*Cathal Crowe is elected. Photograph: Joe Buckley WHETHER it was watching The Wiggles with his one-year old daughter Eve or cleaning out his home office, South-East Clare’s new TD Cathal Crowe (FF) spent much of the weekend busying himself in a bid to take his mind off election matters.
*Joseph Woulfe. Photograph: John Mangan Having come up short in bids to be elected at local and national level in the past nine months, Joseph Woulfe (IND) outlined that he has another election on the horizon over the coming weeks.
*Violet-Anne Wynne arrives at the Count Centre. Photograph: John Mangan Cameras, crews and onlookers surrounded Violet Anne Wynne as the tenth count was announced and she was the second candidate to reach the quota, it was a situation that wasn’t predicted by many.
*Trudy Leyden (centre) with supporters. Photograph: John Mangan Trudy Leyden (IND) conducted her campaign without the aid of election paraphernalia and admitted to The Clare Echo that it was to her detriment.
*Cllr Mary Howard (FG) and James Breen. Photograph: John Mangan Former Independent TD and retired Clare councillor James Breen admits the rise of Violet-Anne Wynne (SF) has shocked political followers in the county.
*Michael Leahy assesses the tallies. Photograph: John Mangan Sinn Féin will not be “the party of change”, one of Clare’s unsuccessful General Election candidates has declared.
*Michael McNamara & his wife Sarah. Photograph: Joe Buckley Having been in the political wilderness for four years, the return of the Mac to Dáil Éireann in top spot has come as “a pleasant surprise”.
*Joe Melody. Secretary of Clare Fine Gael, Joe Melody has described the 2020 General Election as ‘the election of change’.
*Timmy Dooley. Photograph: Joe Buckley Timmy Dooley (FF) is to take time out before deciding what his future holds following his surprise defeat in the 2020 General Election.
*Joe Carey is elected on the tenth count of GE2020. Photograph: Joe Buckley More tears were evident in the Carey camp than anywhere else on Monday as Joe’s was arguably the most dramatic story of the election.
