Here’s a look at how your county councils are shaping up in Kilkenny and Carlow.
Saturday night saw the first counts for all electoral areas in both counties bar Piltown in Kilkenny – that first result coming before lunchtime on Sunday.
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Bucking the trend, the Castlecomer electoral area returned two first time candidates – so too did Callan Thomastown. There’s also new faces for Carlow. Here’s how the councils for both counties are currently looking.
Finished: Bagenalstown (CW), Tullow (CW), Carlow (CW), Castlecomer (KK)
Last updated at 9.54pm.
Carlow Town (7 seats)
- Andrea Dalton, Fianna Fáil – Count 1
- Ken Murnane, Fianna Fáil – Count 2
- Fergal Browne, Fine Gael – Count 2
- Fintan Phelan, Fianna Fáil – Count 1
- Adrienne Wallace – Count 9 (Elected without reaching quota)
- John Cassin – Count 9 (Elected without reaching quota)
- Tom O’Neill – Count 9 (Elected without reaching quota)
Bagenalstown (5 seats)
- Tommy Kinsella, Fine Gael – Count 1
- Willie Quinn, Labour – Count 3
- Andy Gladney, Sinn Féin – Count 4
- Michael Doran – Count 5
- Arthur McDonald – Count 5
Tullow (6 seats)
- Charlie Murphy, Independent – Count 1
- John Pender, Fianna Fáil – Count 1
- Brian O’Donoghue, Fine Gael- Count 5
- Will Paton, Labour – Count 5
- John Murphy, Fine Gael – Count 7
- John McDonald, Fianna Fáil – Count 8 (Elected without reaching quota, first time candidate)
Kilkenny City (7 seats)
- Andrew McGuinness, Fianna Fáil – Count 1
- Joe Malone, Fianna Fáil – Count 1
- Malcolm Noonan, Green Party – Count 1
- David Fitzgerald – Count 2
Castlecomer (6 seats)
- Pat Fitzpatrick, Fianna Fáil – Count 1
- Mary Hilda Cavanagh, Fine Gael – Count 1
- Michael McCarthy, Fianna Fáil – Count 1
- John Brennan, Fine Gael – Count 3
- Michael Delaney – Count 4 *first time candidate
- Denis Hynes – Count 5 (Elected without reaching quota, first time candidate)
Callan Thomastown (6 seats)
- Peter ‘Chap’ Cleere, Fianna Fáil – Count 1
- Matt Doran, Fianna Fáil – Count 1
- Michael Doyle, Fine Gael – Count 6
- Patrick O’Neill, Fine Gael – Count 7
- Deirdre Cullen, Fianna Fáil – Count 7 (Elected without reaching quota, first time candidate)
- Joe Lyons, Fine Gael – Count 7 (Elected without reaching quota, first time candidate)
Piltown (5 seats)
- Pat Dunphy, Fine Gael – Count 1
- Tomás Breathnach, Labour – Count 1
- Eamon Aylward, Fianna Fáil – Count 6
- Fidelis Doherty, Fine Gael – Count 6
- Ger Frisby, Fianna Fáil – Count 6 Elected without reaching quota)
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