Local elections: Some candidates of interest who made it over the line

There have been clear winners and clear losers throughout the days-long counts, but here are just a few interesting candidates who were elected

Fifty papers for Cllr. Seamus McGrath at the count centre County Hall, Cork. Picture Dan Linehan

As local election counts draw to a close and the focus now shifts to long European counts, hundreds of new and returning councillors will be taking up their seats on local authorities across the country.

The coalition parties have somewhat defied the odds, while Sinn Féin have slumped and will only marginally improve on their 2019 performance.