FG's Daly gets last area seat

Richard Daly of Fine Gael has secured the last seat in the Athy area of Kildare County Council.

Pictured above being congratulated by retiring FG councillor Rainsford Hendy, he reached 2,086 when 584 of Billy Hillis's transferable votes went to him on the fifth count.

Mark Dalton (FF) got 107 of Hillis's transfers, to a total of 1,880.

Daly was awarded the seat without reaching the quota.

The final result is Mark Wall (LAB), Martin Miley Jnr (FF), Martin Heydon (FG) and Richard Daly (FG).