Drumshanbo elects three Councillors
A full recount required in the Ballinamore electoral area yesterday. Three Drumshanbo based candidates were eventually elected with sitting Councillor Brendan Barry retaining his seat,…
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Local Elections 2019
It must have been near midnight in February, 2016, as the prospect of yet another count loomed, the calculators came out, and the tallymen got to work.
It was then our tally expert, John Comiskey, reminded us that they were now counting 10th and 11th preference votes – does anyone vote all the way down the line, do you even think of who’ll you’ll give your 10th and 11th preference to?
At the same time, one of the nervous unelected candidates careered around a roundabout nearby, listening to the Ocean FM analysis, only content to exit the roundabout if the analysts had him elected.
Such is the drama of the day, the night, and early morning of election counts.
No matter what the issues, who the candidates are, election counts are a special uniquely Irish form of entertainment. This will be my 13th General or Local Election Count coverage on local radio. And I’m still learning.
You can get your front row seat for such theatre from 9am on the morning of Saturday, 25th May, until the last seat is filled (sometimes days later..).
Ocean FM will have live uninterrupted, coverage of the election counts in Counties Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal. We’ll have live video streams from all count centres, we’ll have exclusive access to the tally results as they are keyed in. And a huge team of news reporters and expert panellists in all three centres.
So it’s time to strap yourselves in again.
You can listen, you can watch, you can browse.
Good thing those electronic voting machines never saw the light of day……
Kennedy tops poll in Donegal
Independent candidate Niamh Kennedy topped the poll once again in the Donegal electoral area. Niamh exceeded the quota of 2043 on the 11th count and…
Gormley Political Dynasty ends in Sligo
Sligo has four new councillors this morning. Three of them are in the Sligo/Drumcliffe area: they are Grange man Donal Gilroy for Fianna…
Gormley fails to take seat in Ballymote/Tubbercurry area
Independent Councillor Willie Gormley has failed to take the seat on Sligo County Council held by his late aunt for more than 40 years and…
Connolly, Mullaney and Baker elected – Gormley loses out
Martin Connolly (FG), Gerard Mullaney (FG) and Martin Baker (FF) have taken the final three seats in the Ballymote-Tubbercurry electoral area at the expense of…
Donegal: Final Count, Here are your six Councillors
Niamh Kennedy IND Noel Jordan Sinn Féin Barry Sweeney FG Michael Naughton FF Tom Conaghan IND Michael McMahon Sinn Féin
Donegal:Billy Grimes and Seamus Maguire eliminated
Independent candidates Billy Grimes and Seamus Maguire have been eliminated in the 12th and 13th round respectively. The remaining four seats are expected to be…
Clarke’s surplus being distributed in Ballymote/Tubbercurry
Independent Councillor Michael Clarke’s surplus votes are now being distributed after the 8th count. That followed the distribution of the surplus of Joe Queenan who…
Queenan, Clarke and Mulvey elected in Ballymote-Tubbercurry
Three councillors have been elected on the 7th count for the Ballymote/Tubbercurry area. They are Independents Michael Clarke, Dromore West, and Joe Queenan, Enniscrone, as…
Donegal: Noel Jordan second candidate to be elected
Sinn Féin’s Noel Jordan has been re-elected in the Donegal electoral area on the 12th count. He is a former Leas Cathaoirleach of Donegal County…