While typically fraught with tension, it was a family affair at a number of count centres across the country as mothers and sons, fathers and daughters looked to hoist one another up on to the political platform.
Record number of migrant candidates elected to councils rte.ie - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from rte.ie Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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In Lucan, sitting independent councillor Paul Nicholas Gogarty has been elected on the first count. He is the first councillor to be elected to the South Dublin City Council.
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