Clare: Council triples its female representation

‘Sisters were doing it for themselves’ in Clare as three new female councillors were elected to the council tripling female representation in the authority.

The county’s female candidates provided the count’s most dramatic moments as shortly after 3pm yesterday, Cllr Claire Colleran Molloy (FF) came from 11 votes behind to pip Fine Gael rival, Ger O’Halloran by three votes 999 to 996 to grab the last seat in the Ennis electoral area.

A sister of The Irish Daily Star editor, Ger Colleran, Cllr Colleran Molloy was helped over the line by receiving almost a third or 20 of Cllr Ann Norton’s (Ind) 64 surplus with O’Halloran receiving only six.