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Ardara-based Senator Eileen Flynn wins Seanad seat

Catherine Gaffney -
Ardara-based Senator Eileen Flynn wins Seanad seat

Ardara-based Independent Senator Eileen Flynn has won a Seanad seat.

Senator Flynn has been elected onto the Administrative Panel and has become the first Traveller to be elected to the Oireachtas.

She first entered the Seanad in 2020 as one of the nominees of Taoiseach Micheál Martin.
Counting has now concluded for the Seanad's five vocational panels, which make up 43 of the 60 seats.

The National University of Ireland and Trinity College have also elected another three senators each.

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The final 11 will be announced by Taoiseach Micheál Martin later in the week.

Catherine Gaffney -