Count Results: Ballybay Clones Electoral Area

The Ballybay Clones Local Electoral Area will be repolled on June 7 following the sudden death of Owen Bannigan (FG) on polling day last Friday.

Tributes to the sitting councillor and member of the HSE Health Forum have been pouring in all weekend.

Fine Gael TD Joe O'Reilly is in the Cavan count centre today and he paid this tribute:

I was absolutely shocked by the news of the sudden death of Cllr. Bannigan and I would like to extend my sincere sympathy to all of his family. 

He was very committed to Public Service and had a long tradition of working with Macre Na Feirme. He was a very intelligent, able and articulate Councillor and had very strong expertise for the issues concerning the people that he represented. 

Councillor Bannigan gave excellent service to people living in the Mid-Monaghan are, over the past fifteen years and he will be sadly missed by his family, his friends and his colleagues in the Fine Gael Party.

Ar a Dheis De go raibh anam.