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06 Sept 2025
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FF Cllr Imelda Goldsboro from Ballingarry and Cllr David Dunne (SF) from Carrick-on-Suir were elected on the first count in the Carrick-on-Suir LEA race
The first count in the Carrick-on-Suir LEA election was announced at 11.30pm with Ballingarry Fianna Fáil Cllr Imelda Goldsboro topping the poll in the Carrick-on-Suir Local Electoral area polling with a massive first preference vote of 1,898 votes. She also topped the poll in the 2019 election.
Also elected on the first count was Carrick-on-Suir Sinn Féin councillor David Dunne, who polled 1,759 first preferences.
The second count will involved the distribution of Cllr Goldsboro's surplus votes and will start at 10am tomorrow (Sunday).
The first count result in the Carrick-on-Suir LEA election was as follows:
Total Electorate: 16,763
Invalid Ballot Papers: 57
Valid Poll: 9,047
Quota: 1,508
Number of Seats: 5
Bourke Kieran (FF) 1,334
Brennan Michael 'Chicken' 1,486
Dunne David (SF) 1,759 (elected)
Fitzgerald Mark (FG) 1,239
Goldsboro Imelda (FF) 1,898 (elected)
Murphy Martin (IFP) 299
O'Meara Kevin (Ind) 1,032
Total: 9,047
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