Local Elections: South Dublin winners and losers

THERE are plenty of winners and losers in the Local Elections for South Dublin following the results of the past 24 hours.

One of the big talking points over the weekend was the election of father and son duo Baby Pereppadan.

Baby secured re-election in Tallaght South and his son Britto, running for the first time, won a seat in Tallaght Central. The 24-year-old is in his second year as a doctor at Tallaght University Hospital was elected on the ninth count.

Paddy Holohan (Ind) topped the poll in Tallaght South and secures a seat for a second term

Paddy Holohan was re-elected in Tallaght South and then later in the evening dramatically won a seat in Tallaght Central.

Cllr Holohan can now nominate his replacement in either Local Election Area (LEA) and that nomination will have to be approved by the local authority.

In Tallaght Central, Mick Duff (Ind) topped the poll, with Teresa Costello (FF) and Jess Spear (PBP) also securing seats.

In Tallaght South, Louise Dunne (SF), Dermot Richardson (Ind) and Kay Keane (PBP) filled the remaining seats, joining Cllr Holohan and Cllr Baby Pereppadan as the five elected candidates in this local election area.

Cllr Mick Duff topped the poll in Tallaght Central and Teresa Costello (FF) retained a seat in second place

One of the big losers in the election is Cathal King who this time ran in Tallaght South after moving from Tallaght Central.

He failed to get re-elected while Solidarity’s Leah Whelan in Tallaght South and the Green’s Vanessa Mulhall in Tallaght Central also lost out.

In Firhouse-Bohernabreena, Mayor Alan Edge (Ind), Brian Lawlor (FG) and Emma Murphy (FF) were re-elected and will be joined in the five-seater by Sarah Barnes (FG) and Roisin Mannion (SF). Lyn Hagin-Meade from the Greens lost her seat.

Cllr Emma Murphy with family members.

In the Clondalkin seven-seater, Francis Timmons was first past the post with Trevor Gilligan (FF), William Carey (SF), Eoin O’Broin (Soc D), Darragh Adelaide (PBP), Linda DeCourcy (IndI) and Shirley O’Hara (FG) winning seats. The Green’s Laura Donaghy misses out.

In Fonthill Palmerstown, Shane Moynihan is re-elected after the 10th count. Cllr Moynihan is pictured with Cllr Francis Timmons (Ind) in the count centre after he was was elected for Clondalkin

Independent Paul Gogarty secured the first seat in Lucan, which is now made up of Vicki Casserly (FG), Liona O’Toole (Ind), Caroline Brady (FG) and Joanna Tuffy. The big casualty here was Sinn Fein’s Derren O Bradaigh.

Lucan’s Vicki Casserly (FG) celebrates with her family and friends in Weston after she was re-elected

All five-seats are now filled in the Palmerstown-Fonthill LEA with Shane Moynihan (FF), Alan Hayes (Ind) and Madeleine Johansson (PBP/S) re-elected and  joined in the electoral area by Niamh Fennell (SF) and Glen Moore (IFP).

Cllr Pamela Kearns with Ciarán Ahern (right) in the count centre

The only area not completed by Monday morning was Rathfarnham-Templeogue. Labour’s Pamela Kearns and Ronan McMahon (Ind) were re-elected in this seven-seater.

As the count continued into Monday, Labour’s Ciarán Ahern secured his party’s second seat in Rathfarnham-Templeogue after he was elected on the ninth count, joining his colleague Cllr Kearns on South Dublin County Council.

Cllr Mark Lynch was eliminated from the race, which saw the Green Party lose all four seats on SDCC.

The count finished for South Dublin County Council in Weston Aerodrome on Monday afternoon, as the four remaining seats in Rathfarnham-Templeogue were filled.

On the 11th count, Lyn McCrave (FG), David McManus (FG), Yvonne Collins (FF) and Justin Sinnott (Soc D) are deemed elected and will join Cllr Kearns, Cllr McMahon and Cllr Ahern in this seven seat LEA.

The counting for all seven local election areas in South Dublin County Council is now complete, with all 40 seats filled.