Sinn Féin Stormont minister Conor Murphy wins seat in Seanad

Sinn Féin Stormont minister Conor Murphy has secured a seat in the Seanad as the marathon counting process for the Seaned edges closer to conclusion.

Mr Murphy took one of the nine seats on the industrial and commercial vocational panel in a result confirmed close to 1am on Monday morning.

Northern Ireland’s outgoing economy minister has vowed to bring a “northern perspective” to the Seanad and use his switch from Stormont to the Oireachtas to advance his party’s push for Irish unification.

The other seats on the panel were taken by Fianna Fáil’s Aidan Davitt, Mary Fitzpatrick and Ollie Crowe, Fine Gael’s Garrett Kelleher and Linda Nelson Murray, Labour’s Laura Harmon and independents Sharon Keogan and Frances Black.

Former Fine Gael TD Alan Farrell was among the candidates who missed out on a seat on the panel.

The make-up of three other vocational panels have already…

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