*Clare County Council crews clear fallen trees on the Golf Links Rd in Ennis. CLOSE TO 10,000 homes and business are without power across Co Clare in the aftermath of Storm Darragh while motorists have been advised to express “extreme caution” on the county’s roads.
*Leonora Carey (FG) speaking in the count centre. Photograph: Joe Buckley CLARE will not be represented by the member of the Carey family in Dáil Éireann for the first time in almost two decades after Leonora Carey (FG) came up just short in her quest to become a TD.
*Carmel Kirby. Photograph: John O’Neill. CARMEL KIRBY has been chosen as interim Chief Executive of Clare County Council.
*Photograph: John Mangan CO CLARE has been placed under a Status Red weather warning which is to come into effect from 10pm on Friday night.
*Rita McInerney, Shane Talty and Cathal Crowe. Photo by Joe Buckley ATTEMPTS to secure a Seanad nomination are to be made by Cllr Rita McInerney (FF) after she lost out in her bid to become Fianna Fáil’s first TD from West Clare in over two decades.
*Joe Cooney TD (FG) is elected. Photograph: Joe Buckley LEINSTER HOUSE awaits Joe Cooney TD (FG) who said he will grasp the opportunity to represent the people of Clare in the Dáil.
*Sean O’Callaghan and Conor Mullen celebrate. Photograph: Natasha Barton AVENUE UTD and Bridge Utd have progressed to the fifth round of the FAI Junior Cup while Newmarket Celtic have been knocked out.
*Liam Wiley, Liam Hayes and Cllr Pat Hayes lift Timmy Dooley into the air. Photograph: Joe Buckley POLL-TOPPER, Timmy Dooley TD (FF) bounced back with a bang to claim his place as one of the county’s four TDs in the 34th Dáil.
*Cathal Crowe TD (FF) with party stalwart Francie Daly. Photograph: Joe Buckley IN POLITICS since bursting on the scene as a twenty one year old in 2004, Cathal Crowe TD (FF) said his campaign to get re-elected to the Dáil was unquestionably the toughest.
*Donna McGettigan TD (SF). Photograph: Joe Buckley SHANNON is still Ireland’s newest town, six decades on from its creation it can now lay claim to a TD following the election of Donna McGettigan (SF).
