STORM TRACKER: Follow 'Storm Amy' as it bears down on Ireland amid brutal forecast
Search
06 Sept 2025
Search
06 Sept 2025
Please allow ads as they help fund our trusted local news content.
Kindly add us to your ad blocker whitelist.
If you want further access to Ireland's best local journalism, consider contributing and/or subscribing to our free daily Newsletter .
Support our mission and join our community now.
To continue reading this article, you can subscribe for as little as €0.50 per week which will also give you access to all of our premium content and archived articles!
Alternatively, you can pay €0.50 per article, capped at €1 per day.
Thank you for supporting Ireland's best local journalism!
Picture: Vicky Comerford
Last weekend was an historical one for the Fine Gael party on both sides of the coin.
In Kilkenny, Michael Doyle and David Fitzgerald’s failure to secure election means for the first time in the history of the State, the county will have no sitting TD.
A coalition partner place in government seems all but secured for Fine Gael but the position of Simon Harris as Taoiseach may be over.
FOR MORE GENERAL ELECTION NEWS, CLICK HERE
However, in a positive first for Fine Gael and Carlow-Kilkenny, Catherine Callaghan from Carlow became the party’s first female elected TD in the constituency.
A former member of the Defence Forces, Callaghan missed out on a seat on Carlow County Council by just one single vote in June’s local elections in what has been a whirlwind few months for the new TD.
Subscribe or register today to discover more from DonegalLive.ie
Buy the e-paper of the Donegal Democrat, Donegal People's Press, Donegal Post and Inish Times here for instant access to Donegal's premier news titles.
Keep up with the latest news from Donegal with our daily newsletter featuring the most important stories of the day delivered to your inbox every evening at 5pm.
This publication supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice of the Press Council. You can obtain a copy of the Code, or contact the Council, at www.presscouncil.ie, Lo-call 1800 208 080 or email: info@presscouncil.ie.
