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ELECTED: Paschal McEvoy gets the fourth seat in the Graiguecullen-Portarlington area

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Paschal McEvoy has claimed the fourth seat in the Graiguecullen-Portarlington area on the second count.

This comes after Padraig Fleming (Fianna Fáil), Aidan Mullins (Sinn Féin) and Tom Mulhall (Fine Gael) were elected to the Portarlington-Graiguecullen Municipal area in the first count.

With 309 votes to be distributed from Fleming’s vote, fellow Fianna Fáil man Paschal fared well – earning 79 votes.

McEvoy was first elected to the County Council in 2014 when he took the last seat in the new Portarlington-Graiguecullen District.

Also a member of the Laois County Board, he first ran for election in 2009.

Second count

  • Padraig Fleming (FF) 1752 votes – ELECTED first count
  • Aidan Mullins (SF) 1606 votes – ELECTED first count
  • Tom Mulhall (FG) 1539 votes – ELECTED first count
  • Paschal McEvoy (FF)  1495 votes
  • Ben Brennan (Ind) 1350 votes
  • Aisling Moran (FG) 964 votes
  • Eoin Barry (Lab) 792 votes
  • Vivienne Phelan (FG) 566 votes
  • Deirdre O’Connell (FF) 386 votes

SEE ALSO – ELECTED: Fourth election in a row that Willie Aird tops the poll and John Joe Fennelly gets in on first count