*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.
*Cllr Dinny Gould (IND) was the first candidate elected in the Kilrush LEA. Photograph: Joe Buckley DUBBED as the bloodbath prior to the local elections, the Kilrush LEA lived up to its billing.
*Cillian Murphy (FF) speaking on Scariff Bay Community Radio. Photograph: Joe Buckley TÁNAISTE, Micheál Martin (FF) has said Fianna Fáil got their strategy wrong in West Clare for the local elections after the incumbent Cillian Murphy (FF) lost his seat.
*Cllr Pat Hayes (FF). Photograph: Joe Buckley FOR THE third term in a row, the same five elected representatives have been elected to serve the Killaloe Municipal District.
*Cllr Bill Slattery (FG) is elected. Photograph: Joe Buckley. WITH the fewest amount of seats of all the electoral areas, the Ennistymon LEA was always going to be competitive.
*Cllr David Griffin & Cllr Antoinette Baker Bashua. Photograph: Joe Buckley NEWLY elected Cllr Antoinette Baker Bashua (FF) says the success of “really strong candidates” in the Ennis Municipal District could lead to alterations of the contentious Ennis 2040 strategy.
*Mary Howard celebrates. Photograph: Joe Buckley 49% of the electorate in the Ennis Municipal District spoke and voted on who they wanted to serve as their representatives on Clare County Council.
*Sinn Féin supporters celebrate. Photograph: Joe Buckley SINN Féin’s first councillor in the Ennis MD has promised to bring “a socialist republican brand of councillor” to the local authority.
*PJ Ryan (IND). Photograph: John Mangan ONE OF three sitting councillors to lose his seat at the local elections, PJ Ryan (IND) said he was “devastated” with the outcome.
*Cllr Rita McInerney (FF) is hoisted in the air. Photograph: Joe Buckley A REMARKABLE first preference vote from Cllr Rita McInerney (FF) saw her secure a strong mandate from the people of West Clare to represent them over the next five years.
