SITTING Labour Cllr and Mayor of Tralee, Terry O’Brien, became the second candidate to be elected to the Tralee Municipal District of Kerry County Council this afternoon at the John Mitchels GAA Complex where the count is taking place.
He received 84 votes from his fellow Labour candidate Ben Slimm and Ade Abdurahman, who were both eliminated, to push him over the quota of 1,688, finishing with 1,721 votes.
Speaking after his election, Mayor O’Brien expressed his delight at his reelection and thanked everyone who came out to vote for him.
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“I didn’t expect to get that vote, but I’ll take it!” he said. “I expected maybe 1,100 or 1,200 votes. I felt it was a strange canvass, but also positive and I was extremely happy to see the tallies yesterday. I’m very appreciative for the vote,” he said.
“I want to thank my family and friends and all who canvassed for me. That video went down well and helped too!” he added.
Eddie O’Grady of the Irish People’s Party has now been eliminated, so count four will see his x votes distributed. It’s likely that Sinn Féin’s Deirdre Ferris — who is just 76 votes short of quota — will have to wait a couple of more counts before she is reelected, with a long wait for the remaining candidates to see who will fill the remaining four seats.
See full results of third count below…
Quota: 1,688
Baily, Angie (Fine Gael) – (+19) 841
Daly, Paul (Sinn Féin) – (+12) 1,073
Donnelly, Sinéad (Fine Gael) – (+9) 722
Dunne, Anluan (Green Party) – (+15) 680
Ferris, Deirdre (Sinn Féin) – (+20) 1,612
Foley, Cathal (Sinn Féin) – (+5) 735
Kevane, Paddy (Sinn Féin) – (+7) 377
Locke, Sam (Non-Party) – (+9) 1,097
McEllistrim, Thomas (Non-Party) – (+6) 810
O’Brien, Terry (Labour) – (+84) 1,721 ELECTED
O’Grady, Eddie (The Irish People Party) – (+1) 324
O’Sullivan, Anne (Fianna Fáil) – (+12) 934
Oyebanji, Mistura (Social Democrats) – (+24) 456
Sheehy, Mikey (Fianna Fáil) – 2,114 ELECTED
Sweeney, Jacob (The National Party) – (+3) 401
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