Photo: Sheila1988 · CC0Tipperary North had one of the highest turnouts at the 2024 general election
There is just one council for Templemore, Tipperary County Council: Ireland has only one tier of local government. The Roscrea-Templemore local electoral area elected 4 councillors in June 2024: Independent 2, Fianna Fáil 1 and Fine Gael 1. No party holds a majority on Tipperary County; Independent has the most seats, 14 of 40, short of the 21 a majority needs. In the Dáil, Tipperary North has 3 members: Labour Party 1, Independent 1 and Fianna Fáil 1.
Templemore’s council and votes, in 4 figures
High turnout
46,107 of Tipperary North’s 70,214 registered voters turned out in November 2024, 66%: the 3rd-highest of 43 Dáil constituencies (all of them: 60%). Dáil Éireann ↓
A large budget for its size
Tipperary County Council’s 2026 revenue budget comes to €1,626 for each resident, against €1,551 across all 31 councils, leaving out the HAP programme. Council money ↓
High turnout
8,438 of Roscrea-Templemore’s 15,059 registered voters turned out in June 2024, 56%: the 40th-highest of 166 local electoral areas (all of them: 49%). How Templemore voted ↓
No majority on Tipperary County
Independent won the most seats on Tipperary County Council in June 2024, 14 of 40, short of the 21 a majority needs; it ran 21 candidates. No party holds a majority on any of the 31 councils, so each council’s business is carried by votes across parties. Who’s in charge ↓
Written from the data on this page: the 2024 count sheets of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage and the Oireachtas members list.
No party holds a majority on Tipperary County Council
Seats on Tipperary County Council as elected in June 2024, with each party’s candidates, and the other councils beside it.
- Independent1421 stood
- Fianna Fáil1013 stood
- Fine Gael1012 stood
- Labour Party34 stood
- Sinn Féin211 stood
- Workers and Unemployed Action12 stood
As elected on 7 June 2024.
A party needs 21 of the 40 seats to outvote the rest. None has that: Independent is largest with 14. None of the 31 councils has a single-party majority. Fianna Fáil is second with 10 seats. The councillors elect a cathaoirleach each June to chair the council for a year; no open national list names them.
The 31 councils of Ireland
Seats by party as elected, largest party named; this council first.
Local and general election results 2024: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (CC BY-SA 4.0); areas matched to towns by TownRatings from Tailte Éireann boundaries and CSO Census 2022 Small Areas (CC BY 4.0).
One council, and the government for the rest
Templemore has no town or county council of its own: Ireland has 31 councils, each the only council for its area.
Housing and homelessness, planning, local and regional roads, parks and libraries, the fire service, bins enforcement and street cleaning, the register of electors, and the Local Property Tax rate it may vary.
tipperarycoco.ie ↗Schools (Department of Education), health (the HSE), national roads (TII), policing (An Garda Síochána) and the Local Property Tax itself (Revenue).
gov.ie ↗Uisce Éireann runs water and sewers; private operators collect most bins under the council’s rules.
Who to ask
Green: the council. Gold: a government department or one of its agencies. Grey: another public body.
From the council to the Dáil
Every elected tier that speaks for Templemore, from the most recent elections.
- 1The Roscrea-Templemore local electoral areaRoscrea-Templemore · 4 membersMichael SmithShane LeeEddie MoranWilliam Kennedy
- 2Tipperary County Council40 councillors from 8 local electoral areasIndependent 14 · Fianna Fáil 10 · Fine Gael 10 · Labour Party 3 · Sinn Féin 2 · Workers and Unemployed Action 1
- 3Dáil ÉireannTipperary North · 3 members
Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. TDs: Houses of the Oireachtas Open Data (Oireachtas PSI Licence, CC BY 4.0).
4 councillors represent Roscrea-Templemore
Each of the local electoral areas where 5% or more of the town’s residents live: who was elected, and who else stood.
- Michael Smith
- Shane Lee
- Eddie Moran
- William Kennedy
Also stood (4): Deirdre Maria Ryan (Fianna Fáil), Brendán Ó Conchúir (Sinn Féin), Jordan Lewis (Labour Party), Aisling Maloney (Green Party).
Templemore’s councillors, one by one
| Councillor | Party | Area | First preferences | Result | Returning or new |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Smith | Fianna Fáil | Roscrea-Templemore | 2,460 | Elected at count 1, on the quota | Re-elected |
| Shane Lee | Independent | Roscrea-Templemore | 2,231 | Elected at count 1, on the quota | Re-elected |
| Eddie Moran | Independent | Roscrea-Templemore | 1,423 | Elected at count 3, on the quota | Re-elected |
| William Kennedy | Fine Gael | Roscrea-Templemore | 1,143 | Elected at the last count, below the quota | New |
3 of the 4 were sitting councillors who were re-elected; 1 weren’t on the council before the election.
Seats by party in each of Tipperary County Council’s 8 local electoral areas
Every area of Tipperary County Council: seats, candidates and turnout
| Area | Seats | Candidates | Electorate | Turnout | Quota |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roscrea-Templemore | 4 | 8 | 15,059 | 56% | 1,668 |
| Cahir | 4 | 10 | 12,428 | 58.2% | 1,437 |
| Carrick-on-Suir | 5 | 7 | 16,763 | 54.3% | 1,508 |
| Cashel-Tipperary | 7 | 13 | 23,832 | 52.8% | 1,560 |
| Clonmel | 6 | 11 | 19,734 | 49.9% | 1,390 |
| Nenagh | 5 | 8 | 18,622 | 56.5% | 1,742 |
| Newport | 4 | 7 | 14,247 | 57.3% | 1,623 |
| Thurles | 5 | 6 | 16,791 | 56% | 1,553 |
Each of the local electoral areas elects 3 to 7 councillors by single transferable vote: voters number the candidates in order, a candidate who reaches the quota is elected, and spare votes and those of the lowest candidate pass to the next preference. A councillor who leaves is replaced by co-option, usually from the same party, so the names can change without an election.
Councillors: same source as Who’s in charge, above.
Women hold 12 of the 40 seats on Tipperary County Council
Everyone elected to Tipperary County Council across its 8 local electoral areas in June 2024, by party: how many are women and how many sat on the council before.
| Party | Seats | Women | Re-elected | First preferences |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | 14 | 2 | 11 | 36.4% |
| Fianna Fáil | 10 | 3 | 8 | 22% |
| Fine Gael | 10 | 4 | 9 | 20.3% |
| Labour Party | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6.9% |
| Sinn Féin | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9.1% |
| Workers and Unemployed Action | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2.5% |
12 of the 40 councillors are women, 30%; across all 31 councils the share is 26%. 32 sat on the council before the election and 8 are new to it.
Every member of Tipperary County Council
| Councillor | Party | Area | Returning or new |
|---|---|---|---|
| Máirín McGrath | Independent | Cahir | Re-elected |
| Andy Moloney | Independent | Cahir | Re-elected |
| Marie Murphy | Fine Gael | Cahir | Re-elected |
| Micheál Anglim | Fianna Fáil | Cahir | Re-elected |
| Imelda Goldsboro | Fianna Fáil | Carrick-on-Suir | Re-elected |
| David Dunne | Sinn Féin | Carrick-on-Suir | Re-elected |
| Michael 'Chicken' Brennan | Labour Party | Carrick-on-Suir | New |
| Mark Fitzgerald | Fine Gael | Carrick-on-Suir | Re-elected |
| Kieran Bourke | Fianna Fáil | Carrick-on-Suir | Re-elected |
| John O'Heney | Independent | Cashel-Tipperary | New |
| Declan Burgess | Fine Gael | Cashel-Tipperary | Re-elected |
| Liam Browne | Independent | Cashel-Tipperary | New |
| Roger Kennedy | Fianna Fáil | Cashel-Tipperary | Re-elected |
| Mary Hanna Hourigan | Fine Gael | Cashel-Tipperary | Re-elected |
| John Crosse | Fine Gael | Cashel-Tipperary | Re-elected |
| Annemarie Ryan Shiner | Sinn Féin | Cashel-Tipperary | Re-elected |
| Michael Murphy | Fine Gael | Clonmel | Re-elected |
| Pat English | Workers and Unemployed Action | Clonmel | Re-elected |
| Siobhán Ambrose | Fianna Fáil | Clonmel | Re-elected |
| John Fitzgerald | Fine Gael | Clonmel | Re-elected |
| Richie Molloy | Independent | Clonmel | Re-elected |
| Niall P Dennehy | Independent | Clonmel | Re-elected |
| Joe Hannigan | Independent | Nenagh | Re-elected |
| Michael O'Meara | Independent | Nenagh | Re-elected |
| Ryan O'Meara | Fianna Fáil | Nenagh | New |
| Séamus Morris | Independent | Nenagh | Re-elected |
| Louise Morgan Walsh | Labour Party | Nenagh | New |
| Fiona Bonfield | Labour Party | Newport | Re-elected |
| Pamela Quirke O'Meara | Independent | Newport | New |
| Dr Phyll Bugler | Fine Gael | Newport | Re-elected |
| John Carroll | Fianna Fáil | Newport | Re-elected |
| Michael Smith | Fianna Fáil | Roscrea-Templemore | Re-elected |
| Shane Lee | Independent | Roscrea-Templemore | Re-elected |
| Eddie Moran | Independent | Roscrea-Templemore | Re-elected |
| William Kennedy | Fine Gael | Roscrea-Templemore | New |
| Jim Ryan | Independent | Thurles | Re-elected |
| Micheál Lowry | Independent | Thurles | Re-elected |
| Sean Ryan | Fianna Fáil | Thurles | Re-elected |
| Kay Cahill Skehan | Fianna Fáil | Thurles | New |
| Peggy Ryan | Fine Gael | Thurles | Re-elected |
The council: same source as Who’s in charge, above.
First preferences in Roscrea-Templemore, June 2024
Each candidate’s first-preference votes; the tick is the quota of 1,668. Elected candidates are in bold.
Each party’s share of first preferences in Roscrea-Templemore
The tick is the party’s share across all of Ireland.
Turnout was 56%, 8,438 of 15,059 registered voters: the 40th-highest of 166 local electoral areas (all of them: 49.4%). The quota was 1,668: 8,337 valid votes for 4 seats, counted over 6 rounds. Michael Smith (Fianna Fáil) and Shane Lee (Independent) reached the quota on first preferences alone, and transfers decided the other 2. The last seat went to William Kennedy (Fine Gael) with 1,616 votes at the final count, 510 ahead of Deirdre Maria Ryan (Fianna Fáil), who had 1,106.
Every candidate, count by count (6 counts)
| Candidate | Party | First preferences | Result | Votes at the end |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Kennedy | Fine Gael | 1,143 | Elected at the last count, below the quota | 1,616 |
| Eddie Moran | Independent | 1,423 | Elected at count 3, on the quota | 1,668 |
| Michael Smith | Fianna Fáil | 2,460 | Elected at count 1, on the quota | 1,668 |
| Shane Lee | Independent | 2,231 | Elected at count 1, on the quota | 1,668 |
| Jordan Lewis | Labour Party | 125 | Excluded at count 5 | – |
| Brendán Ó Conchúir | Sinn Féin | 313 | Excluded at count 6 | – |
| Aisling Maloney | Green Party | 117 | Excluded at count 6 | – |
| Deirdre Maria Ryan | Fianna Fáil | 525 | Not elected, standing at the last count | 1,106 |
How Templemore voted: same source as Who’s in charge, above.
Who stood, and who was elected, June 2024
Every candidate for Tipperary County Council, by party: the light bar is candidates, the solid bar those elected.
Share of candidates elected, all of Ireland
Parties with 10 or more candidates across the 31 councils.
70 candidates stood for 40 seats on Tipperary County Council in June 2024, 1.8 for each seat. Turnout across the council was 54.8%, the 9th-highest of 31 councils. Independent elected 14 of its 21 candidates. 22 of the 70 candidates were women (31%; 31% across the country), and 21 stood without a party. Across all 31 councils, 2,172 candidates stood for 949 seats, 2.3 for each.
Turnout in all 31 councils
Local elections: same source as Who’s in charge, above.
Templemore is in Tipperary North
3 TDs elected to the Dáil by single transferable vote on 29 November 2024, the whole constituency’s count.
Labour Party
oireachtas.ie ↗Independent
oireachtas.ie ↗Fianna Fáil
oireachtas.ie ↗TDs as the Oireachtas lists them today, with any office they hold; a by-election or a change of party shows here, the 2024 count below does not change.
First preferences in Tipperary North, November 2024
Each party’s share of first preferences in Tipperary North
46,107 of 70,214 registered voters turned out, 65.7%: the 3rd-highest of 43 Dáil constituencies (all of them: 59.7%). With 45,766 valid votes and 3 seats the quota was 11,442; the count ran to 10 rounds. Michael Lowry (Independent) reached the quota on first preferences alone, and transfers decided the other 2. The last seat went to Ryan O'Meara (Fianna Fáil) with 11,118 votes at the final count, 4,030 ahead of Jim Ryan (Independent), who had 7,088.
Every candidate, count by count (10 counts)
| Candidate | Party | First preferences | Result | Votes at the end |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan O'Meara | Fianna Fáil | 5,654 | Elected at the last count, below the quota | 11,118 |
| Alan Kelly | Labour Party | 7,072 | Elected at count 10, on the quota | 12,330 |
| Michael Lowry | Independent | 12,538 | Elected at count 1, on the quota | 11,442 |
| Justin Roundy Phelan | Independent | 200 | Excluded at count 3 | – |
| Liam Minehan | Independent | 182 | Excluded at count 3 | – |
| Peter Madden | The Irish People | 437 | Excluded at count 4 | – |
| Diana O'Dwyer | People Before Profit–Solidarity | 632 | Excluded at count 5 | – |
| Iva Pocock | Green Party | 731 | Excluded at count 6 | – |
| Evan Barry | Sinn Féin | 1,332 | Excluded at count 7 | – |
| Francis O'Toole | Aontú | 890 | Excluded at count 7 | – |
| Dan Harty | Sinn Féin | 3,015 | Excluded at count 8 | – |
| Phyll Bugler | Fine Gael | 4,423 | Excluded at count 9 | – |
| Michael Smith | Fianna Fáil | 4,915 | Excluded at count 10 | – |
| Jim Ryan | Independent | 3,745 | Not elected, standing at the last count | 7,088 |
Dáil Éireann: same source as Who’s in charge, above.
Tipperary County Council plans to spend €1,626 per resident in 2026
What its 2026 revenue budget pays for, service by service, and where the money comes from.
By service, per resident, 2026
What pays for it, 2026
Shares of what funds the 2026 budget; the tick is all 31 councils together.
Leaving out the HAP programme, that is the 5th-highest of the 31 councils per resident; across all of them it is €1,551. The budget is up 10% on 2025, when it was €248.8M.
Commercial rates on businesses pay for 15% of the budget. Its annual rate on valuation is 0.2232, the 5th-highest of the 31 councils that rate on revalued property. The Local Property Tax brings in another 11%.
Budget per resident, all 31 councils (without the HAP programme)
Show the services as a table, 2025 and 2026
| Service | 2026 | Per resident | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Housing and building | €65.7M | €392 | €54.8M | 20% |
| Roads and transport | €64.2M | €383 | €61.2M | 5% |
| Water services | €12.2M | €73 | €13.7M | -11% |
| Planning and development | €25.8M | €154 | €25M | 3% |
| Environment and fire | €68.2M | €406 | €58.5M | 17% |
| Libraries, parks and amenities | €17.8M | €106 | €16.9M | 5% |
| Agriculture, education, health and welfare | €1.2M | €7 | €1.1M | 5% |
| Other services | €19M | €113 | €17.6M | 8% |
Budgets: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Local Authority Annual Budgets 2025 and 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), revenue account before inter-authority contributions are netted; residents: CSO Census 2022 (CC BY 4.0).
Each of Tipperary County Council’s 40 councillors speaks for about 4,200 residents
Residents per councillor on each of the 31 councils.
Tipperary County Council has 40 councillors for 167,895 residents: about 4,200 each, the 8th-lowest of 31 councils. The range runs from 9,410 residents per councillor on Dublin City to 1,960 on Leitrim County.
Residents per councillor, all 31 councils
Seats: local elections 2024 (Department of Housing, CC BY-SA 4.0); residents: CSO Census 2022 (CC BY 4.0).
Having a say in how Templemore is run
Check, register or update your address online; the register closes 15 days before a poll (Sundays and holidays aside).
checktheregister.ie ↗Potholes, broken lights, dumping and graffiti, sent to the council.
FixYourStreet.ie ↗Council and municipal district meetings are open to the public, with agendas and minutes online.
tipperarycoco.ie ↗Anyone may make a submission within five weeks of an application, for a fee of €20.
tipperarycoco.ie ↗Each TD’s contact details are on the Oireachtas members page.
oireachtas.ie ↗The Electoral Commission’s guidance for candidates and how to be nominated.
electoralcommission.ie ↗What this data can and can’t tell you
- Single transferable vote. Voters number candidates in order. The quota is the valid votes divided by one more than the seats, plus one. A candidate over the quota is elected and their surplus passes on; when nobody is over it, the lowest is excluded and their votes pass on, until the seats are filled. The last seats can go to candidates below the quota once too few are left to fill them. First preferences show where support started, not who won.
- Which area. A town is placed in its council, local electoral area and Dáil constituency by where its residents live (Census 2022 Small Areas); an area holding 5% or more of them is listed too. Areas reach beyond the town, so their results are the whole area’s.
- Turnout. Votes cast, spoilt ones included, as a share of the register. Registers carry people who have moved or died, so every turnout reads low by a few points; compare areas, not the figure on its own.
- A close last seat. Shown only when the last candidate elected and the one left standing were both in the final count; the gap is between their votes then. Margins are not shown as headlines unless they are among the closest.
- Not on this page. Audited accounts and debt are published only as PDF statements, so they aren’t on this page. Votes before 2024 aren’t compared: the local electoral areas were redrawn for the 2024 local elections and the Dáil constituencies in 2023, so earlier results don’t cover the same ground. Who chairs each council and who runs it as chief executive aren’t in any open national list; each council names them on its website.
Questions about how Templemore is run
Which council runs Templemore?
The one council for Templemore is Tipperary County Council: Ireland has a single tier of local government.
How many councillors does Templemore have?
The Roscrea-Templemore local electoral area elects 4 councillors: Michael Smith (Fianna Fáil), Shane Lee (Independent), Eddie Moran (Independent), William Kennedy (Fine Gael).
Which party has the most seats on Tipperary County Council?
No party has a majority. As elected, Independent 14 · Fianna Fáil 10 · Fine Gael 10 · Labour Party 3 · Sinn Féin 2 · Workers and Unemployed Action 1 of 40 seats; a majority needs 21.
Who are Templemore’s TDs?
Tipperary North elects 3 TDs: Alan Kelly (Labour Party), Michael Lowry (Independent) and Ryan O'Meara (Fianna Fáil).
What was the turnout in Templemore?
In Roscrea-Templemore, 56% of registered voters turned out in June 2024 (Ireland: 49.4%). In Tipperary North, 65.7% in November 2024 (59.7%).
When are the next elections in Templemore?
Local elections are held every five years, so the next are due in 2029, in May or June. A general election must be held within five years of the last one (November 2024), sooner if the Dáil is dissolved.
What does Tipperary County spend?
Tipperary County Council plans to spend €274.2M on day-to-day services in 2026, the most of it on environment and fire.
Sources: Local and general election results 2024: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (CC BY-SA 4.0); areas matched to towns by TownRatings from Tailte Éireann boundaries and CSO Census 2022 Small Areas (CC BY 4.0). · TDs: Houses of the Oireachtas Open Data (Oireachtas PSI Licence, CC BY 4.0). · Boundaries: Tailte Éireann (CC BY 4.0); population: CSO Census 2022 (CC BY 4.0).. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).