Six new faces on Roscommon County Council as all 18 seats are filled

All 12 councillors seeking a return to the council have been re-elected
Six new faces on Roscommon County Council as all 18 seats are filled

The final three seats on Roscommon County Council were filled on Monday night following a recount in the Boyle Local Electoral Area by Sean Moylan (FF), Liam Callaghan (FG) and Tom Crosby (IND). Pic. Gerard O'Loughlin

There will be six new faces on Roscommon County Council when the first council meets.

Following a recount in the Boyle Local Electoral Area on Monday the final three seats on the council were filled by Sean Moylan (FF), Tom Crosby (IND) and Liam Callaghan (FG).

The twelve sitting councillors seeking re-election have now all been returned with the six remaining seats left vacant by retiring councillors now being filled by Domnick Connolly (FG) in the Athlone LEA; Leah Cull (SF), Michael Frain (IND), and Sean Moylan (FF) in the Boyle LEA and Gareth Scahill (FG) and Larry Brennan (FF) in the Roscommon LEA. 

The six retiring councillors were: Donal Kilduff (IND), Athlone area; Orla Leyden (FF) and Kathleen Shanagher (IND) in the Roscommon area and John Cummins (FF), Michael Mulligan (SF) and Joe Murphy, Boyle LEA.

 The complete make up of the council is now:

Athlone 

Emer Kelly (IND) 

John Naughten (FG) 

Tony Ward (IND) 

Laurence Fallon (IND) 

John Keogh (FF) 

Domnick Connolly (FG) 

Boyle 

Valerie Byrne (IND) 

Leah Cull (SF) 

Michael Frain (IND) 

Sean Moylan (FF) 

Liam Callaghan (FG) 

Tom Crosby (IND) 

Roscommon 

Marty McDermott (FF) 

Gareth Scahill (FG) 

Tony Waldron (IND) 

Paschal Fitzmaurice (FF) 

Larry Brennan (FF) 

Nigel Dineen (II)

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