People Decide the Make Up of Next Council Chamber

Denis Healy Rae keeping an eye on the fortunes of his niece and nephew, Cllr. Maura Healy in the Killarney area and Cllr. Johnny Healy Rae in the Kenmare Electoral Area at the tally in Killarney on Saturday morning. ©Photograph: John Reidy

Good news in the making for Cllr. Johnny Healy Rae at the early indications in Killarney on Saturday morning. ©Photograph: John Reidy

The busy scene at Killarney Sports and Leisure Centre on Saturday morning as tallies get under way. ©Photograph: John Reidy

Outgoing Sinn Féin Cllr. Damien Quigg with Martin Ferris, TD at the sorting of the boxes at Killarney Sports and Leisure Centre on Saturday morning. ©Photograph: John Reidy

Tralee Electoral Area Independent, Cllr. Sam Locke pondering on the outcome of the weekend at the sorting of the boxes at Killarney Sports and Leisure Centre on Saturday morning. ©Photograph: John Reidy

Cllr. Niall ‘Botty’O’Callaghan (left) with Pádraig Burke at the sorting of the boxes at Killarney Sports and Leisure Centre on Saturday morning. ©Photograph: John Reidy

Early indications were looking good in the Killarney Electoral Area for Cllr. Maura Healy Rae during the early tally on Saturday. ©Photograph: John Reidy

Cllr. Niall Kelleher with former TD Tom Sheahan at the tally for the Killarney Electoral Area at the Killarney Sports and Leisure Centre on Saturday morning. Phptpgraph: John Reidy

Danny Healy Rae, watching the unfolding electoral success story for his daughter, Maura in Killarney and his son, Johnny in Kenmare as the boxes are opened in Killarney on Saturday morning. ©Photograph: John Reidy

After a long weekend of political excitement for the bystanders and one most of the candidates will be glad to have put behind them.

The Grand National is a great analogy for the process we witnessed over the past couple of days and the field is littered with fallen or stalled political ambitions.

And while the fallen dusted themselves off, those who completed the course were hoisted and celebrated by boisterous supporters.

The make up of the next Kerry Council Chamber will look like the following.

Castleisland Electoral Area. Seats 4.

Independents: Jackie Healy-Rae and Charlie Farrelly.

Fine Gael: Bobby O’Connell

Fianna Fáil: Fionnán Fitzgerald

Listowel Electoral Area. Seats 6.

Fine Gael: Aoife Thornton, Mike Kennelly, Michael Foley

Sinn Féin: Tom Barry, Robert Beasley.

Fianna Fáil: Jimmy Moloney.

Tralee Electoral Area. Seats 7

Fianna Fáil: Normal Foley and Mikey Sheehy.

Sinn Féin: Toiréasa Ferris and Pa Daly.

Fine Gael: Jim Finucane.

Labour: Terry O’Brien.

Independent: Sam Locke.

Killarney Electoral Area. Seats 7

Independents: Brendan Cronin, Maura Healy-Rae, Donal Grady, Michael Gleeson, Niall ‘Botty’ O’Callaghan.

Fianna Fáil: Niall Kelleher.

Labour: Marie Moloney.

Corca Dhuibhne Electoral Area. Seats 3

Fianna Fáil: Michael O’Shea, Breandán Fitzgerald.

Fine Gael: Séamus Cosaí Fitzgerald.

Kenmare Electoral Area. Seats 6

Fianna Fáil: Michael Cahill, Norma Moriarty, John Francis Flynn.

Independents: Johnny Healy-Rae and Dan McCarthy.

Fine Gael: Patrick Connor-Scarteen.

Party Composition

Fianna Fáil 10: Norma Foley, Mikey Sheehy, Michael O’Shea, Breandán Fitzgerald, Fionnán Fitzgerald, Niall Kelleher, Michael Cahill, Norma Moriarty, John Francis Flynn and Jimmy Moloney.

Independents 10: Michael Gleeson, Brendan Cronin, Johnny Healy-Rae, Jackie Healy-Rae, Maura Healy-Rae, Niall ‘Botty’ O’Callaghan, Donal Grady, Sam Locke, Charlie Farrelly and Dan McCarthy.

Fine Gael 7: Patrick Connor-Scarteen, Seamus Cosaí Fitzgerald, Aoife Thornton, Mike Kennelly, Michael Foley, Bobby O’Connell and Jim Finucane.

Sinn Féin 4: Tom Barry, Robert Beasley, Toiréasa Ferris and Pa Daly,

Labour 2: Terry O’Brien and Marie Moloney.

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