Fine Gael's sitting councillor John Crosse was elected to Tipperary County Council for the Cashel/Tipperary electoral area.
He was elected on the fifth count and he was the fourth Fine Gael party member returned joining sitting councillors Michael Fitzgerald, Mary Hanna Hourigan and newcomer Declan Burgess.Sitting councillor Roger Kennedy of Fianna Fail was also elected on an earlier count.
Fianna Fail's Jacqui Finnan is in pole position to get the next seat leaving a battle for the remaining seat between Sinn Fein candidates Tony Black,sitting councillor Martin Browne and March4Tipp's Annemarie Ryan who is a considerable distance behind the two Sinn Fein candidates.
After the sixth count there was only forty nine votes between the three candidates that are likely to battle out the final seat .
Tony Black of Sinn Fein had 815 votes,Annemarie Ryan of March4Tipp had 785 votes and Martin Browne had 766 votes.
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