2024 Tipperary County Council election

2024 Tipperary County Council election

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All 40 seats on Tipperary County Council 21 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Sinn Féin Last election 12 9 2 Seats before 12 9 3 Seats won 10 10 2 Seat change 2 1   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Labour Workers and Unemployed Independent Last election 1 1 15 Seats before 1 1 14 Seats won 3 1 14 Seat change 2 1
Area of Tipperary County Council

An election to all 40 seats on Tipperary County Council was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections. ^[1] County Tipperary is divided into 8 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

Party		First-preference votes			Seats
		Votes	% FPv	Swing (pp)	Cand.	2019	Out.	Elected 2024	Change
	Fianna Fáil	16,406	21.98	4.18	13	9	9	10	1
	Fine Gael	15,183	20.34	6.73	12	12	12	10	2
	Sinn Féin	6,777	9.08	2.77	11	2	3	2
	Labour	5,167	6.92	1.81	4	1	1	3	2
	Workers and Unemployed	1,887	2.53	0.98	2	1	1	1
	Green	664	0.89	0.29	3	0	0	0
	Independent Ireland	594	0.80	New	1	New	0	0	New
	National Party	381	0.51	New	1	New	0	0	New
	Irish Freedom	299	0.40	New	1	New	0	0	New
	Social Democrats	99	0.13	New	1	New	0	0	New
	Independent	27,187	36.42	5.53	21	15	14	14	1
Total Valid		74,644	99.16
Spoilt votes		635	0.84
Total		75,279	100	—	70	40	40	40
Registered voters/Turnout		137,476	54.76

Retiring incumbents

The following councillors did not seek re-election:

Constituency	Councillor	Party
Roscrea-Templemore	Noel Coonan [3]		Fine Gael
Nenagh	Ger Darcy [4]		Fine Gael
Thurles	Seamus Hanafin [5]		Fianna Fáil
Nenagh	Hughie McGrath [6]		Independent
Newport	John McGrath [7]		Independent

Results by local electoral area

^  *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2019.
^  †: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2019 election.

Cahir

Cahir: 4 Seats ^{[8] [9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Independent	Máirín McGrath [*]	28.94%	2,079
	Independent	Andy Moloney [*]	24.53%	1,762
	Fine Gael	Marie Murphy [*]	16.05%	1,153	1,320	1,423	1,428	1,456
	Fianna Fáil	Micheál Anglim [*]	12.61%	906	1,053	1,116	1,129	1,143	1,174	1,218	1,462
	Independent	Tom Hennessy	5.76%	414	540	585	620	633	727	839	938
	Fianna Fáil	PJ English	4.81%	346	420	457	464	465	486	516
	Sinn Féin	Cathal Ó hÉanna	3.09%	222	271	308	311	355	370
	Independent	Bill Fitzgerald	1.85%	133	172	191	209	217
	Social Democrats	Alan Moynihan	1.38%	99	120	134	135
	Independent	Shane Smith	0.96%	69	88	95
Electorate: 12,428  Valid: 7,183  Spoilt: 49  Quota: 1,437  Turnout: 7,232 (58.19%)

Carrick-on-Suir

Carrick-on-Suir: 5 Seats ^{[11] [12]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fianna Fáil	Imelda Goldsboro [*]	20.98%	1,898
	Sinn Féin	David Dunne [*]	18.34%	1,659
	Labour	Michael Brennan	16.43%	1,486	1,611
	Fine Gael	Mark Fitzgerald [*]	14.80%	1,339	1,442	1,451	1,497	1,545
	Fianna Fáil	Kieran Bourke [*]	14.75%	1,334	1,396	1,506	1,518
	Independent	Kevin O'Meara [*]	11.41%	1,032	1,121	1,138	1,170	1,319
	Irish Freedom	Martin Murphy	3.30%	299	310	325	330
Electorate: 16,763  Valid: 9,047  Spoilt: 57  Quota: 1,508  Turnout: 9,104 (54.31%)

Cashel–Tipperary

Cashel–Tipperary: 7 seats ^{[13] [14]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Independent	John O’Heney	20.31%	2,534
	Fine Gael	Declan Burgess [*]	14.84%	1,852
	Independent	Liam Browne	13.34%	1,665
	Fianna Fáil	Roger Kennedy [*]	9.76%	1,218	1,290	1,417	1,434	1,479	1,488	1,566
	Fine Gael	Mary Hanna Hourigan [*]	9.22%	1,151	1,325	1,371	1,379	1,384	1,414	1,535	1,615
	Fine Gael	John Crosse [*]	8.20%	1,023	1,206	1,259	1,264	1,272	1,315	1,443	1,518	1,547	1,739
	Sinn Féin	Annemarie Ryan [*]	6.14%	766	934	939	974	978	1,020	1,038	1,077	1,079	1,186	1,230
	Sinn Féin	Tony Black [*]	5.67%	708	817	822	912	925	966	973	1,012	1,017	1,086	1,117
	Fianna Fáil	Jacqui Finnan	3.26%	407	518	526	531	536	577	604	638	650
	National Party	John McGrath	3.05%	381	420	422	424	434	468	475
	Fine Gael	Matthew Fogarty	2.72%	340	388	420	423	428	441
	Independent	Peadar O'Donnell	2.08%	259	318	320	324	334
	Sinn Féin	Molly Browne	1.40%	174	185	197
Electorate: 23,832  Valid: 12,478  Spoilt: 97  Quota: 1,560  Turnout: 12,575 (52.77%)

Clonmel

Clonmel: 6 Seats ^{[15] [16]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Fine Gael	Michael Murphy [*]	28.23%	2,746
	Workers and Unemployed	Pat English [*]	16.18%	1,574
	Fianna Fáil	Siobhán Ambrose [*]	15.54%	1,512
	Fine Gael	John FitzGerald [*]	11.66%	1,134	1,824
	Independent	Richie Molloy [*]	7.67%	746	1,097	1,312	1,351	1,409
	Independent	Niall P Dennehy [*]	6.38%	621	764	857	886	914	964	980	1,103	1,115	1,291
	Independent	Deirdre Dempsey	3.30%	321	338	344	350	355	369	376
	Sinn Féin	Dean McGrath	3.29%	320	360	369	378	382	399	646	670	671	832
	Workers and Unemployed	Teresa Johnson	3.22%	313	375	411	500	512	570	593	664	670
	Sinn Féin	Natasha Dingivan	2.90%	282	303	309	317	322	333
	Green	Myriam Madigan	1.62%	158	190	259	263	273
Electorate: 19,734  Valid: 9,727  Spoilt: 110  Quota: 1,390  Turnout: 9,837 (49.85%)

Nenagh

Nenagh: 5 Seats ^{[17] [18]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Independent	Joe Hannigan [*]	21.37%	2,233
	Independent	Michael O'Meara [*]	17.44%	1,822
	Fianna Fáil	Ryan O'Meara	14.61%	1,527	1,651	1,747
	Independent	Séamus Morris [*]	13.72%	1,434	1,585	1,633	1,851
	Labour	Louise Morgan Walsh	11.58%	1,210	1,272	1,390	1,749
	Sinn Féin	Damian O’Donoghue	10.49%	1,096	1,120	1,167	1,212
	Fine Gael	Eleanor Maher	7.06%	738	845	916
	Green	Iva Pocock	3.72%	389	412
Electorate: 18,622  Valid: 10,449  Spoilt: 78  Quota: 1,742  Turnout: 10,527 (56.53%)

Newport

Newport: 4 seats ^{[19] [20]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	Labour	Fiona Bonfield [*]	28.93%	2,346
	Independent	Pamela Quirke O’Meara	20.53%	1,665
	Fine Gael	Phyll Bugler [*]	20.17%	1,636
	Fianna Fáil	John Carroll [*]	15.40%	1,249	1,543	1,595
	Independent Ireland	Eddie O'Gorman	7.32%	594	676	713
	Sinn Féin	Gavin Ryan	6.10%	495	780	819
	Independent	David Ahern	1.54%	125	187
Electorate: 14,247  Valid: 8,110  Spoilt: 54  Quota: 1,623  Turnout: 8,164 (57.30%)

Roscrea–Templemore

Roscrea–Templemore: 4 seats ^{[21] [22]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Smith [*]	29.51%	2,460
	Independent	Shane Lee [*]	26.76%	2,231
	Independent	Eddie Moran [*]	17.07%	1,423	1,599
	Fine Gael	Willie Kennedy	13.71%	1,143	1,319	1,398	1,438	1,483	1,616
	Fianna Fáil	Deirdre Ryan	6.30%	525	810	859	886	924	1,106
	Sinn Féin	Breandán Ó Conchúir	3.75%	313	358	405	442	467
	Labour	Jordan Lewis	1.50%	125	174	225	245
	Green	Aisling Maloney	1.40%	117	178	227	257	297
Electorate: 15,059  Valid: 8,337  Spoilt: 101  Quota: 1,668  Turnout: 8,438 (56.03%)

Thurles

Thurles: 5 Seats ^{[23] [24]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Independent	Jim Ryan [*]	26.15%	2,435
	Independent	Micheál Lowry [*]	23.45%	2,184
	Fianna Fáil	Sean Ryan [*]	17.59%	1,638
	Fianna Fáil	Kay Cahill Skehan	14.88%	1,386	1,777
	Fine Gael	Peggy Ryan [†]	9.96%	928	1,097	1,504	1,640
	Sinn Féin	Dan Harty	7.97%	742	1,064	1,288	1,376
Electorate: 16,791  Valid: 9,313  Spoilt: 89  Quota: 1,553  Turnout: 9,402 (55.99%)

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