent candidate, Tina McDermott, transfers have an important part to play if Mr. Keenan does not make the quota after the first preference votes.

The DUP’s Paul Robinson and the UUP’s Victor Warrington both comfortably passed the quota on first preference votes in 2019, with 1,382 and 1,352 respectively, and will be expected to do so again.

Garbhan McPhillips of the SDLP had to rely on transfers last time out to get him close enough to the quota to get elected.

With Sinn Féin only running three candidates, it could be a bit of a sweat for the SDLP as it came down to the wire last time out, and this could be the target seat.

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Councillor McPhillips only polled 101 more first preference votes than Miss Hayes in 2019, so where the transfers go will be vital.

Alliance are running a candidate in the DEA with Richard Bullick, but it is unlikely they will make any impact on the outcome in Erne East.

While Unionist seats will likely remain unchanged, there could be some movement on the Nationalist side of things in Erne East.