# 2014 Tipperary County Council election

An election to all 40 seats on Tipperary County Council was held on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections, contested by a field of 85 candidates. This was a reduction from a combined total of 47 seats at the previous election: 21 at the 2009 North Tipperary election and 27 at the 2009 South Tipperary election. The former counties of North Tipperary and South Tipperary were amalgamated under the Local Government Reform Act 2014. The town councils of Carrick-on-Suir, Cashel, Nenagh, Templemore, Tipperary and Thurles and the borough council of Clonmel were also abolished.
County Tipperary was divided into five 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).

## Results by party

| Party | Party | Seats | ± | 1st pref | FPv% |
| | Independent | 13 | +3 | 22,197 | 29.48 |
| | Fine Gael | 10 | −6 | 19,599 | 26.03 |
| | Fianna Fáil | 10 | −2 | 17,833 | 23.68 |
| | Sinn Féin | 5 | +4 | 7,507 | 9.97 |
| | Labour | 1 | −5 | 5,989 | 7.95 |
| | Workers and Unemployed | 1 | −1 | 1,927 | 2.56 |
| | People Before Profit | 0 | 0 | 174 | 0.23 |
| | Direct Democracy | 0 | 0 | 73 | 0.10 |
| Total | Total | 40 | −7 | 75,299 | 100.00 |

## Results by local electoral area

^ *: Outgoing councillor.

### Carrick-on-Suir

Carrick-on-Suir: 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Sinn Féin | David Dunne | 14.15 | 1,398 | 1,429 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Imelda Goldsboro | 13.35 | 1,319 | 1,399 | 1,404 | 1,418 | | | |
| | Independent | Eddie O'Meara†††††† | 10.80 | 1,067 | 1,091 | 1,092 | 1,132 | 1,252 | 1,291 | 1,418 |
| | Fine Gael | Louise McLoughlin | 9.29 | 918 | 945 | 946 | 963 | 1,092 | 1,129 | 1,309 |
| | Independent | Kieran Bourke†††† | 9.22 | 911 | 916 | 917 | 1,060 | 1,066 | 1,283 | 1,318 |
| | Fine Gael | Joe Brennan | 8.19 | 809 | 827 | 828 | 912 | 1,011 | 1,106 | 1,159 |
| | Fine Gael | John Fahey††††††† | 7.99 | 789 | 865 | 868 | 872 | 979 | 999 | 1,250 |
| | Labour | Liam Hayes | 6.48 | 640 | 759 | 763 | 771 | 821 | 856 | |
| | Fine Gael | Noel Fitzgerald | 5.64 | 557 | 587 | 587 | 591 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Sylvia Cooney-Sheehan | 5.43 | 536 | 543 | 543 | 632 | 654 | | |
| | Independent | Pierce O'Loughlin | 4.76 | 470 | 471 | 472 | | | | |
| | Labour | Michael Cleere | 4.69 | 463 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 17,028 Valid: 9,877 (58.00%) Spoilt: 125 Quota: 1,412 Turnout: 10,002 (58.74%) |||||||||||

### Cashel–Tipperary

Cashel–Tipperary: 7 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 |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Fitzgerald | 18.29 | 2,272 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Martin Browne | 11.26 | 1,399 | 1,458 | 1,499 | 1,515 | 1,563 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Denis Leahy | 9.32 | 1,157 | 1,230 | 1,250 | 1,324 | 1,325 | 1,485 | 1,512 | 1,767 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Mary Hourigan | 9.22 | 1,145 | 1,277 | 1,288 | 1,323 | 1,364 | 1,427 | 1,564 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | John Crosse | 8.49 | 1,054 | 1,176 | 1,185 | 1,212 | 1,247 | 1,292 | 1,429 | 1,642 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Roger Kennedy | 8.17 | 1,015 | 1,066 | 1,083 | 1,118 | 1,162 | 1,183 | 1,377 | 1,444 | 1,482 | 1,519 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Joseph O'Connell | 7.17 | 890 | 927 | 933 | 1,024 | 1,038 | 1,060 | 1,103 | 1,165 | 1,196 | 1,230 |
| | Independent | Tom Wood | 7.12 | 884 | 919 | 950 | 957 | 1,047 | 1,074 | 1,196 | 1,234 | 1,259 | 1,277 |
| | Labour | Mick Byrnes | 5.44 | 676 | 728 | 730 | 747 | 751 | 822 | 847 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Colm Taylor | 5.12 | 636 | 694 | 703 | 710 | 786 | 800 | | | | |
| | Independent | Jacqui Finnan | 3.54 | 440 | 462 | 487 | 505 | 506 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Brian Rafferty | 2.59 | 322 | 342 | 350 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Eoghan Lawrence | 2.58 | 320 | 367 | 382 | 383 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | June Molony | 1.10 | 137 | 144 | | | | | | | | |
| | Direct Democracy | John O'Connor | 0.59 | 73 | 77 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 21,539 Valid: 12,420 (57.66%) Spoilt: 140 Quota: 1,553 Turnout: 12,560 (58.31%) ||||||||||||||

### Clonmel

Clonmel: 9 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| | Independent | Martin Lonergan | 11.16 | 1,748 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Murphy | 9.68 | 1,517 | 1,523 | 1,528 | 1,531 | 1,535 | 1,541 | 1,565 | 1,565 | 1,583 | | | | | |
| | Workers and Unemployed | Pat English | 9.41 | 1,474 | 1,480 | 1,495 | 1,526 | 1,563 | 1,575 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Siobhán Ambrose | 9.25 | 1,449 | 1,457 | 1,464 | 1,464 | 1,476 | 1,484 | 1,513 | 1,513 | 1,525 | 1,529 | 1,610 | | | |
| | Independent | Andy Moloney | 8.98 | 1,407 | 1,430 | 1,438 | 1,453 | 1,457 | 1,484 | 1,499 | 1,500 | 1,629 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Marie Murphy | 6.77 | 1,060 | 1,077 | 1,078 | 1,087 | 1,089 | 1,089 | 1,094 | 1,099 | 1,099 | 1,137 | 1,151 | 1,166 | 1,309 | 1,326 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Anglim | 6.72 | 1,053 | 1,085 | 1,086 | 1,092 | 1,092 | 1,102 | 1,102 | 1,102 | 1,139 | 1,148 | 1,170 | 1,427 | 1,429 | 1,483 |
| | Sinn Féin | Catherine Carey | 5.70 | 893 | 900 | 909 | 916 | 941 | 1,124 | 1,175 | 1,179 | 1,199 | 1,204 | 1,251 | 1,269 | 1,387 | 1,462 |
| | Fine Gael | Liam Ahearn | 5.59 | 875 | 883 | 885 | 889 | 891 | 894 | 896 | 896 | 917 | 930 | 950 | 966 | 982 | 1,098 |
| | Independent | Richie Molloy† | 4.72 | 739 | 771 | 779 | 787 | 805 | 811 | 844 | 844 | 865 | 869 | 971 | 994 | 1,185 | 1,403 |
| | Fine Gael | Joe Leahy | 4.21 | 660 | 663 | 666 | 667 | 673 | 675 | 689 | 689 | 701 | 703 | 743 | 750 | 806 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | P.J. English | 3.19 | 499 | 511 | 512 | 517 | 519 | 530 | 536 | 536 | 547 | 551 | 561 | | | |
| | Independent | Gabrielle Egan | 2.96 | 463 | 465 | 470 | 474 | 489 | 491 | 545 | 545 | 557 | 560 | 652 | 660 | | |
| | Independent | Darren Ryan | 2.90 | 455 | 460 | 465 | 466 | 478 | 480 | 515 | 517 | 525 | 529 | | | | |
| | Labour | Seanie Lonergan | 2.34 | 367 | 375 | 375 | 389 | 392 | 403 | 411 | 411 | | | | | | |
| | Workers and Unemployed | Pearl Sheehan | 1.90 | 298 | 299 | 303 | 336 | 351 | 354 | | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Kevin Brunnick | 1.84 | 288 | 292 | 293 | 306 | 315 | | | | | | | | | |
| | People Before Profit | Anne Condon | 1.11 | 174 | 176 | 186 | 187 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Workers and Unemployed | Martina Maher | 0.99 | 155 | 159 | 159 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Eoin O'Flaherty | 0.59 | 92 | 93 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 26,765 Valid: 15,666 (58.53%) Spoilt: 178 Quota: 1,567 Turnout: 15,844 (59.20%) ||||||||||||||||||

### Nenagh

Nenagh: 9 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| | Independent | Joe Hannigan | 10.89 | 2,028 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Seamus Morris | 9.29 | 1,731 | 1,750 | 1,757 | 1,768 | 1,852 | 1,891 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Michael O'Meara | 8.36 | 1,557 | 1,592 | 1,624 | 1,692 | 1,701 | 1,718 | 1,777 | 1,795 | 1,819 | 1,829 | 1,883 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Carroll | 7.96 | 1,483 | 1,495 | 1,499 | 1,502 | 1,544 | 1,569 | 1,668 | 1,703 | 1,768 | 1,864 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Mattie (Coole) Ryan | 7.18 | 1,338 | 1,343 | 1,343 | 1,345 | 1,347 | 1,359 | 1,487 | 1,513 | 1,554 | 1,729 | 1,786 | 1,788 | 1,923 |
| | Fine Gael | Dr. Phyll Bugler | 6.33 | 1,178 | 1,181 | 1,183 | 1,186 | 1,192 | 1,225 | 1,237 | 1,250 | 1,324 | 1,371 | 1,447 | 1,449 | 1,788 |
| | Independent | Hughie McGrath | 5.80 | 1,081 | 1,094 | 1,101 | 1,110 | 1,179 | 1,225 | 1,258 | 1,390 | 1,509 | 1,522 | 1,758 | 1,768 | 1,877 |
| | Independent | John McGrath | 5.49 | 1,023 | 1,027 | 1,027 | 1,031 | 1,048 | 1,062 | 1,073 | 1,084 | 1,097 | 1,294 | 1,311 | 1,312 | 1,409 |
| | Fine Gael | Gerard Darcy | 5.48 | 1,021 | 1,049 | 1,063 | 1,073 | 1,078 | 1,104 | 1,209 | 1,225 | 1,339 | 1,347 | 1,433 | 1,434 | 1,731 |
| | Labour | Fiona Bonfield | 5.22 | 973 | 974 | 982 | 984 | 994 | 1,004 | 1,011 | 1,065 | 1,080 | 1,304 | 1,543 | 1,545 | 1,622 |
| | Fine Gael | Tom Berkery | 5.12 | 953 | 958 | 958 | 960 | 974 | 1,027 | 1,034 | 1,055 | 1,178 | 1,197 | 1,288 | 1,288 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Martin Kennedy | 4.37 | 814 | 815 | 815 | 821 | 824 | 829 | 856 | 860 | 867 | | | | |
| | Labour | Virginia O'Dowd | 3.70 | 690 | 698 | 718 | 721 | 736 | 765 | 781 | 957 | 1,080 | 1,088 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Tom Moylan | 3.61 | 672 | 675 | 675 | 677 | 683 | 721 | 733 | 778 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Lalor McGee | 2.95 | 550 | 553 | 564 | 566 | 581 | 623 | 626 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Eamonn Spillane | 2.83 | 527 | 535 | 541 | 551 | 554 | 558 | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Conor Delaney | 2.20 | 409 | 410 | 410 | 417 | 422 | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Michael Dillon | 1.59 | 296 | 302 | 303 | 333 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Patrick Cahalan | 0.98 | 183 | 189 | 194 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Greg Starr | 0.63 | 117 | 121 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 29,215 Valid: 18,624 (63.75%) Spoilt: 193 Quota: 1,863 Turnout: 18,817 (64.41%) |||||||||||||||||

### Templemore–Thurles

Templemore–Thurles: 9 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Smith | 13.72 | 2,568 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Jim Ryan | 9.75 | 1,825 | 1,849 | 1,856 | 1,896 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seamus Hanafin | 8.79 | 1,644 | 1,694 | 1,701 | 1,716 | 1,788 | 1,890 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Michael Lowry Jnr | 8.10 | 1,515 | 1,530 | 1,541 | 1,557 | 1,670 | 1,730 | 1,744 | 1,747 | 1,802 | 1,929 | | |
| | Independent | Willie Kennedy†† | 7.44 | 1,393 | 1,403 | 1,406 | 1,431 | 1,465 | 1,486 | 1,495 | 1,496 | 1,550 | 1,610 | 1,615 | 1,763 |
| | Sinn Féin | David Doran†††††††† | 6.86 | 1,283 | 1,289 | 1,290 | 1,303 | 1,370 | 1,417 | 1,683 | 1,686 | 1,711 | 1,871 | 1,887 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Hogan | 6.84 | 1,279 | 1,387 | 1,397 | 1,428 | 1,451 | 1,469 | 1,496 | 1,497 | 1,571 | 1,616 | 1,621 | 1,774 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jackie Cahill††† | 5.86 | 1,097 | 1,158 | 1,162 | 1,176 | 1,228 | 1,285 | 1,295 | 1,298 | 1,362 | 1,524 | 1,541 | 1,622 |
| | Fine Gael | Joe Bourke | 4.57 | 856 | 887 | 937 | 1,047 | 1,053 | 1,110 | 1,123 | 1,124 | 1,456 | 1,514 | 1,518 | 1,887 |
| | Independent | Eddie Moran | 4.32 | 808 | 860 | 878 | 949 | 980 | 992 | 1,028 | 1,029 | 1,136 | 1,157 | 1,165 | |
| | Labour | Shane Lee | 4.20 | 786 | 949 | 1,046 | 1,071 | 1,077 | 1,078 | 1,250 | 1,250 | 1,280 | 1,386 | 1,388 | 1,505 |
| | Labour | John Kennedy | 3.89 | 727 | 729 | 733 | 739 | 783 | 853 | 859 | 863 | 899 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Liam Brereton | 3.16 | 591 | 605 | 640 | 730 | 744 | 844 | 853 | 854 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Cleary | 2.84 | 531 | 532 | 553 | 574 | 604 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Evelyn Nevin | 2.77 | 518 | 524 | 526 | 539 | | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Joan Delaney | 2.75 | 515 | 601 | 626 | 635 | 641 | 647 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Maura Byrne | 2.50 | 467 | 483 | 520 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Madden | 1.65 | 309 | 360 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 28,495 Valid: 18,712 (65.67%) Spoilt: 241 Quota: 1,872 Turnout: 18,953 (66.51%) ||||||||||||||||

## Changes

* † Clonmel Independent Cllr Richie Molloy joined Renua on 29 May 2015 and ceased to be an Independent. He subsequently quit the party and became an Independent again.
* †† On 7 March 2016 Templemore-Thurles Independent Cllr Willie Kennedy was killed in a road traffic accident. Eddie Moran was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 11 April 2016.
* ††† Templemore-Thurles Fianna Fáil Cllr Jackie Cahill was elected as a TD for Tipperary at the Irish general election, 2016. Sean Ryan was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 14 March 2016.
* †††† Carrick-on-Suir Independent Cllr Kieran Bourke re-joined Fianna Fáil in early July 2016.
* ††††† Nenagh Sinn Féin Cllr Seamus Morris resigned from the party on 9 November 2017 citing rogue elements and unfounded allegations and became an Independent.
* †††††† Carrick-on-Suir Independent Cllr Eddie O'Meara died suddenly on 13 April 2018 after a short illness. In September 2018 his son, Kevin, was co-opted to fill the vacancy.
* ††††††† Carrick-on-Suir Fine Gael Cllr John Fahey died suddenly on 28 October 2018. A co-option will occur in due course.
* †††††††† Templemore-Thurles Sinn Féin Cllr David Doran resigned from the party and became an Independent on 24 January 2019 saying he was ostracised by elements in the party.