Dempsey takes seat in Trim on fourth count

Aisling Dempsey, daughter of former Meath TD and government minister, Noel Dempsey has been elected to the Trim electoral area on the fourth  count. 

Meanwhile Sinn Fein's Eddie Fennessy has been elected in Navan but has described the loss of his party colleague Sinead Burke's seat as " a catastrophe."

The count is over in Ratoath with Gerry O'Connor FG and Deirdre Geraghty Smith elected on the seventh count without reaching a quota.

The new councillors in the Ratoath area are Damien O'Reilly FF, Gillian Toole Ind, Brian Fitzgerald Ind, Nick Killian Ind, Maria Murphy FG, Gerry O'Connor FG, and Deirdre Geraghty Smith FF.

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