LATEST: Six of the biggest shocks coming out of the Tipperary Local Elections so far...
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JOHN O'HENEY - POLL-TOPPER IN CASHEL-TIPPERARY LEA
MÁIRÍN TOPPLES MOLONEY
In Cahir, two of the four seats were filled by Máirín McGrath (Ind) with 2,079 votes and Andy Moloney (Ind) with 1,762.
A surprise result here with the young Máirín knocking Andy Moloney off the top spot in Cahir.
TEAM LOWRY...MORE LIKE THE LOWRY PARTY!
There were loud cheers and joyful tears as Team Lowry romped towards election to Tipperary County Council.
One by one four of the five candidates were deemed elected on the First Count in each of their respective areas. The count was then adjourned for the night.
SINN FÉIN'S DISASTER!
Sinn Féin look set to hold their two seats but at the expense of Tony Black, with Annemarie Ryan "Shiner" likely to pip him to the post in the Cashel Tipperary seven-seater LEA and David Dunne securing a seat for the party in Carrick-on-Suir.
The other nine candidates simply did not perform and voters did not side with them.
THE SIZE OF MURPHY'S VOTE
Fine Gael's Michael Murphy topped the polls with 2,746 votes - the highest vote received by any candidate across the county and Murphy is the poll-topper for Tipperary - an increase of 644 from his vote in the Local Elections in 2019.
LABOUR'S RETURN
Labour has gone from one seat to three seats on Tipperary County Council with the election of Fiona Bonfield in Newport and Michael "Chicken" Brennan in Carrick-on-Suir.