STORM TRACKER: Follow 'Storm Amy' as it bears down on Ireland amid brutal forecast
Search
06 Sept 2025
Search
06 Sept 2025
Please allow ads as they help fund our trusted local news content.
Kindly add us to your ad blocker whitelist.
If you want further access to Ireland's best local journalism, consider contributing and/or subscribing to our free daily Newsletter .
Support our mission and join our community now.
To continue reading this article, you can subscribe for as little as €0.50 per week which will also give you access to all of our premium content and archived articles!
Alternatively, you can pay €0.50 per article, capped at €1 per day.
Thank you for supporting Ireland's best local journalism!
John Shéamais Ó Fearraigh, Denis McGee and Brian Carr were elected on the tenth and final count in the Glenties electoral area on Sunday night.
It was approaching 11.30pm in the Highlands Hotel when the returning officer, Paddy Doherty, took to the stage for the final time.
The six-seater constituency was a race to the wire, but there were scenes of jubilation as the confirmation came.
Ó Fearraigh (Sinn Fein), McGee (100% Redress) and Carr (Sinn Fein) got the nods on the distribution of Kellie Rodgers' 1,154 votes following her elimination on the ninth count.
With 346 of those passing to Ó Fearraigh, the sitting Sinn Fein representative retained his seat with Carr collecting 229 transfers to pass the quota.
Carr was co-opted onto Donegal County Council ten weeks ago after Marie Therese Gallagher stepped down from her seat.
The votes of Rodgers, a third Sinn Fein candidate in the area, were key in seeing her party colleagues stave off independent candidate Jonathan Stewart.
McGee's ascension to Lifford means that four councillors from the 100% Redress Party will take their seats on Donegal County Council. McGee will join Joy Beard, Ali Farren and Tomas Sean Devine when the new council convenes for the first time.
Subscribe or register today to discover more from DonegalLive.ie
Buy the e-paper of the Donegal Democrat, Donegal People's Press, Donegal Post and Inish Times here for instant access to Donegal's premier news titles.
Keep up with the latest news from Donegal with our daily newsletter featuring the most important stories of the day delivered to your inbox every evening at 5pm.
This publication supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice of the Press Council. You can obtain a copy of the Code, or contact the Council, at www.presscouncil.ie, Lo-call 1800 208 080 or email: info@presscouncil.ie.
