Fianna Fail’s Bobby Aylward is the newest TD in the country after winning the seat in the Carlow Kilkenny by-election.
He will now fill the seat left vacant in the Dail by Phil Hogan last year.
After 9 counts, the former TD ‘Silenced the critics’ and sailed home with 26’529 votes.
His nearest rival, Fine Gaels David Fitzgerald was almost 5 thousand votes behind on 21’632.
Speaking after his election, Bobby complimented all the by-election candidates and wished them well with politics in the future.