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 Seats ± 1st pref FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil
Fine Gael
Sinn Féin
Green
Social Democrats
Aontú
Labour
Independent Ireland
People Before Profit
Irish Freedom
The Irish People
Independent
Total 24 Steady 100.00 Steady

Results by local electoral area[edit]

Callan–Thomastown[edit]

Callan–Thomastown: 6 seats [5][6][7][8]
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][9][10][6][8][11][12]
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[*]
Aontú Tom Healy
Sinn Féin Denis Hynes[*]
Fianna Fáil Michael McCarthy[*]
Independent Maurice Shortall
Quota:  

Kilkenny[edit]

Kilkenny: 7 seats [13][6][8][5][14][15][16][17][18][19]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Independent Toluwani Akaehomen
Sinn Féin Evan Barry
Fine Gael Martin Brett[*]
Labour Andrea Cleere
Fianna Fáil John Coonan[*]
Green Maria Dollard[†]
Fine Gael David Fitzgerald[*]
Fianna Fáil Joe Malone[*]
Independent Michael McGrath
Fianna Fáil Andrew McGuinness[*]
Independent Eugene McGuinness[*]
Irish Freedom Luke O’Connor
Sinn Féin Mark O’Farrell
Labour Seán Ó hArgáin
Social Democrats Martin O'Neill
People Before Profit Kevin Shore
Quota:  

Piltown[edit]

Piltown: 5 seats [14][8][5][19][20][6]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Labour Tomás Breathnach[*]
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 "Our People". Fianna Fáil. Archived from the original on 10 May 2024. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  6. ^ a b c d "Sinn Fein announces seven candidates to run in Kilkenny Local Election 2024". kilkennypeople.ie. 21 February 2024. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  7. ^ O’Rourke, Liam Kelly (6 May 2024). "Kilkenny election candidate to add personal touch to local politics". kilkennypeople.ie. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  8. ^ a b c d "Fine Gael 2024 Local Election Candidates for Kilkenny". Fine Gael. Archived from the original on 10 May 2024. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  9. ^ "The Irish People on X: "Breaking: New candidate announcement for The Irish People - Kilkenny County Council- Castlecomer Local Election Area - Stephen Delaney"". Twitter. 4 May 2024. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  10. ^ O’Rourke, Liam Kelly (1 November 2023). "Aontú to run their first Kilkenny candidate in next local election". kilkennypeople.ie. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  11. ^ Grace, Edwina (25 March 2024). "The race for a seat in the north Kilkenny area in the next Local Elections has another contender". KCLR 96FM. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  12. ^ Grace, Edwina (30 January 2024). "Kilkenny man to run as an Independent candidate in the Local Elections". KCLR 96FM. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  13. ^ Grace, Edwina (19 March 2024). "Two Independent candidates declare intentions to run for council seats in Kilkenny". KCLR 96FM. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  14. ^ a b Grace, Edwina (30 January 2024). "Labour Party picks its Kilkenny candidates for the Local Elections". KCLR 96FM. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  15. ^ "Maria Dollard | Green Party". Green Party. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  16. ^ "Rain, Hail or Snow the A-Team are out canvassing for that No 1 Vote, coming to a door near you shortly........ - Cllr Eugene McGuinness". facebook.com. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  17. ^ Grace, Edwina (19 April 2024). "Irish Freedom Party to run Carlow town candidate in the Local Elections". KCLR 96FM. Retrieved 10 May 2024. Last month, as announced on KCLR News, Luke O'Connor declared for the same party in the Kilkenny city local electoral area.
  18. ^ "Getting back to full health out canvassing Lintown tonight... - Kevin Shore". facebook.com. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  19. ^ a b "Social Democrats select candidates for Kilkenny City and Piltown LEAs". kilkennypeople.ie. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  20. ^ "Benny McDonagh". Green Party. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
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