Dun Laoghaire: FF scuppers its own chances as FG vote management bags two seats

FF gets highest first preference in Dun Laoghaire but fails to take a seat, write Joyce Fegan and Ed Carthy

The south county Dublin constituency of Dún Laoghaire lived up to its reputation of refinement. Boxes were opened by 9am, three candidates were elected from their contents, and they were closed again by 9pm.

The big names here were Fine Gael’s Mary Mitchell O’Connor, People Before Profit and the Anti-Austerity Alliance’s Richard Boyd Barrett, and Fianna Fáil stalwart Mary Hanafin.