Tipp FM Election Coverage 2014

  • Jackie Cahill (FF) elected in Templemore-Thurles and becomes the 40th and final member elected to Tipperary County Council.
  • FF's John Hogan speaking after his election #Templemore-Thurles area
  • Ger D'Arcy & Phyl Bugler & Maria Murphy (all FG) electe. 
  • SF's Catherine Carey elected to Tipp County Council.
  • All 9 seats in Nenagh and Clonmel filled now 36 out of 40 cllrs elected.
  • LAB Fiona Bonfield elected.
  • After 13th count in Nenagh area, FF Mattie Ryan-Coole and IND Hughie McGrath elected.
  • After 11th count in Templemore-Thurles area, SF David Doran elected, Lowry IND Eddie Moran eliminated.
  • Following the 13th count in Clonmel, no one was elected, FG Joe Leahy has been eliminated.
  • Micheal Lowry elected ( Low)
  • After the 10th count in Templemore-Thurles, SF's David Doran is just one vote shy of the quota.
  • 10th count for Templemore-Thurles Lowry IND Micheal Lowry elected.
  • 9th count for Templemore-Thurles.
  • 12th count in Nenagh area, no one elected, FG Tom Berkery eliminated
  • Nenagh 12th count now.
  • 12th count in Clonmel, no-one elected, IND Gabrielle Egan eliminated.
  • Nenagh 11th count, Lowry IND Michael O'Meara elected.
  • Nenagh 11th count now.
  • State of play now: 3 seats filled in Nenagh 3 seats filled in Templemore-Thurles 5 seats filled in Clonmel.
  • 9th count in Templemore-Thurles, no one elected, LAB John Kennedy eliminated.
  • 9th count in Templemore-Thurles.
  • Clonmel area, 11th count, FF Siobhan Ambrose elected.
  • 11th count, FF PJ English has been eliminated.
  • 11th count in Clonmel now.
  • Nenagh area, LAB Virginia O'Dowd eliminated on 10th count.
  • 10th count in Nenagh FF John Carroll elected.
  • 10th count in Nenagh now.
  • With 22 out of 40 seats filled, we have 9 IND, 6 FG, 4 FF, 3 SF and 0 LAB in Tipp County Council.
  • 8th count in Templemore-Thurles area, no-one elected, FG Liam Brereton eliminated.
  • 10th count for Clonmel area, IND Darren Ryan eliminated.
  • No-one elected on 9th count of Nenagh, FF Martin Kennedy eliminated.
  • 9th count Nenagh area now.
  • Ind Andy Maloney elected after 8th count on 1629 votes in Clonmel area.
  • 9th count in Clonmel IND Andy Maloney elected as is FG Michael Murphy.
  • Clonmel 9th count now.
  • No-one elected in 7th count of Thurles-Templemore area, now distributing Seamus Hanafin's surplus.
  • 7th count in Thurles-Templemore area now.
  • While FF John Carroll is 160 votes away from a declaration.
  • Just 68 extra votes will see Michael OMeara (Low) elected to the new look cc in Nenagh E Area.
  • No-one elected on the 8th count in Nenagh area, SF Tom Moylan is eliminated.
  • 8th count in Nenagh now.
  • Another three hours should see it all finished here at the count centre in Thurles. 
  • No-one elected on 8th count in Clonmel LAB Seanie Lonergan eliminated.
  • 8th count from Clonmel now.
  • No-one elected on 7th count for Nenagh area, LAB Lalor McGee eliminated.
  • Nenagh 7th count now.
  • SF Joan Delaney eliminated on 6th count in Thurles-Templemore.
  • FF Seamus Hanafin elected in Templemore-Thurles area 6th count.
  • No-one elected on 7th count of Clonmel.
  • Results of 6th count in Nenagh, SF Seamus Morris elected, FF Eamon Spillane eliminated.
  • FG Michael Cleary eliminated on 5th count of Templemore-Thurles area.
  • No-one elected in 5th count of Templemore-Thurles area.
  • 5th count for Templemore-Thurles now.
  • WUAG Pearl Sheehan eliminated Clonmel.
  • WUAG Pat English elected on 6th count of Clonmel area.
  • 17 seats out of 40 have been filled on Tipperary County Council.
  • Waiting on the 6th count now for Nenagh and Clonmel while Templemore-Thurles is on a 5th count.
  • No-one elected on 5th count in Nenagh area, FG Conor Delaney has been eliminated.
  • 5th count in Nenagh now.
  • No-one elected on 5th count of Clonmel area, SF Kevin Brunnick eliminated.
  • Into 5th counts in all three areas, Clonmel-Cahir, Nenagh and Templemore-Thurles.
  • IND Jim Ryan elected to Templemore-Thurles area.
  • Results of 4th count of Templemore-Thurles now.
  • No-one elected on 4th count of Nenagh area, IND Michael Dillion eliminated.
  • Results of the 4th count in Nenagh now.
  • No-one elected on fourth count in Clonmel area, PBP candidate Ann Condon eliminated.
  • Fourth count in Clonmel now.
  • Now onto the fourth counts in Nenagh, Templemore-Thurles and in Clonmel-Cahir areas.
  • So, after three count results in quick succession, we have three candidates eliminated and nobody elected.
  • Nobody elected on third count of Templemore-Thurles area, FG's Maura Byrne eliminated.
  • Third count of Templemore-Thurles now.
  • Nobody elected on third count of Clonmel area, WUAG Martina Maher has been eliminated.
  • 3rd count in Clonmel area on now.
  • No-one elected on third count of Nenagh area, IND Patrick Cahalan has been eliminated.
  • Final declaration for Cashel Tipp with all seven cars elected.
  • Roger Kennedy FF and Tom Wood Ind elected without reaching quota.
  • Cashel Tipp 9th count no-one elected.
  • Cashel-Tipperary. So five elected – 2 seats left and three candidates. Tom Wood Joseph OConnell and Roger Kennedy 2 FF & Ind.
  • Denis Leahy IND and John Crosse FG elected in Cashel Tipp 8th count.
  • 4 Labour officially gone and fifth conceded defeat early.
  • 2nd Nenagh count -no-one elected and Labour's Greg Starr eliminated.
  • Second Nenagh Count due.
  • Not going to have another count in Templemore Thurles tonight – difficulties with distribution. Suspended till tomorrow.
  • 6th count of Cash Tipp sees election of M. Hanna Hourigan and elimination of LAB Mick Byrnes.
  • FG Mary Hanna Hourigan elected.
  • FG Louise McLoughlin celebrates as she's declared elected to Tipp County Council.
  • Declaration done on Carrick.
  • “I wasn't getting the transfers and my first preference votes were down ” – FG Joe Brennan.
  • FG Joe Brennan “very disappointed”.
  • Joe Brennan loses out in final shake up. 
  • Second Clonmel count nobody elected- Eoin O Flaherty (ind) eliminated.
  • Carrick Count Complete: D. Dunne SF, I. Goldsboro FF, E O' Meara IND, L McLoughlin J. Fahy FG, K. Bourke IND.
  • Carrick: elected without reaching the quota FG Louise McLoughlin, Kieran Bourke Ind John Fahy FG.
  • Carrick Eddie O' Meara elected.
  • Counting about to be suspended until 12 tomorrow once they complete current counts.
  • No one elected on second count in Thurles.
  • FG Colm Taylor eliminated at end of 6th count in Cashel-Tipperary.
  • IND Joe Hannigan becomes the 1st councillor elected from Nenagh area. 
  • Nenagh 1st count Joe Hannigan elected (ind).
  • Jacqui Finnan Ind eliminated after 5th Cashel-Tipperary count.
  • Martin Browne SF Elected in Cashel-Tipperary on 5th count.
  • Martin Lonergan elected on 1st Clonmel Count (ind Mattie Mc Grath).
  • FF Sylvia Cooney Sheehan eliminated at end of 5th Carrick count.
  • 5th count in Carrick and no-one elected.
  • Michael smith elected in Thurles-Templemore.
  • 1st count Templemore and Thurles Roscrea on the way.
  • FG Eoghan Lawrence eliminated in 4th Cashel-Tipperary count.
  • No one reached quote on Cashel-Tipperary 4th count.
  • Noel Fitzgerald eliminated after fourth Carrick count.
  • 1st FF councillor elected Imelda Goldsboro in Carrick.
  • 4th Carrick count imminent.
  • Brian Rafferty eliminated after 3rd Cashel-Tipperary vote.
  • Now starting to adjudicate on Nenagh. So at least one Clonmel and Nenagh counts possible tonight.
  • Third count Carrick> Pierce O' Loughlin eliminated Ind.
  • John O' Connor and June Maloney eliminated from Cashel-Tipperary.
  • No one reached quota on 2nd count in Cashel-Tipperary.
  • Cashel Tipp second count imminent.
  • SF's David Dunne elected for Carrick-on-Suir area.
  • David Dunne SF elected on 2 nd Carrick count.
  • FG's Michael Fitzgerald becomes the first cllr to be elected to Tipperary County Council. 
  • Ml Fitzgerald elected in Cashel Tipp (Fg).
  • Adjudicating on doubtful Cashel-Tipp votes at the moment.
  • Adjudicating on doubtful Carrick votes. 1st count expected within the hour.
  • Starting with Carrick-on-Suir area in adjudicating of doubtful votes.
  • Labour TD & Junior Minister Alan Kelly describes the local elections as a “disaster for the Labour Party”.
  • First count in Local Elections 2014 just getting underway in Thurles.
  • FG Michael Fitzgerald delighted at tally that shows him at 18% of vote in Tipperary-Cashel.
  • Final tally from Nenagh and IND joe Hannigan is on top with 10.9% of the vote.
  • Final Clonmel tally puts Joe Hannigan on top by a mile.
  • Darren Ryan says people are gobsmacked over the way events are transpiring.
  • Ind Darren Ryan think it will fall down to transfers for him and others.
  • Landy says party are suffering from the actions of previous govt.
  • SF David Dunn says “omens good for the party but can't second guess it'.
  • Tom Hayes ” local people vote for local people and there's no getting away from it.
  • Junior Minister Tom Hayes ” could have handled the cuts better but they had to be done”.
  • Clonmel and Cashel tallies finished.
  • Seanie Lonergan carpet pulled out from under him. Has conceded defeat.
  • Thurles Ind Jim Ryan says transfers going everywhere so very hard to predict after first few elected.
  • Seamus Healy not ruling out seats for Pearl Sheehan and Martina Maher despite tallies showing them on 1.7 &1
  • Seamus “pleased that Pat English on course to take seat on first count “.
  • Ind Martin Lonergan “Humbled and proud”by early indications he will be elected on 1st count.
  • Cahir 55/66 boxes.:Martin Lonergan expected to reach quota on 1st count. Andy Maloney 2nd and Pat English 3rd.
  • Nenagh: SF S. Morris 9.8% FF, M. Ryan 8.4% FF, J. Carroll 7.9% IND, J. Hannigan 7.8% Lab, F. Bonfield 6.9% tallies.
  • Clonmel update: 46 Boxes> M. Lonergan 13.7%, A. Maloney 11.4%, Ml. Anglim & M. Murphy 8.7%.
  • Cashel-Tipp Update: Ind Tom Wood may be in trouble 7 %.
  • Cashel-Tipp Update: 40 boxes> Ml Fitz 19.5% (Fg) M. Browne (SF) 13.4%, D. Leahy (ind) 10%.
  • Nenagh Update: Lab in deep trouble. 36 boxes Greg Starr .6%. LMcGee 2.8% VODowd 3%
  • Nenagh Update: SMorris Sf 9.9%, J. Carroll (ff) 8.4%, P. Buglar (Fg)7.1%.
  • Templemore 41 boxes . 3 FF n top 4 places. Ml Smith 13.4/ Willie Kennedy (LOW) 8.6 SHanafin 8.2 & J. Hogan 7.1%.
  • Lab also in trouble in Thurles -John Kennedy> Tally indicates Lab Virginia O' Dowd & Lalor McGee in serious difficulty.
  • 43% of boxes tallied in Templemore-Thurles: FF M Smith leading on 13.5%, IND J Ryan 10.5%, FF S Hanafin 9.6%.
  • All boxes tallied in Carrick: M. Lonergan top at 17.5%. A Maloney 14. MMurphy 11.8. M Anglim 11.5 L Aherne 8.7%.
  • All boxes tallied in Carrick: Indicates a total wipeout 4 Seanie Lonergan at just 3.9% of vote.
  • Latest Master Tally puts FF ahead, with FG and IND tied.
  • Liam Hayes “Labour will suffer here today”.
  • Lab's L. Hayes 46% in Fethard (backyard). He hopes to take last seat .Conceeds nothing in Carrick town. Virtually no votes for Lab in Carrick-on-Suir town.
  • Latest tallies from Carrick-on-Suir show SF D Dunne is on 17%, E O'Meara on 15.4%, And FF I Goldsboro on 14.3%
  • Pain predicted for FF in Cashel/Tipp: 20 boxes open> Ml Fitz (Fg) 20%, Denis Leahy Ind 12.8%, Martin Browne SF 12.2%.
  • Roscrea: 2 to 3 boxes Michael Smith cleaning up and Shane Lee polling very well – both home turf.
  • Newport box: Lab's Fiona Bonfield leading the pack followed by Rocky McGrath of Lowry Camp and FF Martin Kennedy.
  • Twomileborris: 1 Box Seamus Hanafin FF/ John Ryan IND.
  • Carrick-on-Suir: 16 boxes> tallies indicate SF's D Dunne on top, followed by IND K Bourke and FG J Brennan.
  • Cahir: 60% of boxes opened, tally: M Lonergan 21%, M Murphy 16.6%, M Anglim 12.9% and A Maloney 11.5%.