Part of 2014 Irish local elections
2014 Tipperary County Council election
Map showing the area of Tipperary County Council
An election to all 40 seats on Tipperary County Council was held on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections , contested by a field of 85 candidates. This was a reduction from a combined total of 47 seats at the previous election: 21 at the 2009 North Tipperary election and 27 at the 2009 South Tipperary election . The former counties of North Tipperary and South Tipperary were amalgamated under the Local Government Reform Act 2014 . The town councils of Carrick-on-Suir , Cashel , Nenagh , Templemore , Tipperary and Thurles and the borough council of Clonmel were also abolished.
County Tipperary was divided into five 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).[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
Results by local electoral area [ edit ]
^ *: Outgoing councillor.
Carrick-on-Suir: 6 seats
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Sinn Féin
David Dunne
14.15
1,398
1,429
Fianna Fáil
Imelda Goldsboro
13.35
1,319
1,399
1,404
1,418
Independent
Eddie O'Meara [*] ††††††
10.80
1,067
1,091
1,092
1,132
1,252
1,291
1,418
Fine Gael
Louise McLoughlin [*]
9.29
918
945
946
963
1,092
1,129
1,309
Independent
Kieran Bourke ††††
9.22
911
916
917
1,060
1,066
1,283
1,318
Fine Gael
Joe Brennan[*]
8.19
809
827
828
912
1,011
1,106
1,159
Fine Gael
John Fahey [*] †††††††
7.99
789
865
868
872
979
999
1,250
Labour
Liam Hayes
6.48
640
759
763
771
821
856
Fine Gael
Noel Fitzgerald
5.64
557
587
587
591
Fianna Fáil
Sylvia Cooney-Sheehan[*]
5.43
536
543
543
632
654
Independent
Pierce O'Loughlin
4.76
470
471
472
Labour
Michael Cleere[*]
4.69
463
Electorate: 17,028 Valid: 9,877 (58.00%) Spoilt: 125 Quota: 1,412 Turnout: 10,002 (58.74%)
Cashel–Tipperary: 7 seats
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Fine Gael
Michael Fitzgerald [*]
18.29
2,272
Sinn Féin
Martin Browne
11.26
1,399
1,458
1,499
1,515
1,563
Independent
Denis Leahy [*]
9.32
1,157
1,230
1,250
1,324
1,325
1,485
1,512
1,767
Fine Gael
Mary Hourigan [*]
9.22
1,145
1,277
1,288
1,323
1,364
1,427
1,564
Fine Gael
John Crosse [*]
8.49
1,054
1,176
1,185
1,212
1,247
1,292
1,429
1,642
Fianna Fáil
Roger Kennedy
8.17
1,015
1,066
1,083
1,118
1,162
1,183
1,377
1,444
1,482
1,519
Fianna Fáil
Joseph O'Connell
7.17
890
927
933
1,024
1,038
1,060
1,103
1,165
1,196
1,230
Independent
Tom Wood [*]
7.12
884
919
950
957
1,047
1,074
1,196
1,234
1,259
1,277
Labour
Mick Byrnes
5.44
676
728
730
747
751
822
847
Fine Gael
Colm Taylor
5.12
636
694
703
710
786
800
Independent
Jacqui Finnan
3.54
440
462
487
505
506
Fianna Fáil
Brian Rafferty
2.59
322
342
350
Independent
Eoghan Lawrence
2.58
320
367
382
383
Independent
June Molony
1.10
137
144
Direct Democracy
John O'Connor
0.59
73
77
Electorate: 21,539 Valid: 12,420 (57.66%) Spoilt: 140 Quota: 1,553 Turnout: 12,560 (58.31%)
Clonmel: 9 seats
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Independent
Martin Lonergan
11.16
1,748
Fine Gael
Michael Murphy [*]
9.68
1,517
1,523
1,528
1,531
1,535
1,541
1,565
1,565
1,583
Workers and Unemployed
Pat English [*]
9.41
1,474
1,480
1,495
1,526
1,563
1,575
Fianna Fáil
Siobhán Ambrose [*]
9.25
1,449
1,457
1,464
1,464
1,476
1,484
1,513
1,513
1,525
1,529
1,610
Independent
Andy Moloney
8.98
1,407
1,430
1,438
1,453
1,457
1,484
1,499
1,500
1,629
Fine Gael
Marie Murphy [*]
6.77
1,060
1,077
1,078
1,087
1,089
1,089
1,094
1,099
1,099
1,137
1,151
1,166
1,309
1,326
Fianna Fáil
Michael Anglim [*]
6.72
1,053
1,085
1,086
1,092
1,092
1,102
1,102
1,102
1,139
1,148
1,170
1,427
1,429
1,483
Sinn Féin
Catherine Carey
5.70
893
900
909
916
941
1,124
1,175
1,179
1,199
1,204
1,251
1,269
1,387
1,462
Fine Gael
Liam Ahearn[*]
5.59
875
883
885
889
891
894
896
896
917
930
950
966
982
1,098
Independent
Richie Molloy [*] †
4.72
739
771
779
787
805
811
844
844
865
869
971
994
1,185
1,403
Fine Gael
Joe Leahy
4.21
660
663
666
667
673
675
689
689
701
703
743
750
806
Fianna Fáil
P.J. English
3.19
499
511
512
517
519
530
536
536
547
551
561
Independent
Gabrielle Egan
2.96
463
465
470
474
489
491
545
545
557
560
652
660
Independent
Darren Ryan
2.90
455
460
465
466
478
480
515
517
525
529
Labour
Seanie Lonergan[*]
2.34
367
375
375
389
392
403
411
411
Workers and Unemployed
Pearl Sheehan
1.90
298
299
303
336
351
354
Sinn Féin
Kevin Brunnick
1.84
288
292
293
306
315
People Before Profit
Anne Condon
1.11
174
176
186
187
Workers and Unemployed
Martina Maher
0.99
155
159
159
Independent
Eoin O'Flaherty
0.59
92
93
Electorate: 26,765 Valid: 15,666 (58.53%) Spoilt: 178 Quota: 1,567 Turnout: 15,844 (59.20%)
Nenagh: 9 seats
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Independent
Joe Hannigan
10.89
2,028
Sinn Féin
Seamus Morris [*]
9.29
1,731
1,750
1,757
1,768
1,852
1,891
Independent
Michael O'Meara [*]
8.36
1,557
1,592
1,624
1,692
1,701
1,718
1,777
1,795
1,819
1,829
1,883
Fianna Fáil
John Carroll [*]
7.96
1,483
1,495
1,499
1,502
1,544
1,569
1,668
1,703
1,768
1,864
Fianna Fáil
Mattie (Coole) Ryan [*]
7.18
1,338
1,343
1,343
1,345
1,347
1,359
1,487
1,513
1,554
1,729
1,786
1,788
1,923
Fine Gael
Dr. Phyll Bugler [*]
6.33
1,178
1,181
1,183
1,186
1,192
1,225
1,237
1,250
1,324
1,371
1,447
1,449
1,788
Independent
Hughie McGrath [*]
5.80
1,081
1,094
1,101
1,110
1,179
1,225
1,258
1,390
1,509
1,522
1,758
1,768
1,877
Independent
John McGrath[*]
5.49
1,023
1,027
1,027
1,031
1,048
1,062
1,073
1,084
1,097
1,294
1,311
1,312
1,409
Fine Gael
Gerard Darcy [*]
5.48
1,021
1,049
1,063
1,073
1,078
1,104
1,209
1,225
1,339
1,347
1,433
1,434
1,731
Labour
Fiona Bonfield
5.22
973
974
982
984
994
1,004
1,011
1,065
1,080
1,304
1,543
1,545
1,622
Fine Gael
Tom Berkery
5.12
953
958
958
960
974
1,027
1,034
1,055
1,178
1,197
1,288
1,288
Fianna Fáil
Martin Kennedy
4.37
814
815
815
821
824
829
856
860
867
Labour
Virginia O'Dowd
3.70
690
698
718
721
736
765
781
957
1,080
1,088
Fine Gael
Tom Moylan
3.61
672
675
675
677
683
721
733
778
Labour
Lalor McGee
2.95
550
553
564
566
581
623
626
Fianna Fáil
Eamonn Spillane
2.83
527
535
541
551
554
558
Fine Gael
Conor Delaney
2.20
409
410
410
417
422
Independent
Michael Dillon
1.59
296
302
303
333
Independent
Patrick Cahalan
0.98
183
189
194
Labour
Greg Starr
0.63
117
121
Electorate: 29,215 Valid: 18,624 (63.75%) Spoilt: 193 Quota: 1,863 Turnout: 18,817 (64.41%)
Templemore–Thurles: 9 seats
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Fianna Fáil
Michael Smith [*]
13.72
2,568
Independent
Jim Ryan [*]
9.75
1,825
1,849
1,856
1,896
Fianna Fáil
Seamus Hanafin [*]
8.79
1,644
1,694
1,701
1,716
1,788
1,890
Independent
Michael Lowry Jnr [*]
8.10
1,515
1,530
1,541
1,557
1,670
1,730
1,744
1,747
1,802
1,929
Independent
Willie Kennedy ††
7.44
1,393
1,403
1,406
1,431
1,465
1,486
1,495
1,496
1,550
1,610
1,615
1,763
Sinn Féin
David Doran ††††††††
6.86
1,283
1,289
1,290
1,303
1,370
1,417
1,683
1,686
1,711
1,871
1,887
Fianna Fáil
John Hogan [*]
6.84
1,279
1,387
1,397
1,428
1,451
1,469
1,496
1,497
1,571
1,616
1,621
1,774
Fianna Fáil
Jackie Cahill †††
5.86
1,097
1,158
1,162
1,176
1,228
1,285
1,295
1,298
1,362
1,524
1,541
1,622
Fine Gael
Joe Bourke
4.57
856
887
937
1,047
1,053
1,110
1,123
1,124
1,456
1,514
1,518
1,887
Independent
Eddie Moran[*]
4.32
808
860
878
949
980
992
1,028
1,029
1,136
1,157
1,165
Labour
Shane Lee
4.20
786
949
1,046
1,071
1,077
1,078
1,250
1,250
1,280
1,386
1,388
1,505
Labour
John Kennedy
3.89
727
729
733
739
783
853
859
863
899
Fine Gael
Liam Brereton
3.16
591
605
640
730
744
844
853
854
Fine Gael
Michael Cleary
2.84
531
532
553
574
604
Independent
Evelyn Nevin
2.77
518
524
526
539
Sinn Féin
Joan Delaney
2.75
515
601
626
635
641
647
Fine Gael
Maura Byrne
2.50
467
483
520
Fine Gael
Michael Madden
1.65
309
360
Electorate: 28,495 Valid: 18,712 (65.67%) Spoilt: 241 Quota: 1,872 Turnout: 18,953 (66.51%)
† Clonmel Independent Cllr Richie Molloy joined Renua on 29 May 2015 and ceased to be an Independent. [1] He subsequently quit the party and became an Independent again.
†† On 7 March 2016 Templemore-Thurles Independent Cllr Willie Kennedy was killed in a road traffic accident. [2] Eddie Moran was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 11 April 2016.[3]
††† Templemore-Thurles Fianna Fáil Cllr Jackie Cahill was elected as a TD for Tipperary at the Irish general election, 2016. Sean Ryan was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 14 March 2016.[4]
†††† Carrick-on-Suir Independent Cllr Kieran Bourke re-joined Fianna Fáil in early July 2016.[5]
††††† Nenagh Sinn Féin Cllr Seamus Morris resigned from the party on 9 November 2017 citing rogue elements and unfounded allegations and became an Independent. [6]
†††††† Carrick-on-Suir Independent Cllr Eddie O'Meara died suddenly on 13 April 2018 after a short illness.[7] In September 2018 his son, Kevin, was co-opted to fill the vacancy.
††††††† Carrick-on-Suir Fine Gael Cllr John Fahey died suddenly on 28 October 2018.[8] A co-option will occur in due course.
†††††††† Templemore-Thurles Sinn Féin Cllr David Doran resigned from the party and became an Independent on 24 January 2019 saying he was ostracised by elements in the party.[9]