Dollard elected to Town Council on first count

The electorate was 9,791, there was a poll of 5367, and 111 invalid votes, leaving a valid poll of 5,256 and a quota of 526.In second place to Dollard was Fine Gael's Peter Bourke, with 449 votes, and in third, a surprise result, Fianna Fáil's Bill Collentine, on 325.Currently underway is the distribution of Mick Dollard's surplus.The rest of the votes were as follows Jim Bourke FF, 183, Rashid Butt, ind, 52, Sorca Clarke, SF, 147, Pat Collins Lab, 205, Detty Cornally, Lab, 288; Sean Corrigan, Green, 82; Aidan Davitt, FF, 272; Betty Doran, Ind, 143, Brian Fagan, Ind, 169, Kasia Gaborec FF, 254; Ken Glynn, FF, 296; Frank Harkin, Ind, 24; Pat Higgins, FG, 64, Ruth Illingworth, FG, 168, Tony Irwin, Labour, 92; Frank McIntyre, Ind, 125; Philips Obimah, Green, 33, Gerry Sheridan, Labour 237; Pat Whelan, FG, 204.