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Seanad election: SF's Lynn Boylan wins Agricultural Panel seat as Rónán Mullen returned by NUI voters

Counting is continuing in the Seanad elections, with a number of new senators having been elected...
Stephen McNeice
Stephen McNeice

14.16 1 Apr 2020


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Seanad election: SF's Lynn Boy...

Seanad election: SF's Lynn Boylan wins Agricultural Panel seat as Rónán Mullen returned by NUI voters

Stephen McNeice
Stephen McNeice

14.16 1 Apr 2020


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Counting is continuing in the Seanad elections, with a number of new senators having been elected so far today.

The general election count is underway at Dublin Castle, with access restrictions and social distancing measures in place due to the current coronavirus crisis.

At the NUI count at the RDS, Independent Rónán Mullen became the first candidate to be elected - winning re-election on the first count.

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Michael McDowell also looked set for re-election with less than a 1,000 votes to reach the quota, while Alice Mary Higgins was in third place on the first count with former Solidarity TD Ruth Coppinger in fourth.

Elsewhere, Sinn Féin's Lynn Boylan and Labour's Pippa Hackett and Annie Hoey were the final three candidates elected to the Agricultural Panel.

Mrs Boylan is a former MEP, while Mrs Hackett was elected to the Seanad in a by-election late last year.

Mrs Hoey is a former USI President who was also involved in the Together for Yes campaign and Michael D Higgins re-election campaign.

Fine Gael's Jerry Buttimer has been elected on the first count for the Labour panel

Earlier, Fianna Fáil's Eugene Murphy joined Fine Gael's Paddy Burke, Tim Lombard and Michael D'Arcy on the Agricultural Panel.

Mr D'Arcy is the outgoing minister of state for financial services and insurance, and had lost his seat as a TD in last month's general election.

Mr Murphy is also a former TD, having lost his seat in Roscommon-Galway after serving one term in the Dáil.

Paddy Burke and Tim Lombard, meanwhile, are both existing senators who have now won re-election.

Victor Boyhan, Fianna Fáil's Denis O'Donovan, Niall Blaney and Paul Daly were all elected to the same Panel yesterday.

Counting is also underway in the Trinity College election, where nobody was elected on the first count.

Yesterday's count saw also all five senators elected to the Cultural and Educational Panel: Sean Kyne (FG), Malcolm Byrne (FF), Lisa Chambers (FF), John McGahon (FG) and Fintan Warfield (Sinn Féin).

The final 11 members of the next Seanad will be nominated by the Taoiseach of the next government.

Main image: File photos of Rónán Mullen (Photo: RollingNews.ie) and Lynn Boylan (Photo: Sam Boal/RollingNews.ie)

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