Jennifer Carroll MacNeill was elected as a TD in the Dun Laoghaire constituency with 11,685 first preference votes, becoming the first person to achieve this in the Irish General Election. The next count will see the distribution of her surplus votes. Patrick O'Donovan (FG) also secured a seat in Limerick County, while Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin paid tribute to Green Party colleagues.
Fine Gael candidate Jennifer Carroll MacNeill has become the first person to be elected as a TD in the Irish General Election .
Fianna Fáil's Cormac Devlin received 8,831 votes, Fine Gael's Barry Ward got 8,337, while Richard Boyd Barret of People Before Profit-Solidarity received 6,795 votes. The next count will see the distribution of Ms Carroll MacNeill's surplus votes.READ MORE: Ireland General Election 2024: Green Party face wipeout -'It's not a good day'
Meanwhile, Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin has paid tribute to his coalition colleagues from the Green Party. He added: "The Greens, to their credit, didn't buckle over the four and a half years. Being in government can be difficult for any political party.
Jennifer Carroll Macneill TD Irish General Election Dublin Constituency Dun Laoghaire Patrick O'donovan Limerick County Fianna Fáil Fine Gael
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