2024 Kilkenny County Council election

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2024 Kilkenny County Council election
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All 24 seats on Kilkenny County Council
13 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Last election 11 9 2
Seats before 11 8 1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Sinn Féin Green Independent
Last election 0 1 1
Seats before 1 1 2
Area of Kilkenny County Council

An election to all 24 seats on Kilkenny County Council will be held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections.[1] County Kilkenny is divided into 4 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]

Retiring incumbents[edit]

The following councillors are not seeking re-election:

Constituency Councillor Party
Piltown Eamon Aylward[3] Fianna Fáil
Callan-Thomastown Matt Doran[4] Fianna Fáil
Callan-Thomastown Patrick O’Neill[4] Fine Gael


Results by party[edit]

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

Party Candidates Seats ± 1st pref FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 12
Fine Gael 10
Sinn Féin 8
Green 3
Social Democrats 2
Aontú 1
Labour 3
Independent Ireland 1
People Before Profit 1
Irish Freedom 1
The Irish People 1
Independent 4
Total 47 24 Steady 100.00 Steady

Candidates by local electoral area[edit]

Callan–Thomastown[edit]

Callan–Thomastown: 6 seats[5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Fianna Fáil Peter 'Chap' Cleere[*]
Fianna Fáil Deirdre Cullen[*]
Sinn Féin Stephanie Doheny
Green Kristina Doyle
Fine Gael Michael Doyle[*]
Fine Gael Orla Kelly
Sinn Féin David Kennedy
Fine Gael Joe Lyons[*]
Fianna Fáil Joe Sheridan
Quota:  

Castlecomer[edit]

Castlecomer: 6 seats[5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Fine Gael John Brennan[*]
Independent Ireland Daniel Burke
Fine Gael Mary Hilda Cavanagh[*]
Fianna Fáil Michael Delaney[*]
The Irish People Stephen Delaney
Fianna Fáil Pat Fitzpatrick[*]
Sinn Féin Denis Hynes[*]
Fianna Fáil Michael McCarthy[*]
Independent Maurice Shortall
Quota:  

Kilkenny[edit]

Kilkenny: 7 seats[5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Independent Toluwani Akaehomen
Independent Jony Aza
Sinn Féin Evan Barry
Fine Gael Martin Brett[*]
Labour Andrea Cleere
Fianna Fáil John Coonan[*]
Green Maria Dollard[†]
Fine Gael David Fitzgerald[*]
Independent Liam Heffernan
Fianna Fáil Joe Malone[*]
Independent Michael McGrath
Fianna Fáil Andrew McGuinness[*]
Independent Eugene McGuinness[*]
Irish Freedom Luke O’Connor
Sinn Féin Mark O’Farrell
Sinn Féin Aoife O Brien
Labour Seán Ó hArgáin
Social Democrats Martin O'Neill
People Before Profit Kevin Shore
Independent Noel Gerald Walsh
Quota:  

Piltown[edit]

Piltown: 5 seats[5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Labour Tomás Breathnach[*]
The Irish People Richard Daly
Fine Gael Fidelis Doherty[*]
Fine Gael Damien Donoghue
Fine Gael Patrick Dunphy[*]
Fianna Fáil Ger Frisby[*]
Social Democrats David Kane
Green Benny McDonagh
Sinn Féin Natasha Newsome Drennan
Fianna Fáil Jenny Slattery Catt
Fianna Fáil Maria Wall
Sinn Féin Michael Wemyss
Quota:  

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Polling Day Orders made for European, local and Limerick mayoral elections". Gov.ie (Press release). Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. 6 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Local elections in Ireland". Citizens Information Board. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  3. ^ Byrne, Stephen (8 June 2023). "Eamon Aylward Declares Full Steam Ahead for His Final Year as Councillor". KCLR 96FM. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  4. ^ a b Moloughney, Sian (8 May 2024). "Kilkenny's retiring councillors have made vast impact on their community". kilkennypeople.ie. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  5. ^ a b c d "NOTICE OF POLL" (PDF). Kilkenny County Council. 20 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
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