Local elections: TDs’ family members elected as Caio Benicio loses out

Finance Minister Michael McGrath, left, and his brother Councillor Seamus McGrath, right, at Cork City Hall during the count (Jonathan Brady/PA)

The finance minister’s brother and a Tipperary TD’s daughter were among the first batch of councillors elected to local authorities around the country.

With more than 200 candidates elected out of 949, the rough outline indicates Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil holding steady, while Sinn Féin has not made the gains they had hoped for.