As the race for the four remaining seats in the Glenties Electoral Area intensified on Sunday evening, a brief power outage left candidates, the media and most importantly, electoral staff counting ballot papers in the Highland’s Hotel, in darkness.
But once power was restored, the final seats were eventually filled on the 10th count with Brian Carr (SF), Denis McGee (100% Redress) and John Shéamais O’Fearraigh (SF) elected.
Anthony Molloy (FF) retained his seat after passing the quota on the 9th count.
Earlier in the afternoon, there were jubilant scenes from Independent candidate Michael McClafferty and his team as he was returned to Donegal County Council on the first count. Independent Micheál Choilm MacGiolla Easbuig topped the poll in the Glenties Electoral Area, receiving 2,125 first preference votes to comfortably retain his seat, while McClafferty, also an Independent, polled 1,885 first preferences, two votes over the quota.
Final count results
Brian Carr (SF) 1,587
Denis McGee (Redress) 1,633
John Shéamais Ó Fearraigh (SF) 1,727
Jonathan Stewart (Ind) 1,437
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