2024 Clare County Council election
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All 28 seats on Clare County Council 15 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Area of Clare County Council | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
An election to all 28 seats on Clare County Council will be held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections.[1] County Clare is divided into 5 local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).[2]
Results by party[edit]
| Party | Candidates | Seats | ± | 1st pref | FPv% | ±% | |
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| Fianna Fáil | 16 | ||||||
| Fine Gael | 11 | ||||||
| Sinn Féin | 6 | ||||||
| Green | 5 | ||||||
| Social Democrats | 2 | ||||||
| Aontú | 1 | ||||||
| Labour | 2 | ||||||
| Independent Ireland | 3 | ||||||
| Irish Freedom | 1 | ||||||
| Farmers' Alliance | 1 | ||||||
| The Irish People | 1 | ||||||
| Independent | 10 | ||||||
| Total | 59 | 28 | 
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Retiring incumbents[edit]
The following councillors are not seeking re-election:
| Constituency | Councillor | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ennis | Johnny Flynn[3] | Fine Gael | |
| Kilrush | PJ Kelly[4] | Fianna Fáil | |
| Ennis | Ann Norton[5] | Independent | |
Candidates by local electoral area[edit]
^ *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2019.
^ †: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2019 election.
Ennis[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Antoinette Bashua | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Clare Colleran Molloy[*] | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Pat Daly[*] | |||
| Green | Bridget Ginnity | |||
| Sinn Féin | Tommy Guilfoyle | |||
| Fine Gael | Mary Howard[*] | |||
| Independent | Ruairi Keenan | |||
| Independent | Jacek Kazimierz Kwasny | |||
| Independent | Amanda Major | |||
| Fine Gael | Paul Murphy[*] | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Tom O'Callaghan[†] | |||
| Labour | Seamus Ryan | |||
| Social Democrats | Hilary Tonge | |||
| Quota: | ||||
Ennistymon[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Joe Garrihy[*] | |||
| Green | Liam Grant[†] | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Joe Killeen[*] | |||
| The Irish People | Mike Loughrey | |||
| Farmers' Alliance | Pam O'Loughlin | |||
| Sinn Féin | Conor O'Sullivan | |||
| Fine Gael | Bill Slattery | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Shane Talty[*] | |||
| Labour | Denis Vaughan | |||
| Quota: | ||||
Killaloe[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Pat Burke[*] | |||
| Sinn Féin | Martina Cleary | |||
| Fine Gael | Joe Cooney[*] | |||
| Green | Audrey Flynn | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Pat Hayes[*] | |||
| Social Democrats | Fiona Levie | |||
| Independent Ireland | Matthew Moroney | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Tony O'Brien[*] | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Alan O'Callaghan[*] | |||
| Quota: | ||||
Kilrush[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Dawn Bennett | |||
| Fine Gael | Therese Doohan | |||
| Independent | Dinny Gould | |||
| Green | Susan Griffin | |||
| Independent Ireland | Kevin Hassett | |||
| Irish Freedom | John Hill | |||
| Fine Gael | Gabriel Keating[*] | |||
| Independent | Ian Lynch[*] | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Rita McInerney[†] | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Cillian Murphy[*] | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Shannon | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Alan Troy | |||
| Independent Ireland | Joe Woulfe | |||
| Quota: | ||||
Shannon[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
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| 1 | ||||
| Independent | Pat Barry | |||
| Independent | Michael Begley[*] | |||
| Green | Fursa Cavanagh | |||
| Fine Gael | John Crowe[*] | |||
| Fine Gael | Val Gillane | |||
| Fianna Fáil | David Griffin | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Rachel Hartigan | |||
| Aontú | John Haugh | |||
| Sinn Féin | Donna McGettigan [†] | |||
| Independent | Keith McNamara | |||
| Fine Gael | Tony Mulcahy | |||
| Independent | Conor O'Brien | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Pat O'Gorman[†] | |||
| Sinn Féin | James Ryan | |||
| Independent | PJ Ryan[*] | |||
| Quota: | ||||
References[edit]
- ^ "Polling Day Orders made for European, local and Limerick mayoral elections". Gov.ie (Press release). Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. 6 April 2024.
- ^ "Local elections in Ireland". Citizens Information Board. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ McMahon, Páraic (28 February 2024). "Johnny Flynn withdraws from election race & says unelected officials dictating Ennis' future". Clare Echo. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
- ^ McMahon, Páraic (12 February 2024). "PJ Kelly to bow out of politics". Clare Echo. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
- ^ McMahon, Páraic (17 April 2024). "'I always said I'd give it ten years' - Ann Norton calls time on political career". Clare Echo. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
- ^ "Notice of Poll Ennis" (PDF). Clare County Council. 20 May 2024. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
- ^ "Notice of Poll Ennistymon" (PDF). Clare County Council. 20 May 2024. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
- ^ "Notice of Poll Killaloe" (PDF). Clare County Council. 20 May 2024. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
- ^ "Notice of Poll Kilrush" (PDF). Clare County Council. 20 May 2024. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
- ^ "Notice of Poll Shannon" (PDF). Clare County Council. 20 May 2024. Retrieved 23 May 2024.