LGBT campaigner Fintan Warfield elected first to 25th Seanad

LGBT campaigner Fintan Warfield is the first person to be elected to the 25th Seanad.

Counting of votes for the Upper House got underway yesterday with 60 seats up for grabs. It will be later this week before all members are elected as only one panel can be counted at a time.

Sinn Féin’s Mr Warfield, 24, was elected to the cultural and educational panel on the first count with 200 votes, 13 over the quota.