2024 South Dublin County Council election

2024 South Dublin County Council election
7 June 2024
All 40 seats on South Dublin County Council
21 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Sinn Féin
Last election 7 8 6
Seats won 9 5 5
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 3 Decrease 1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party People Before Profit Labour Social Democrats
Last election 1 2 1
Seats won 4 3 2
Seat change Increase 3 Increase 1 Increase 1
  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
Party Independent Ireland Irish Freedom Independent
Last election N/A N/A 9
Seats won 1 1 10
Seat change Steady Steady Increase 1

An election to all 40 seats on South Dublin County Council was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections.[1] South Dublin is divided into 7 local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).[2] There was a 41.4% voter turnout. [3]

Retiring incumbents

The following councillors did not seeking re-election:[4][5]

Constituency Departing Councillor Party
Clondalkin Kenny Egan Fine Gael
Lucan Ed O'Brien Fianna Fáil
Palmerstown-Fonthill Guss O'Connell Independent
Tallaght Central Charlie O'Connor Fianna Fáil

Results by party

Party Candidates Seats ± 1st pref FPv% ±%
Fine Gael 13 9 Increase2 14,851 14.10 Decrease 3.39
Fianna Fáil 11 5 Decrease3 11,468 10.89 Decrease 8.13
Sinn Féin 21 5 Decrease1 10,892 10.34 Decrease 1.26
People Before Profit 7 4 Increase3 4,623 4.39 Increase 0.59
Labour 5 3 Increase1 6,618 6.29 Decrease 2.12
Social Democrats 5 2 Increase1 3,587 3.40 Decrease 1.54
Independent Ireland 1 1 New 972 0.92 New
Irish Freedom 1 1 New 964 0.91 New
Green 7 0 Decrease4 2,955 2.81 Decrease 6.82
National Party 4 0 New 1,387 1.32 New
Aontú 2 0 Steady 1,124 1.06 Increase 0.22
Solidarity 2 0 Decrease1 1,066 1.01 Decrease 3.87
The Irish People 3 0 New 1,007 0.96 New
Ireland First 1 0 New 556 0.53 New
Workers' Party 1 0 Steady 364 0.35 Increase0.06
Party for Animal Welfare 1 0 New 74 0.07 New
Independent 26 10 Increase1 21,963 20.86 Increase 4.06
Total 111 40 Steady 84,471 100.00

Candidates by LEA

^ *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2019.
^ †: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2019 election.

Clondalkin

Clondalkin: 7 seats[6][7][8]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456789101112131415
Independent Francis Timmons[*] 15.5 1,988                            
People Before Profit Darragh Adelaide 8.9 1,140 1,178 1,180 1,182 1,191 1,209 1,229 1,277 1,293 1,317 1,350 1,409 1,490 1,547 1,718
Fianna Fáil Trevor Gilligan[*] 7.8 1,003 1,064 1,066 1,066 1,076 1,092 1,093 1,114 1,121 1,131 1,153 1,172 1,185 1,212 1,365
Fine Gael Shirley O'Hara[†] 7.7 987 1,006 1,007 1,011 1,016 1,029 1,031 1,048 1,049 1,055 1,057 1,063 1,064 1,215 1,483
Independent Ireland Linda de Courcy 7.6 972 997 998 999 1,000 1,008 1,009 1,019 1,154 1,162 1,353 1,370 1,386 1,423 1,461
Sinn Féin William Carey[*] 7.5 965 987 988 992 1,000 1,008 1,048 1,060 1,073 1,244 1,269 1,777      
Fianna Fáil Ciaran Power 7.3 931 949 949 951 956 962 963 973 977 981 988 996 999 1,115 1,133
Social Democrats Eoin Ó Broin[*] 7.0 901 960 961 962 968 1,014 1,028 1,091 1,103 1,130 1,149 1,183 1,212 1,499 1,594
Fine Gael Sarah Adedeji 5.5 698 720 720 724 744 770 780 813 813 816 820 832 840 868  
Social Democrats Lynn Tierney 5.2 664 685 687 696 705 725 727 744 756 765 781 801 826    
Sinn Féin Joseph Nugent 3.4 431 448 450 451 455 459 543 550 565 756 777        
Sinn Féin Mark Hampson 3.1 403 411 411 412 412 416 481 484 489            
Independent Trevor Conlon 2.9 376 402 403 404 408 413 414 416 491 497          
The Irish People Lauralee Robinson 2.8 362 381 381 382 387 388 390 392              
Sinn Féin Rosemary Masinga 1.9 249 255 257 257 261 262                  
Labour Josh Ellul 1.8 225 234 234 284 287 308 315                
Green Laura Donaghy[†] 1.5 197 203 203 206 209                    
Independent Kahir Ullah 1.1 144 151 158 160                      
Independent Viktor Kozyrev 1.1 135 136 136                        
Independent Mahim Rizvi 0.2 30 33                          
Electorate: 32,221   Valid: 12,801   Spoilt: 279   Quota: 1,601   Turnout: 13,080 (40.59%)  

Firhouse–Bohernabreena

Firhouse–Bohernabreena: 5 seats[9][10]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345678
Independent Alan Edge[*] 23.4 2,578              
Fine Gael Brian Lawlor[*] 20.8 2,293              
Fianna Fáil Emma Murphy[*] 16.9 1,864              
Fine Gael Sarah Barnes 9.1 1,000 1,186 1,509 1,523 1,531 1,541 1,589 1,870
Sinn Féin Róisín Mannion 5.4 590 649 669 694 744 1,239 1,310 1,391
Social Democrats Helen Meaney 5.3 583 701 730 750 911 935 997 1,314
Green Lyn Hagin Meade[†] 5.3 578 703 758 765 812 829 843  
National Party Yan Mac Oireachtaigh 4.6 507 554 560 640 667 687    
Sinn Féin Sarah Holland 4.3 477 526 535 551 631      
People Before Profit Philomena Foster 3.2 353 423 432 452        
Independent Nicholas Reddin 1.6 180 270 278          
Electorate: 27,225   Valid: 11,003   Spoilt: 111   Quota: 1,834   Turnout: 11,114 (40.82%)  

Lucan

Lucan: 5 seats[11][12]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456789101112
Independent Paul Gogarty[*] 23.1 2,671                      
Fine Gael Vicki Casserly[*] 13.6 1,574 1,708 1,721 1,736 1,758 1,884 1,892 1,958        
Independent Liona O'Toole[*] 10.7 1,231 1,457 1,463 1,473 1,494 1,540 1,672 1,749 1,755 1,781 1,879 2,017
Fine Gael Caroline Brady 10.4 1,199 1,266 1,279 1,280 1,304 1,378 1,385 1,423 1,436 1,469 1,491 1,698
Labour Joanna Tuffy[*] 7.7 890 990 996 1,008 1,016 1,067 1,077 1,174 1,182 1,205 1,281 1,445
Sinn Féin Derren Ó Brádaigh[†] 5.7 659 698 702 936 944 960 988 1,036 1,038 1,061 1,279 1,344
Green Jithin Ram 5.1 592 618 626 630 764 774 775 803 804 856 911  
Independent Kamal Shah 4.5 521 524 527 530 542 550 552 554 554      
Social Democrats Stephen Nolan 3.3 383 422 424 434 442 457 469          
People Before Profit Mark Kerins 3.3 378 410 416 439 441 446 492 563 565 584    
The Irish People Robert Coyle 3.2 368 388 390 397 400 410            
Fianna Fáil Frank Conway 3.1 360 385 388 393 395              
Independent Joseph Roy Kunchalakatt 2.8 323 336 343 346                
Sinn Féin Lorraine Dwyer 2.7 312 330 333                  
Independent Eben Agbana 0.8 92 95                    
Electorate: 25,638   Valid: 11,553   Spoilt: 120   Quota: 1,926   Turnout: 11,673 (45.53%)  

Palmerstown–Fonthill

Palmerstown–Fonthill: 5 seats[6][13][14]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456789101112131415
Fianna Fáil Shane Moynihan[*] 13.9 1,348 1,361 1,382 1,390 1,418 1,470 1,477 1,494 1,510 1,785          
Independent Alan Hayes[*] 13.8 1,335 1,339 1,363 1,408 1,425 1,442 1,447 1,552 1,558 1,594 1,615 1,707      
Irish Freedom Glen Moore 9.9 964 967 975 989 992 993 997 1,016 1,024 1,028 1,028 1,244 1,264 1,355 1,464
Sinn Féin Niamh Fennell 8.7 848 853 861 872 898 911 965 1,001 1,151 1,173 1,184 1,245 1,247 1,995  
People Before Profit Madeleine Johansson[*] 7.9 762 784 800 807 849 864 881 957 985 1,023 1,038 1,114 1,125 1,222 1,351
Independent Paul Gogarty 7.2 700 707 749 825 859 873 879 931 943 992 1,040 1,139 1,164 1,189 1,299
Sinn Féin Daniel Loftus 7.1 684 691 696 698 705 711 780 811 1,014 1,029 1,032 1,095 1,097    
Aontú Colm Quinn 6.9 669 671 677 687 692 697 702 726 747 763 793        
Fine Gael Emma Griffin 4.0 387 398 404 413 438 534 535 554 557            
Workers' Party David Gardiner 3.8 364 372 387 399 421 429 432                
Sinn Féin Ruth Nolan 3.2 314 320 321 322 326 331 472 479              
Sinn Féin Cathal Ó Murchú 3.2 306 308 309 310 312 313                  
Fine Gael Sikandar Jahanzab 2.6 248 265 270 273 294                    
Green Karla Doran 2.3 219 231 235 249                      
Independent Gavin Callaghan 2.1 205 205 235                        
Independent Shane Fitzgerald 2.1 201 204                          
Labour Funmi Soyemi Olatunji 1.4 139                            
Electorate: 26,182   Valid: 9,693   Spoilt: 213   Quota: 1,616   Turnout: 9,906 (37.84%)  

Rathfarnham–Templeogue

Rathfarnham–Templeogue: 7 seats[6][15][16]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234567891011
Labour Pamela Kearns[*] 17.4 3,341                    
Independent Ronan McMahon[*] 14.9 2,873                    
Labour Ciarán Ahern 10.5 2,023 2,245 2,282 2,292 2,296 2,306 2,318 2,373 2,437    
Fianna Fáil Yvonne Collins[*] 8.8 1,691 1,773 1,816 1,817 1,820 1,824 1,841 1,847 1,917 2,068 2,146
Fine Gael Lynn McCrave[†] 8.4 1,620 1,702 1,745 1,748 1,749 1,752 1,761 1,773 2,162 2,350 2,394
Fine Gael David McManus[*] 6.7 1,292 1,341 1,390 1,395 1,397 1,399 1,419 1,427 1,720 1,858 1,882
Fianna Fáil Lilian Guéret[†] 5.6 1,073 1,215 1,281 1,290 1,293 1,300 1,308 1,327 1,402 1,517 1,597
Social Democrats Justin Sinnott[†] 5.5 1,056 1,132 1,155 1,172 1,188 1,202 1,234 1,490 1,515 1,932 2,426
Green Mark Lynch[†] 5.4 1,036 1,097 1,123 1,125 1,127 1,131 1,137 1,198 1,235    
Fine Gael Conor McMahon 4.4 839 945 1,018 1,027 1,031 1,033 1,050 1,052      
Sinn Féin Anne Dillon 4.1 780 817 826 828 837 1,124 1,166 1,315 1,326 1,395  
People Before Profit Conor Kelly 3.0 572 600 610 625 643 654 689        
National Party Yan Mac Oireachtaigh 1.9 358 365 381 389 585 586          
Sinn Féin Enda Fanning 1.8 337 350 356 356 362            
The Irish People Conor Rafferty 1.4 277 285 305 330              
Independent Colm O'Keeffe 0.4 73 95 141                
Electorate: 41,440   Valid: 19,241   Spoilt: 197   Quota: 2,406   Turnout: 19,438 (46.91%)  

Tallaght Central

Tallaght Central: 6 seats[6][17][18]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345678910111213141516
Independent Mick Duff[*] 15.3 1,938                              
Fianna Fáil Teresa Costello[*] 15.2 1,926                              
Fine Gael Britto Pereppadan 12.2 1,542 1,561 1,561 1,589 1,661 1,674 1,711 1,730 1,903              
Independent Paddy Holohan 7.7 967 981 1,007 1,017 1,022 1,040 1,076 1,134 1,154 1,159 1,308 1,439 1,488 1,933    
People Before Profit Jess Spear 6.8 859 868 870 873 911 923 937 939 955 968 1,008 1,077 1,127 1,150 1,164 1,229
Solidarity Kieran Mahon[*] 5.3 669 679 682 686 707 716 732 749 777 791 840 878 918 957 998 1,091
Sinn Féin Shane Duggan 4.8 601 611 612 617 626 663 673 696 712 715 732 747 934 956 973  
Sinn Féin Niamh Whelan 4.5 567 571 574 580 586 707 725 729 739 746 755 784 1,112 1,130 1,150 1,804
Sinn Féin Cora McCann 4.4 559 566 567 570 583 627 638 644 658 660 698 732        
Ireland First Philip Dwyer 4.4 556 562 605 607 609 610 621 712 727 733 778 878 886      
Aontú Saoirse Ní Chónaráin 3.6 455 460 473 476 497 501 522 543 580 598 634          
Independent Ken Harrington 3.4 434 440 442 446 458 464 485 549 570 583            
Fianna Fáil Thyes Kavanagh 3.0 375 389 390 429 440 441 448 453                
Independent Dave Daly 2.3 297 308 321 326 329 331 361                  
Sinn Féin Robert Russell 2.1 265 266 267 269 278                      
Independent Jimmy Owens 2.0 259 267 272 274 283 285                    
Green Vanessa Mulhall[†] 2.0 250 257 258 262                        
National Party Yan Mac Oireachtaigh 1.0 121 122                            
Electorate: 30,256   Valid: 12,640   Spoilt: 246   Quota: 1,806   Turnout: 12,886 (42.59%)  

Tallaght South

Tallaght South: 5 seats[6][19][20]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456789
Independent Paddy Holohan [*] 21.8 1,643                
Fine Gael Baby Pereppaddan[*] 15.5 1,172 1,180 1,189 1,213 1,269        
Fianna Fáil Lynda Prendergast 9.2 690 699 702 718 791 795 814 825  
Independent Dermot Richardson[*] 8.9 674 783 797 800 853 869 929 1,116 1,243
Sinn Féin Cathal King[*] 8.7 657 700 701 702 713 778 817 848 903
People Before Profit Kay Keane 7.4 559 592 598 610 639 659 876 908 1,010
Sinn Féin Louise Dunne[*] 7.3 550 578 583 588 615 855 907 934 1,049
National Party Yan Mac Oireachtaigh 5.3 401 462 472 472 497 503 527    
Solidarity Leah Whelan[†] 5.3 397 427 431 440 470 477      
Sinn Féin Anthony Clinton 4.5 338 357 361 362 373        
Fianna Fáil Adam Smyth 2.7 207 213 216 218          
Independent Geraldine Conlon 1.3 95 126 135 138          
Green Suzanne McEneaney 1.1 83 83 88            
Party for Animal Welfare Patrice Nugent 1.0 74 83              
Electorate: 24,505   Valid: 7,540   Spoilt: 184   Quota: 1,257   Turnout: 7,724 (31.52%)  

Changes

Co-options

Party Outgoing LEA Reason Date Co-optee
Independent Paddy Holohan Tallaght Central Elected for two areas; Tallaght Central and
Tallaght South, resigned from Tallaght Central.[21]		 September 2024 Dean Donnelly
Fianna Fáil Shane Moynihan Palmerstown–Fonthill Elected to 34th Dáil at the 2024 general election 19 December 2024 Jacqueline Sheehy[22]
Labour Ciarán Ahern Rathfarnham–Templeogue Elected to 34th Dáil at the 2024 general election 19 December 2024 Paddy Cosgrave[22]
Independent Paul Gogarty Lucan Elected to 34th Dáil at the 2024 general election 19 December 2024 Helen Farrell[22]
Fianna Fáil Teresa Costello Tallaght Central Elected to 27th Seanad at the 2025 Seanad election 31 January 2025 Adam Smyth[23]
PBP–Solidarity Darragh Adelaide Clondalkin Resignation 25 February 2026 Gino Kenny[24]
Sinn Féin Niamh Fennell Palmerstown–Fonthill Emigrated to Australia[25] 28 May 2026 Daniel Loftus[26]

Changes in affiliation

Name LEA Elected as New affiliation Date
Francis Timmons Clondalkin Independent Labour 25 October 2024[27]
Francis Timmons Clondalkin Labour Independent 13 December 2024[28]
Glen Moore Palmerstown–Fonthill Irish Freedom Independent 28 February 2025[29]
Madeleine Johansson Palmerstown–Fonthill PBP–Solidarity Independent 9 June 2025[30]

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