Elections 2024: Barry Andrews, Regina Doherty, Lynn Boylan and Aodhán Ó’Ríordáin elected as MEPs in Dublin (2024)

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Barry Andrews, Regina Doherty, Lynn Boylan and Aodhán Ó Ríordáin have been elected as Dublin's MEPs to the European Parliament.

Independent Ireland candidate Niall Boylan was the final person eliminated from the race, as outgoing Green MEP Ciarán Cuffe's votes were redistributed and boosted Ó'Ríordáin to the final seat after a long three days of counting at the RDS Simmonscourt.

Limerick Mayoral Election - Breaking

Independent John Moran has become the first-ever directly elected Mayor of Limerick.

The Dooradoyle native beat beat another Independent, Helen O'Donnell, to the post.

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He secured 1,088 transfers from Independent candidate Una McGurk, bringing his total to 58,897.

Incumbent Sean Kelly (FG) remains the only candidate elected. He was elected in the first count.

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European Elections Midlands-Northwest

The results for the 9th count of the European Elections for the Midlands-Northwest constituency have been announced which saw Labour Party candidate Fergal Landy being eliminated with the lowest vote count of 7,350 votes.

Up to this point, 11 out of 27 candidates have been eliminated: Justin Barrett (National Party), Anthony Cahill (The Irish People Party), Stephen Garland (IND), Charlotte Keenan (IND), Fergal Landy (Labour Party), Margret Maguire (Ireland First), Brian O’ Boyle (People Before Profit), Daniel Poco*ck (National Party), James Reynolds (National Party), Michelle Smith (IND), and Gerry Waters (IND).

Mr Landy's votes will now be redistributed.

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European Elections DublinFollowing his election as an MEP in Dublin, Fianna Fáil’s Barry Andrews said that people responded to his positive campaign.

He said: “I am very excited to start the work in Brussels. I have a very positive mandate now from the people of Dublin to do the work.

“Hugely relieved. We waited a few days but I waited eight months the last time so it was really brilliant.

“I want to thank all the people in the count centre for their patience and their professionalism for carrying out the count. It’s a very arduous task but they did it brilliantly and their communication was fantastic. I am really grateful to them.

“We ran a positive pro-EU campaign.

“There was a sense that there is a growth in extremist ideology on the fringes of the political spectrum and we presented a much more positive agenda and I think people responded to that.”

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Fine Gael’s Regina Doherty has said it was “a bloody marvellous feeling” to be elected as a Dublin MEP.

Asked to point out the reason why the party had performed well in the elections, Ms Doherty looked to her right at Fine Gael leader and Taoiseach Simon Harris.

She said: “I’m not looking at anyone in particular but we’ve had a really renewed sense of energy in the last couple of months. And it’s not just because the Taoiseach has it, he has made us all believe in ourselves and instil a new energy so that we go that extra mile.

“That has certainly helped." Mr Harris said he was “absolutely delighted” that Ms Doherty had been elected and thanked the Dublin electorate. He said: “She has worked so hard, she deserves this, I’m so proud of her and of course she’s going to continue an incredible tradition of Fine Gael people representing Dublin in the European Parliament.

”Mr Harris added that he was “very hopeful” that the party could come away with four MEP seats in total by taking two seats in Midlands-Northwest.

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European Elections DublinNewly elected Labour MEP Aodhán O’Ríordáin has said that he felt “maybe Dublin needs a better voice” after the riots in the capital last November.

“For the Labour Party, it’s been a rough number of years but Ivana (Bacik) with her by-election has changed the entire dynamic of this party,” the TD said.

“She showed that with a level of integrity and politics and unwavering in her belief in social justice that we can win again.

“When we started this campaign, I don’t think many people gave us a chance, but we won.

“It’s been a very emotional year for me, I lost my dad a year ago and that really motivated me a lot after the riots in November that maybe Dublin needs a better voice.”

Labour leader Ms Bacik said his election means “a huge amount” to the party. She said: “‘For the love of Dublin’, the slogan, really summed up what we were about and that resonated with people, they wanted to hear that positive message of constructive change that we’ve been putting forward. It means a great deal to us.”

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Lynn Boylan, newly elected Sinn Fein MEP for Dublin, said she is “exhausted” but “absolutely overwhelmed” by the support she received.

While Sinn Féin leadership has acknowledged the elections went worse than expected, Ms Boylan was insistent that the party had a “positive” result – after electing an MEP in Dublin and increasing its representation in local government.

She said: “How is it a bad election when we’re the party that increased its vote? Fianna Fail and Fine Gael decreased their vote.“

"They decreased their number of councillors. We’ve increased our vote, we’ve increased our number of councillors.”

Speaking to RTÉ’s Prime Time, Ms Boylan added: “Therefore, we take that as a good day. Is it as good of a day as we’d have liked? Of course not, but it is a good day nonetheless when you’re going in the right direction.”

Asked if Mary Lou McDonald should continue as leader into the general election, she said: “Absolutely, she’s the right person to lead the party into the next general election.”

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Fine Gael’s Sean Kelly remains the only candidate elected in Ireland South topping the poll in the first count with 127,777 votes out of a total poll of 713,323. He had a surplus of over 8,000 votes.

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European Election Midlands-Northwest

The 8th count results for the Midlands Northwest constituency saw the elimination of independent candidate Michelle Smith with the lowest vote count of 7102.

None of the candidates have reached the quota yet.

Sinn Féin TD Pearse Doherty visited the count centre an hour ago and speaking with the Irish Independent about the implosion of votes for Sinn Féin candidate Chris MacManus, who currently has 30,212 votes, he said: “This is not the election that we were hoping for. Although we did increased the vote share and number of seats, but it was definitely not what we were expecting.

“These elections has also made it evident that people in Ireland do want change. The way they voted for independent candidates instead of Fianna Fail, Fine Gael or Green Party shows that they want to have a change.

“Now it’s humble enough that we recognise that we have made mistakes on the way and respond back with a positive vision about how we believe this country can be governed and it should be run.”

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Senior Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil figures, as well as those in Labour and Sinn Féin, are now gathering in anticipation of Barry Andrews, Regina Doherty, Aodhán O Riordáin and Lynn Boylan being elected all on the same and final count.

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Kildare County Council

And the winner after the second recount in Kildare is.....Section 84.3 of Statutory Instrument 297/1995.

After flip-flopping between one ahead and then two votes behind, Melissa Byrne of Aontú and James Stokes of Sinn Féin emerged from the fresh 10th count in Newbridge on equal votes.

Returning officer Eoghan Ryan had to go to the law to resolve the tie. According to the cited legislation, situations like this require going back to the very first count, with whoever polled higher remaining in the race.

James Stokes was excluded given he had the lower number of first preferences.

Ms Byrne, 25, and Mr Stokes, 18, embraced after what has been a stressful experience for the two political novices.

The count can now resume to try to fill the last three seats in the six-seater LEA.

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Reflecting on the loss of his seat, Ciarán Cuffe suggested the issue of migration had dominated the European election campaign over concerns about the climate.

“I think we have seen the rise of those voices who don’t feel the state should be involved in helping the most vulnerable and I think I certainly have campaigned all my life to help the most vulnerable in society. I’ll continue to do that and my party will continue to do that,” he said.

“I think we need a green and a social transition. We need to help, particularly those who are facing difficult circ*mstances, and I think we need to be building bridges, not erecting walls in Europe.”He added: “I think what characterised the 2019 election was the extraordinary urgency of the need to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss. I don’t think those issues have gone away. It’s a bit like having a hole in the roof of your house and saying ‘ah, we’ll get around to that in a few years’ time’.

“I think we absolutely have to face up to climate breakdown and biodiversity loss, we have to ensure a green transition, but clearly at a European level the issue of migration featured very strongly.“

It had to, given that the issue has been on the front page for a long time and that we really have had challenges in accommodating 100,000 Ukrainians and others who have fled persecution and violence, so that did dominate a lot of the campaign.”

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