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Cork North-West: Michael Creed
Outgoing Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed was elected on the fifth count for Fine Gael, with 13,060 votes and 18% of the first preference votes.
Donegal: Charlie McConalogue
Fianna Fáil’s agricultural spokesperson was elected on count nine with 11,432 votes, winning the last seat in that constituency and narrowly defeating Pat ‘the Cope’ Gallagher.
Cavan-Monaghan: Matt Carthy
Sinn Féin MEP Matt Carthy capitalised on his party’s wave of support and his EU profile to sweep home in first place. He claimed 16,310 votes. Heather Humphreys took the second seat for Fine Gael on 12,808 votes.
Roscommon-Galway: Michael Fitzmaurice
Independent Michael Fitzmaurice took 13,077 votes and 28.7% of the first preference vote.
Laois-Offaly: Brian Stanley
Sinn Féin’s agricultural spokesperson was elected with 16,600 votes.
Cork South-Central: Simon Coveney
Tánaiste and former agriculture minister Simon Coveney claimed the second seat in Cork South-Central after the eighth count.
Kerry: Michael Healy-Rae
Independent Michael Healy-Rae swept to victory in the Kingdom, being elected on the first count with 16,818 votes.
Kerry: Danny Healy-Rae
Independent candidate and brother to Michael Healy-Rae, Danny won 13,000 votes on the sixth count.
Cork South-West: Holly Cairns
The Social Democrats’ agricultural spokesperson Holly Cairns, a farmer and councillor from Cork, was elected in Cork South-West on the eighth count on Sunday night.
Tipperary: Mattie McGrath
Independent TD and vocal rural advocate Mattie McGrath retained his Tipperary seat with 15,127 votes on the eighth count.
Tipperary: Jackie Cahill
Dairy farmer and former ICMSA president Jackie Cahill retained his seat for Fianna Fáil after being elected on the ninth count.
Sligo-Leitrim: Martin Kenny
Sinn Féin’s former agriculture spokesperson was elected on count one with 15,035.
Sligo-Leitrim: Marian Harkin
A former Independent TD and long-serving MEP, Marian Harkin was elected with 12,995 on count 14.
Tipperary: Mary Newman Julian
Vet Mary Newman Julian lost her bid to become a TD. Her sister Kate O’Connell also lost her seat in Dublin Bay South.
Mayo: Saoirse McHugh
The outspoken Green Party candidate Saoirse McHugh, who broke party ranks to oppose carbon tax, failed to win a seat but polled very well.
Wicklow: Andrew Doyle
Outgoing Minister of State for Agriculture Andrew Doyle narrowly lost out on the last seat in the Wicklow constituency.
Laois-Offaly: Pippa Hackett
Green Party agriculture spokesperson and organic farmer Pippa Hackett failed to win a seat.
Cork South-West
Tillage farmer and Fine Gael TD candidate Tim Lombard narrowly lost out to Social Democrats agriculture spokesperson Holly Cairns.
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