Possible Laois Fine Gael General Election candidate set to top poll predicts final Borris-in-Ossory Mountmellick District tally
Two seats could be won by Mountmellick candidates
Fine Gael councillor Conor Bergin could have put himself in the driving seat to be his party's General Election candidate after poll-topping performance, according to the final Fianna Fáil tally from the Laois County Council election count in Portlaoise.
A titanic contest is on the cards also between Paddy Buggy of Fine Gael and possibly Fianna Fáil's Seamus McDonald for a seat. Mr Buggy campaigned actively among Mountmellick people in the hope of winning a second seat for the town.
All but two of the 36 boxes from the Borris-in-Ossory Mountmellick Municipal District were tallied.
The tally reveals as follows:
- Conor Bergin, Fine Gael, 1537, 14%
- Paddy Bracken, Fianna Fáil,1426, 13%
- James Kelly, Non-party, 1271, 12%
- Ollie Clooney, Non-party, 1232, 11%
- Paddy Buggy, Fine Gael, 1067, 10%
- John King, Fine Gael, 1036, 9%
- Seamus McDonald, Fianna Fáil, 1035, 9%
- Fint Cuddy, Fianna Fáil, 531,5%
- Brian Phelan, Fianna Fáil, 481, 4%
- Lorna Holohan Garry, Sinn Féin, 440, 4%
- Helen Campion, Sinn Fein, 361, 3%
- Declan Good, Fianna Fáil, 270, 2%
- Kevin Drennan, Non-Party, 161, 1%
- Fiona Dunne, Green Party, 105, 1%
- Brian Corrigan, Labour Party, 76, 1%
A total of 15 candidates are vying for a seat in the Municipal District.
The votes will be counted at the Kea Lew business park from Saturday evening.