Counting resumes in Seanad elections with two vocational panels filled
Counting has resumed in the Seanad elections, with the make-up of two of the vocational panels now confirmed.
The eleven seats available on the agricultural panel and the five on the cultural and education panel have all been filled.
Counting in the labour panel began on Saturday evening and resumed on Sunday morning. By 10am, five of the eleven seats had been decided.
Once the labour panel count is complete, the focus will turn to the two outstanding panels – industrial and commercial; and administrative.
A total of 111 candidates competed for the 43 seats on the vocational panels. The counting is taking place in Leinster House in Dublin.
Counting for the six seats available on the Seanad’s two university panels has already been completed.
On Friday, entrepreneur Aubrey McCarthy secured the final seat in the Trinity College Dublin constituency.
Mr McCarthy took the seat following a…
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