Who will hold the reins in new council?

The make-up of the new Westmeath County Council is to see eight seats occupied by Fianna Fáil members; five by Fine Gael; three by Sinn Féin; two by Labour and two by Independents.

For Fianna Fáil, it will be the party's first time in several years to hold the dominant role in the council chamber.

The full list of the new council members is:

 

FF
Paul Daly FF
Avril Whitney FF
Ken Glynn FF
Aidan Davitt FF
John Shaw FF
Paddy Hill FF
Frankie Keena FF
Aengus O'Rourke FF


Lab

Johnny Penrose Lab
Mick Dollard Lab


Sinn Fein
Sorcha Clarke SF
Una D'Arcy SF
Paul Hogan, SF

Fine Gael

Andrew Duncan FG
Frank McDermott FG
Peter Burke FG
John Dolan FG

Tom Farrell FG

Inf

Michael O'Brien  Ind
Kevin Boxer Moran Ind