Galway Bay fm newsroom – Trevor O’ Clochartaigh of Sinn Féin has retained a seat in the Seanad.
Senator O’ Clochartaigh from Carraroe was the second person elected to the 11- seat Agricultural Panel with a total of 94 thousand 180 votes after the second count.
His party colleague, Rose Conway-Walsh, a county councillor from Mayo had already been elected after the first count after exceeding the quota of 93,667 first preference votes.
Speaking to Galway Bay fm news, Senator O’ Clochartaigh says he will continue to work in the Seanad on local issues aswell as national.
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