First tally in Laois from the Borris-in-Ossory Mountmellick District
By Conor Ganly
Published 8th Jun 2024, 14:33 GMT
Early Fianna Fáil tally with just over a quarter of votes in
The first Fianna Fáil tally from the Laois County Council elections shows an incumbent independent leading the way
Ten out of 36 boxes from the Borris-in-Ossory Mountmellick Municipal District have been tallied. That's about 28% of the vote.
The tally reveals as follows:
- Ollie Clooney, Non-party, 660, 18%
- Paddy Bracken, Fianna Fáil, 592, 16%
- Seamus McDonald, Fianna Fáil, 554, 15%
- Paddy Buggy, Fine Gael, 503, 14%
- James Kelly, Non-party, 283, 8%
- John King, Fine Gael, 241, 7%
- Declan Good, Fianna Fáil, 229, 6%
- Lorna Holohan Garry, Sinn Féin, 171, 5%
- Conor Bergin, Fine Gael, 111, 3%
- Brian Phelan, Fianna Fáil, 91, 2%
- Helen Campion, Sinn Fein, 91, 2%
- Fint Cuddy, Fianna Fáil, 70, 2%
- Fiona Dunne, Green Party, 34, 1%
- Brian Corrigan, Labour Party, 26, 1%
- Kevin Drennan, Non-Party, 20, 1%
A total of 15 candidates are vying for six seat Municipal District.
The votes are being sorted at the CBS / Scoil Chriost Ri sports hall in Portlaoise. They will be counted at the Kea Lew business park from Saturday evening.