WATCH: Official announcement of the first count in Maynooth local elections

The elections are officially underway in Punchestown, as the first count has been called for the Maynooth Electoral Area.

Naoise Ó Cearúil has become the first elected councillor in Co. Kildare, securing 1,880 votes. This was 314 votes above the quota.

Ó Cearúil was the only candidate to be elected in the first count for Maynooth LEA. 

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