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Fianna Fail Minister of State Anne Rabbitte in Government Buildings for a post budget press conference. Sasko Lazarov/© RollingNews.ie
Galway East
Disabilities Minister Anne Rabbitte loses her seat in Galway East
Rabbitte’s party colleague Albert Dolan was elected on the eighth count earlier today.
FIANNA FÁIL TD and Junior Minister for Disability Anne Rabbitte has lost her seat in Galway East in the ninth count.
Rabbitte has been a TD for the constituency since 2016, and has served as a Minister of State since 2020.
Independent TD Seán Canney was re-elected on the sixth count yesterday, and Rabbitte’s Fianna Fáil colleague, 25-year-old Albert Dolan, was elected on the eighth count earlier today.
Dolan topped the first count poll yesterday in the constituency in a shock result.
Two seats remain undecided in Galway East. Currently, Sinn Féin’s Louis O’Hara looks set to take a seat on 9,080 votes. Next is Declan Geraghty of Independent Ireland on 6,477 – and just 30 votes behind is Peter Roche of Fine Gael.
Rabbitte entered politics in 2014 when she was elected to Galway County Council. In 2016, she was elected as a TD and was then appointed to the Fianna Fáil front bench as Spokesperson for Children & Youth Affairs.
In 2019, she unsuccessfully ran for a seat in the European Parliament.
In 2020, Rabbitte was reelected and appointed Minister of State with Special Responsibility for Disabilities, a position she has held until the dissolution of the Dáil earlier this month.
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