A new personal best for poll topper Peter
Shinrone man Ormond wins seat in Birr Electoral Area once again
BIRR Electoral Area poll topper Peter Ormond has been speaking about the stunning performance which saw him receive nearly 2,000 votes.
When the count staff in Mucklagh had completed piling up the Fianna Fail man's bundles of ballot papers, Cllr Ormond had amassed 1,943 number ones, a personal best for the athletics enthusiast from Shinrone.
When he was first elected 25 years ago he had actually stood as an independent and after he joined Fianna Fail his fortunes at the polls continued to soar.
“That comes down to the hard work on the ground. I have a rural area in south Offaly that I work very hard and I always look forward to helping people and assisting people,” he said.
“This is my sixth election since 1999 and I've increased my vote every time since then and that's always a nice thing to do.”
He has managed to grow his support despite not being based in one of the bigger towns in the county.
“For the second election in a row I had no town to canvass. I canvassed purely rural areas, Moneygall, Dunkerrin, Clyduff, Shinrone, Coolderry, Roscomroe, Killavilla, into Kinnitty and Cadamstown.”