Archive for February 28th, 2016

  WE have our five TDs for the next Dail. Just after 8pm this evening, Martin Ferris, John Brassil and Brendan Griffin were elected on the 11th count with sitting Fine Gael TD Jimmy Deenihan losing out. Fine Gael’s Brendan Griffin took the third seat followed by Sinn Fein’s Martin Ferris, then Fianna Fail’s John Brassil. […]

FINE Gael’s Jimmy Deenihan will need a miracle if he is to retain his seat in the next Dail. After the tenth count in the Kerry constituency, he lies 4,106 behind his closest rival, Fianna Fail’s John Brassil – who now has 11,955 – for the last seat. It is certain that […]

MARTIN Ferris has overtaken Brendan Griffin in the race for the remaining seats in the Kerry constituency after the ninth count. After the distribution of Michael ‘Pixie’ O’Gorman and Brian Finucane’s votes, the Ardfert man received 1,139 votes. This put him ahead of Griffin who only received 173 votes. Ferris now […]

BRIAN Finucane and Michael ‘Pixie’ O’Gorman were eliminated after the eighth count which saw John Brassil extend his lead over Jimmy Deenihan. The Fine Gael man is now 1,916 behind the Fianna Fail candidate from Ballyheigue as Brendan Griffin and Martin Ferris lead the way on 11,223 and  10,583 respectively and are virtually assured […]

AFTER the seventh count, things haven’t changed that much with Jimmy Deenihan still chasing the pack. The Fine Gael man is 1,880 votes behind Fianna Fail’s John Brassil with Brendan Griffin and Martin Ferris still in a great position to be re-elected. They are now distributing Michael Fitzgerald of the Green Party’s […]

AFTER the sixth count in the Kerry Constituency, it looks at this stage like Fine Gael’s Brendan Griffin, Sinn Féin’s Martin Ferris are certain to be elected with Fianna Fáil’s John Brassil taking the last seat at Jimmy Deenihan’s expense. Brendan Griffin is on 10,872 with Martin Ferris next on 10,418 followed by Brassil on […]

MICHAEL Healy Rae expressed his thanks to the people of Tralee for their votes and said he and his brother will be fighting for the town when they take their places in the Dail. Despite coming from the south of the county, Michael polled over 4,000 first preference votes in […]

YES, the Irish rugby team didn’t exactly set the world alight yesterday, but this year is clearly a transition period thanks to retirements and injuries, so we can write it off now and look to 2017. The future looks pretty bright in one sense as Ultan Dillane from Tralee really made an […]

IT has been a simply remarkable weekend for the Healy Rae clan as they will have two representatives in the next Dáil. Michael was elected on Saturday night after 11pm with over 20,000 first preference votes – the most in the country – and Danny follows today. Of course this has […]