SF’s Pearse Doherty and Padraig MacLachlainn elected on the 1st count
Sinn Fein’s Pearse Doherty and Padraig MacLachlainn have been elected on the first count in the Donegal Constituency. Doherty received 21,044 first preference votes and McLoughlainn 13,891; the quota is 12,909 in the 5 seat…
Martin Kenny elected – tops the poll
Sinn Féin’s Martin Kenny has been re-elected on Count 1 in Sligo-Leitrim after topping the poll with 15,035 first preference votes. He comfortably exceeded the quota of 12,137 and his surplus of 2,898 is now…
Outgoing Minister rules out SF/FG coalition
Fine Gael’s Joe McHugh has ruled out going into coalition with Sinn Fein. The outgoing Education Minister made the comments to OceanFM this evening at the Donegal Constituency count in the Aura Centre, Letterkenny. It…
Back to the polls in 3 or 4 months – Peter Casey
Independent candidate, Peter Casey, says Sinn Fein would be ‘crazy’ to go into coalition with anyone. He picked up 1,142 votes or 1.48% in the latest tally figures. Speaking at the Donegal Constituency count, Peter…
LISTEN: Sinn Féins Chris McManus on a “brilliant day”
Sligo Sinn Fein Councillor Chris McManus has expressed his delight with the success of party colleague Martin Kenny in the 2020 General Election. McManus, whom it was thought would contest the election as the second…
Cosgrove challenges Labour to become relevant again
The Labour candidate in the Sligo-Leitrim constituency has attributed the party’s below par performance in the 2020 general election to a issues Labour have in getting their message across to the public. Nessa Cosgrove also…
Donegal Constituency – Tallies suggest two SF seats on first count
Sinn Fein’s Padraig MacLochlainn is in a very strong position to be elected on the first count. There is still a long way to go in the Donegal Constituency but early tallies are putting Padraig…
