No shortage of new faces as City Central draws to a close
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Author: Stephen Corrigan
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From this week's Galway City Tribune
The Labour Party has taken a second seat on Galway City Council with the election of John McDonagh in City Central.
He and the Social Democrats’ Eibhlín Seoighthe along with Fianna Fáil’s Josie Forde were elected on the 11th count.
Sinn Féin’s Mark Lohan fell short following the distribution of eliminated candidate, Pádraig Lenihan’s (Aontú) votes.
They join Mike Cubbard (Ind), Eddie Hoare (FG) and Frank Fahy (FG) who took the first three seats in this six-seater electoral area.
Counts for City Central and City East have now concluded, with a first count for City West expected shortly.
Caption: Newly-elected Galway City Cllr Josie Forde.
Galway City Central
Electorate: 18,206
Total poll: 7,733
Spoiled votes: 137
Total valid poll: 7,606
Quota: 1,087
Eleventh count
Distribution of Lenihan’s votes
Seoighthe, Eibhlín (SD) (+36) 1,028 ELECTED
Forde, Josie (FF) (+85) 1,017 ELECTED
McDonagh, John (Lab) (+63) 965 ELECTED
Lohan, Mark (SF) (+50) 739
Non-transferable: 269
Seoighthe, Forde and McDonagh elected without reaching the quota.
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