*Cllr Joe Cooney (FG) may be called upon by Fine Gael for a General Election bid. Photograph: Joe Buckley
TO analyse the dust as it immediately settles following the local election in Clare, we’ve recorded a bite size episode of The Electoral Chair.
Clare has elected its twenty eight councillors, seven of which have been elected to the local authority for the first time.
As we attempt a small dissect on how things have panned out, Páraic McMahon is joined by Fianna Fáil Director of Elections, Gerry Reidy, Fine Gael’s Director of Elections Geraldine Gregan and communications consultant Mark Dunphy.
Our next episode will be a more detailed analysis on the election results in Co Clare.
On the clár:
- Dominant stories of the election
- Changing models of canvassing
- History is written by the winners
- Fianna Fáil & Fine Gael continue to dominate politics in Clare
- Fresh faces reinvigorate make-up of the Council
- Shock defeats for Cillian Murphy (FF) & PJ Ryan (IND)
- Four candidate strategy catches FF in the Kilrush LEA
- Fine Gael’s struggles coming to the fore
- Cllr Michael Begley’s Lazarus like turnaround
- Prospective General Election candidates
