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The now-former Clare councillors Joe Cooney and Donna McGettigan congratulate each other ahead of confirmation of the final count PICTURE: Ellen Gough
All four seats in County Clare have been filled, as councillors Donna McGettigan (SF) and Joe Cooney (FG) have been deemed elected.
Count 16 saw the distribution of Roisin Garvey's (GP) 5,825 votes after her elimination.
None of the three remaining candidates reached the required quota of 12,182: Donna McGettigan 12036 (+1233); Joe Cooney 10790 (+1110); Leonora Carey 8462 (+1592) (Non transferrable 1890).
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As the two of the remaining candidates with the highest votes, Donna McGettigan and Joe Cooney were deemed elected without reaching the quota, and Leonora Carey was eliminated on the sixteenth and final count.
They join Fianna Fail's Timmy Dooley and Cathal Crowe, elected on counts 13 and 15 respectively.
The four TDs elected to Dáil Eireann for the county of Clare, in the 2024 General Election, are as follows: Timmy Dooley and Cathal Crowe of Fianna Fail, Donna McGettigan of Sinn Fein, and Joe Cooney of Fine Gael.
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