General Election Autopsy
Sinn Fein SurgePerhaps there is no constituency that highlights the level of the Sinn Fein surge as clearly as Wexford. Having lost his council seat…
General Election 2020
Five TD’s to serve Wexford in next Dáil
It took 21-hours to count 75,000 ballot papers cast in Saturday’s General Election with 15 candidates hoping for one of the five seats on offer…
It’s all over…Paul Kehoe takes the last seat
Long time forecast that Paul Kehoe would lose his seat have proved unfounded and he has taken the last of the five seats. Johnny Mythen…
Enniscorthy could be home to three sitting TD’s?
Minister Michael D’Arcy has been eliminated on the 10th Count. He got just 38 votes from Howlin’s surplus of 417 and was eliminated by the…
COUNT 10 – Howlin’s surplus now being counted
We have just had the distribution of Carthy’s transfers and an interesting situation has emerged, Browne is in line for the third seat, but Verona…
Brendan Howlin elected on the 8th Count
Counting resumed at 10 am when the first task was the distribution of Michael Sheehan’s transfers at Count Eight. Brendan Howlin needed 260 and he…
Counting adjoured until 10 am on Monday
The Count has been adjourned until morning after the result of the Seventh Count – the distribution of Deirdre Wadding’s vote – was announced just…
RESULT of the SIXTH COUNT
SIXTH COUNT – distribution of Paula Roseingrave’s 2,683 votes. Non-transferable 205 BROWNE James Fianna Fáil 8,058 (+404) 8,462 (+396) 8,858 (+55) 8,913 (+162) 9,075 (+76)…
RESULT of the FIFTH COUNT
FIFTH COUNT – distribution of Jim Codd’s votes. Non-transferable 293 BROWNE James Fianna Fáil 8,058 (+404) 8,462 (+396) 8,858 (+55) 8,913 (+162) 9,075 BYRNE Malcolm…
RESULT of the FOURTH COUNT
FOURTH COUNT – distribution of Seanie O’Shea’s votes. Non-transferable 181 BROWNE James Fianna Fáil 8,058 (+404) 8,462 (+396) 8,858 (+55) 8,913 BYRNE Malcolm Fianna Fáil…