Well-known names among TDs who failed to retain seats

While the footage from count centres around the country tends to focus on the celebrations of victorious candidates who have secured their seats in Leinster House, for every winner there are also those who lose out.

As is always the case in general elections, there were a number of outgoing TDs who did not secure re-election. 26 of them, in fact.

When combined with the large number of TDs who opted out of running, it means there will be a lot of fresh faces in the 34th Dáil.

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly was the most senior figure in the outgoing government who did not hold on to his Dáil seat.

The outgoing Fianna Fáil TD lost to Edward Timmons of Fine Gael on the final count in the Wicklow constituency.

First elected to the Dáil as an independent in 2011, he won the fifth and final Dáil seat in 2020.

However, he contested in a four-seat constituency this time around and failed to make it across the finish line.

Reflecting what has been a difficult election for the Green Party, almost half of the TDs who failed to get re-elected were standing under the party's banner.

In fact, given the retirement of former party leader Eamon Ryan, the only Green TD to hold onto their seat was his successor as party leader was Roderic O'Gorman.

The most high-profile Green Party representative to lose out was Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media Catherine Martin, who was excluded on the ninth count in Dublin Rathdown.

The list of prominent party representatives to lose out also included junior ministers Joe O'Brien (Dublin Fingal West), Ossian Smyth (Dún Laoghaire), who were both excluded from their races in the first day of counting, and Malcolm Noonan (Carlow-Kilkenny).

Six other Green TDs also lost their seats - Patrick Costello (Dublin South-Central), Francis Noel Duffy (Dublin South-West), Neasa Hourigan (Dublin Central), Brian Leddin (Limerick City), Marc Ó Cathasaigh (Waterford) and Steven Matthews (Wicklow).

Another junior minister to lose their seat was Fianna Fáil's Anne Rabbitte, who was Minister of State at the Department of Health and at the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth.

She lost out on the ninth count in Galway East.

Her party colleague Joe Flaherty also failed in his bid to be re-elected in Longford-Westmeath.

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Before the election there was much talk about the number of experienced Fine Gael TDs who were not running this time around, and they lost two more experienced names with Alan Farrell missing out in Dublin Fingal East and Bernard Durkan losing his seat in Kildare North.

Mr Durkan had gone into the election as the 'Father of the Dáil', the title bestowed on the longest-serving TD. That moniker now belongs to Limerick TD Willie O'Dea.

Sinn Féin's Chris Andrews lost his seat in Dublin Bay South on the final count, with newcomer Eoin Hayes of the Social Democrats taking the final seat there, while Martin Browne missed out on re-election in Tipperary South.

Pauline Tully was a newcomer to the Dáil in 2020. She failed to be returned in Cavan-Monaghan, while her party colleague - and first time TD - Cathy Bennett retained the seat.

Two TDs who left Sinn Féin since topping the polls in the 2020 election - Violet-Anne Wynne and Patricia Ryan - lost their seats in Clare and Kildare South respectively.

Another well-known TD to lose out was Gino Kenny of People Before Profit-Solidarity, who missed out in Dublin Mid-West on the ninth count.

His party colleague Mick Barry also lost his seat in Cork North-Central on the final count there, but he may have a reprieve as a recount is due to take place from 10am.

Joan Collins of Right to Change, who was first elected to the Dáil for PBP in 2011, has lost her seat in Dublin South-Central.

Independent Cathal Berry was another outgoing TD who failed to be re-elected in Kildare South, while in Waterford Matt Shanahan has also lost out.

In Donegal, Thomas Pringle - who was first elected to represent Donegal South-West in 2011 before retaining his seat in the redrawn Donegal constituency in 2016 and 2020 - was excluded on the final count.

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