# 2004 South Dublin County Council election

An election to South Dublin County Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 26 councillors were elected from five local electoral areas using the Single transferable vote system for a five-year term of office.

## Results by party

| Party | Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% |
| | Labour | 7 | - | 16,826 | 18.94 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | 6 | -2 | 22,825 | 25.70 | |
| | Sinn Féin | 3 | +1 | 12,235 | 13.78 | |
| | Fine Gael | 3 | - | 10,857 | 12.22 | |
| | Green | 2 | +1 | 7,033 | 7.92 | |
| | Progressive Democrats | 2 | - | 6,689 | 7.53 | |
| | Socialist Party | 1 | +1 | 2,505 | 2.82 | |
| | Independent | 2 | -1 | 8,804 | 9.91 | |
| Totals | Totals | 26 | - | 88,818 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Clondalkin

Clondalkin - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| | Sinn Féin | Shane O'Connor | 17.07 | 2,421 | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Robert Dowds* | 14.06 | 1,994 | 2,007 | 2,013 | 2,053 | 2,375 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Therese Ridge* | 12.08 | 1,714 | 1,723 | 1,729 | 1,771 | 1,847 | 1,936 | 2,051 | 2,247 | 2,503 |
| | Progressive Democrats | Colm Tyndall* | 11.47 | 1,627 | 1,636 | 1,640 | 1,768 | 1,791 | 1,912 | 2,099 | 2,285 | 2,627 |
| | Socialist Workers | Gino Kenny | 7.36 | 1,044 | 1,068 | 1,083 | 1,092 | 1,164 | 1,183 | 1,203 | 1,336 | 1,451 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Trevor Gilligan | 6.47 | 918 | 927 | 930 | 988 | 1,038 | 1,214 | 1,574 | 1,716 | 1,875 |
| | Green | Dorothy Corrigan | 6.35 | 900 | 912 | 920 | 930 | 975 | 1,008 | 1,059 | | |
| | Independent | Colm McGrath* | 6.07 | 861 | 905 | 911 | 947 | 968 | 1,013 | 1,103 | 1,238 | |
| | Labour | Marie Grogan | 4.84 | 686 | 691 | 696 | 700 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Sheila O'Brien* | 4.77 | 677 | 680 | 681 | 783 | 801 | 969 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Neil O'Neill | 4.21 | 597 | 604 | 606 | 728 | 741 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Ray Verso | 4.18 | 593 | 593 | 594 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Noel Kelly | 1.06 | 151 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 30,462 Valid: 14,183 (46.56%) Spoilt: 344 Quota: 2,364 Turnout: 14,527 (47.69%) |||||||||||||

### Lucan

Lucan - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | Independent | Derek Keating* | 21.75 | 3,680 | | | | | | | |
| | Green | Fintan McCarthy* | 14.40 | 2,440 | 2,547 | 2,691 | 2,923 | 3,036 | 3,454 | | |
| | Labour | Eamon Tuffy* | 10.48 | 1,774 | 1,807 | 1,873 | 2,019 | 2,095 | 2,338 | 2,363 | 3,110 |
| | Independent | Guss O'Connell | 9.98 | 1,688 | 1,720 | 1,742 | 1,820 | 2,192 | 2,542 | 2,574 | 2,879 |
| | Sinn Féin | Feilim MacCriosta | 9.11 | 1,542 | 1,552 | 1,580 | 1,640 | 1,755 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Peter Brady | 8.10 | 1,370 | 1,405 | 1,664 | 1,923 | 2,013 | 2,134 | 2,142 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Des Kelly | 7.42 | 1,255 | 1,274 | 1,399 | 1,588 | 2,066 | 2,175 | 2,179 | 2,607 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Deirdre Doherty-Ryan* | 7.20 | 1,218 | 1,227 | 1,302 | 1,431 | | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Jeff Aherne | 6.49 | 1,098 | 1,127 | 1,233 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Ed O'Brien | 2.84 | 480 | 493 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Joe MacEnri | 2.22 | 376 | 384 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 32,269 Valid: 16,921 (52.44%) Spoilt: 311 Quota: 3,385 Turnout: 17,232 (53.40%) ||||||||||||

### Tallaght Central

Tallaght Central - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| | Socialist Party | Mick Murphy | 16.10 | 2,505 | 2,552 | 2,654 | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Mark Daly* | 13.74 | 2,138 | 1,308 | 1,360 | 1,404 | 1,440 | 1,501 | 1,504 | 1,506 | |
| | Fine Gael | Karen Warren | 10.44 | 1,624 | 1,702 | 1,808 | 1,863 | 1,898 | 1,933 | 2,052 | 2,415 | 2,423 |
| | Labour | Eamonn Maloney* | 9.99 | 1,554 | 1,572 | 1,634 | 1,672 | 1,691 | 1,735 | 1,810 | 2,220 | 2,243 |
| | Labour | Don Tipping* | 8.50 | 1,322 | 1,352 | 1,422 | 1,454 | 1,495 | 1,558 | 1,628 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Joe Neville | 8.37 | 1,302 | 1,396 | 1,421 | 1,741 | 1,784 | 1,828 | 2,437 | 2,561 | 2,567 |
| | Labour | Denis Mackin* | 7.78 | 1,210 | 1,233 | 1,329 | 1,385 | 1,477 | 1,616 | 1,691 | 2,192 | 2,216 |
| | Sinn Féin | Seán O Cadhla | 6.47 | 1,007 | 1,027 | 1,066 | 1,092 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Roderick Smyth* | 6.35 | 988 | 1,067 | 1,088 | 1,191 | 1,223 | 1,249 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Margaret Farrell | 4.52 | 703 | 735 | 760 | | | | | | |
| | Green | Shauna Hutchinson-Edgar | 4.17 | 648 | 710 | | | | | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Paula McCormack | 3.57 | 556 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 29,520 Valid: 15,557 (52.70%) Spoilt: 500 Quota: 2,593 Turnout: 16,057 (54.39%) |||||||||||||

### Tallaght South

Tallaght South - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Hannon* | 14.63 | 2,221 | 2,226 | 2,314 | 2,406 | 2,494 | 2,731 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Cathal King* | 11.74 | 1,782 | 1,812 | 1,901 | 1,908 | 1,957 | 2,026 | 2,030 | 3,234 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jim Daly* | 10.59 | 1,607 | 1,610 | 1,642 | 1,804 | 1,853 | 1,924 | 1,976 | 2,017 | 2,093 | 2,108 |
| | Labour | Marie Corr | 9.77 | 1,483 | 1,500 | 1,538 | 1,587 | 1,793 | 2,055 | 2,101 | 2,204 | 2,433 | 2,565 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Mick Billane* | 9.73 | 1,477 | 1,487 | 1,631 | 1,663 | 1,713 | 1,786 | 1,822 | 1,891 | 2,007 | 2,018 |
| | Sinn Féin | Brendan Ferron | 9.68 | 1,469 | 1,484 | 1,520 | 1,532 | 1,624 | 1,716 | 1,721 | | | |
| | Labour | Caitriona Jones | 9.45 | 1,435 | 1,454 | 1,479 | 1,542 | 1,814 | 2,324 | 2,361 | 2,489 | 2,693 | |
| | Fine Gael | Paul Ringland* | 8.80 | 1,336 | 1,345 | 1,361 | 1,442 | 1,548 | | | | | |
| | Green | Elizabeth Davidson | 6.59 | 1,000 | 1,041 | 1,063 | 1,125 | | | | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Rita Hayes | 3.91 | 594 | 599 | 609 | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Ambrose Sheilds | 3.69 | 560 | 579 | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Mark Luttrell | 1.43 | 217 | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 34,251 Valid: 15,181 (44.32%) Spoilt: 538 Quota: 2,531 Turnout: 15,719 (45.89%) ||||||||||||||

### Terenure-Rathfarnam

Terenure-Rathfarnam - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Lahart* | 13.14 | 3,828 | | | | | | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Cáit Keane* | 9.66 | 2,814 | 2,965 | 2,987 | 3,089 | 3,204 | 3,491 | 3,612 | 3,845 | |
| | Fine Gael | Stanley Laing* | 8.55 | 2,490 | 2,559 | 2,568 | 2,676 | 3,139 | 3,263 | 3,340 | 3,534 | 3,588 |
| | Independent | Pat Dunne | 7.57 | 2,207 | 2,250 | 2,252 | 2,308 | 2,323 | 2,362 | 2,718 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Máire Ardagh* | 7.42 | 2,161 | 2,607 | 2,650 | 2,694 | 2,723 | 3,333 | 3,490 | 3,703 | |
| | Labour | Alex White | 7.24 | 2,109 | 2,143 | 2,149 | 2,413 | 2,507 | 2,617 | 2,773 | 2,994 | 3,011 |
| | Green | Tony McDermott | 7.02 | 2,045 | 2,076 | 2,086 | 2,245 | 2,334 | 2,582 | 3,033 | 3,515 | 3,572 |
| | Fine Gael | Michael McLoughlin | 6.68 | 1,947 | 1,964 | 1,977 | 2,054 | 2,667 | 2,747 | 2,807 | 2,876 | 2,889 |
| | Sinn Féin | Sorcha Nic Cormaic | 6.44 | 1,876 | 1,913 | 1,919 | 1,989 | 2,010 | 2,082 | | | |
| | Labour | Éamonn Walsh* | 6.19 | 1,803 | 1,853 | 1,855 | 2,303 | 2,375 | 2,429 | 2,734 | 3,455 | 3,496 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Vincent Kenny* | 5.44 | 1,585 | 1,818 | 1,869 | 1,911 | 1,973 | | | | |
| | Labour | Paddy Cosgrave | 5.00 | 1,456 | 1,476 | 1,485 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Alan Foran | 4.17 | 1,215 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 53,201 Valid: 29,139 (54.77%) Spoilt: 727 Quota: 3,643 Turnout: 29,866 (56.14%) |||||||||||||