Andrew at the Count, photo by Matt Kavanagh, Irish Times

Andrew at the Count, photo by Matt Kavanagh, Irish Times

Successful Campaign for Artane/Whitehall council seat

I'm thrilled to be elected again for the Artane/Whitehall Ward. I received 2535 votes and took the second seat. Thank you to everyone that supported me. I'm honoured that so many people put their trust in me and were prepared to vote for me.

I also want to thank my fantastic campaign team. Over 50 friends, supporters and family members came out and canvassed, leafleted and put up posters for me. It means a lot to me that you believed in me and were prepared to come out and work on my behalf.

Four other councillors were elected in the ward:

  • Paddy Bourke (Labour)
  • Larry O'Toole (Sinn Féin)
  • Declan Flanagan (Fine Gael)
  • Julia Carmichael (Fianna Fáil).
I would also like to commiserate with the candidates that worked hard but didn't take a seat on this occasion. My party colleague Sinéad Seery deserved more for her efforts and Seán Paul Mahon (Fianna Fáil) was particularly unlucky to lose his seat by two votes. In politics you need to work hard to be successful, but you also need luck, and these candidates didn't have luck on their side this year.