Maura and Martin return with ease

Poll-topper: Cllr Maura Healy-Rae at the Killarney Count Centre.
Picture: Valerie O’Sullivan

Independents Maura Healy-Rae and Marin Grady have both been declared elected in Killarney having exceeded the quota on the first count.

Healy-Rae surged to victory in stunning fashion with 3,385 first preferences with Grady exceeding the quota of 1,785 with a showing of 2,053.

Healy-Rae’s massive surplus of 1,600 is now being distributed at the Killarney Sports ad Leisure Centre.

Cllr Martin Grady (right) with family members, Paudie Mangan, Donal Grady and John Grady at the Killarney Count Centre:
Picture: Valerie O’Sullivan

In third position was Kerry Independent Alliance councillor John O’Donoghue (1,574) followed by Independent Brendan Cronin (1,423) and Fianna Fail’s Niall Kelleher (1,307).

They are all certain of election while Independent Niall O’Callaghan and Labour’s Marie Moloney are also expected to get through.

Leading the chasing pack is Fine Gael’s Dermot Healy on 653 votes.

Man Inserting Voting Paper into a Ballot Box

FIRST COUNT RESULTS

Abdul Kadir, Kamaruzzaman (Ind) 184
Cronin, Brendan (Ind) 1,423
Grady, Martin (Ind) 2,053
Griffin, Diarmaid (GP) 329
Healy, Dermot (FG) 653
Healy-Rae, Maura (Ind) 3,385
Kelleher, Niall (FF) 1,307
Kenneally, Caroline (SF) 248
Krasnenkova, Natalia (Ind) 146
Leen, William (Ind) 20
Mahmud, Iqbal (Ind) 304
McGuckin, Diarmuid (Ind) 12
Moloney, Marie (Lab) 1,044
O’Callaghan, Niall Botty (Ind) 1,156
O’Connor, Alan (The Irish People) 101
O’Donoghue, John (Kerry Independent Alliance) 1,574
Switzer, Damien (SF) 339