Counting of Sligo-Drumcliffe underway
Counting for the third and final electoral area of Sligo County Council is underway at the Sligo Park Hotel. The five-seater Sligo-Drumcliffe is set to be hotly contested as ten candidates battle it out for a spot on the local authority. According to yesterday’s tally figures, Fianna Fáil’s Edel McSharry…
Paul Taylor set to top the poll in Ballymote-Tubbercurry
The picture is becoming clearer in Ballymote-Tubbercurry following the first count at The Sligo Park Hotel. Fianna Fáil’s Paul Taylor, who topped the poll in 2019 looks set to do the same again after recording 1,924 in the first count this time around. He is within touching distance of the…
Cosgrove edges closer to election in Sligo-Strandhill
Nessa Cosgrove has edged closer to being elected in the Sligo-Strandhill electoral area. No candidate elected following the third count at The Sligo Park Hotel. None of the remaining candidates reached the quota of 1,188. Distributing of Tom MacSharry’s votes have seen an increase of Labour Party candidate’s Cosgrove vote…
Second count underway in Sligo-Strandhill
The second count is underway to elect candidates onto the Sligo-Strandhill electoral area of Sligo County Council. Earlier this evening, Independent Socialist candidate Declan Bree (1,537) and Tom MacSharry of Fianna Fáil (1,374) exceeded the quota of 1,188 following the first count and were deemed elected. As a…
Three Fianna Fáil candidates set to battle for two Ballymote-Tubbercurry seats
The fight is on between three Fianna Fáil candidates for the final two seats in the seven seat Ballymote-Tubbercurry electoral area. That’s according to tally figures completed for that electoral area. Liam Brennan, Barry Gallagher and Keith Henry are all in the hunt. Liam Brennan has tallied 1,281 first preference…
Support for non traditional parties grows in Sligo-Strandhill
41.4% of voters in the Sligo-Strandhill electoral area gave their first preference vote to a candidate not from one of traditionally larger parties. According to tally figures, 3,454 of 8,342 voters avoided Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin or Labour in their first preference an increase from 3,154 in…
Former IRA commander claims responsibility for killing of Lord Mountbatten
A former IRA commander has confessed he was behind the assassination of Lord Mountbatten in north Sligo in 1979. Speaking to the Daily Mail, Michael Hayes, has claimed that he, not Thomas McMahon, was behind the assassination in Mullaghmore. Mr. Hayes told the Daily Mail that he was an…