Local Elections 2024: Full list of Cork County Council candidates 

Cork voters will take to the polling stations tomorrow to have their say as to who should represent them at a local level.

A total of 122 candidates have been officially nominated to stand for election to Cork County Council — an increase of 14% on the numbers declared in 2019.

Twelve parties are represented with 22 non-party candidates.

Four parties, Independent Ireland, The Irish People, Ireland First, and Glór — Voice of the People, have nominated candidates for the first time.

Cork County Council said the number of female candidates has increased by more than a third with 41 candidates registering, up from 30 in 2019.

Fine Gael have the highest number of candidates in the county area at 24, followed by Fianna Fáil (23), then Independents (22), then Sinn Féin (10) and the Green Party (10).

Additionally, there are eight Independent Ireland candidates vying for election, seven Social Democrats candidates, six Aontú candidates, and five Labour candidates along with three from The Irish People, two from Ireland First, one from Glór — Voice of the People and one People Before Profit candidate.

Electoral areas

The 10 electoral areas in County Cork are Bandon-Kinsale (six seats), Bantry-West Cork (four seats), Carrigaline (six seats), Cobh (six seats), Fermoy (six seats), Kanturk (four seats), Macroom (six seats), Midleton (seven seats), Mallow (five seats), and Skibbereen-West Cork (five seats).

A total of 284,173 people in the county are registered to vote in the tomorrow’s local elections.

The last of the polling cards for voters were expected to be delivered by June 3.

Polling cards are issued for information purposes only and are not required to vote.

All electors should bring some form of ID with them to their polling station as they may be required to prove evidence of identity.

Polling stations will be open from 7am to 10pm.

Counting

The counting of votes will take place in three centres across the county, the returning officer for local elections in County Cork, Maurice Manning, confirmed a number of weeks ago.

All of the county boxes, which will contain European and local ballot papers, will be opened in Mallow on the morning of Saturday, June 8.

The European election ballot papers will be transferred to the Ireland South count centre, which will be in Nemo Rangers GAA club.

The West Cork local electoral areas (LEAs) are Bantry-West Cork, Bandon-Kinsale, and Skibbereen-West Cork.

The count centre for the West Cork LEAs is in the community centre in Clonakilty.

The North Cork LEAs are Fermoy, Kanturk and Mallow, and the count centre for the North Cork LEAs is in the Mallow Youth Centre.

The South Cork LEAs are Macroom, Carrigaline, Cobh, and East Cork, and the count centre for the South Cork LEAs is in County Hall.

The full list of declared candidates is available on Cork County Council’s website www.corkcoco.ie.

Full list of candidates

Bandon-Kinsale

Ann Bambury - Social Democrats.

Alan Coleman - Non-Party.

John Collins - Independent Ireland.

Gillian Coughlan - Fianna Fáil.

John Michael Foley - Fine Gael.

Margaret Murphy O’Mahony - Fianna Fáil.

Clare O’Callaghan - Sinn Féin.

Seán O’Donovan - Fianna Fáil.

Deborah O’Driscoll - The Irish People.

Marie O’Sullivan - Fine Gael.

Brendan Piper – Non-Party.

Gerard Seaman - Fine Gael.

Stephen Spillane – Green Party.

Skibbereen-West Cork

Joe Carroll –Fianna Fáil.

Karen Coakley –Non-Party. 

Lorraine Deane-Aontú. 

Humphrey Deegan-Non-Party.

Declan Hurley-Non-Party. 

Rory Jackson-Green Party. 

Deirdre Kelly-Fianna Fáil. 

Brendan McCarthy-Fine Gael.

Evie Nevin-The Labour Party.

Noel O’Donovan-Fine Gael. 

Barry O’Mahony-Non-Party. 

Padraig O’Reilly-Fianna Fáil. 

Donnchadh Ó Seaghdha-Sinn Féin. 

Daniel Sexton-Independent Ireland.

Isobel Towse-Social Democrats.

Bantry-West Cork

Liz Coakley Wakefield- Green Party.

Danny Collins-Independent Ireland. 

Caroline Cronin-Fine Gael. 

Danny Crowley-Fianna Fáil. 

Finbarr Harrington-Non-Party. 

Chris Heinhold-Social Democrats. 

Mary Lou Maguire Leahy-Fine Gael.

Patrick Murphy-Aontú. 

Patrick Gerard Murphy-Fianna Fáil.

Colum O'Callaghan-Sinn Féin. 

Helen O'Sullivan-Non-Party.

Cobh

Rola Abu Zeid-O'Neill-People Before Profit.

Anthony Barry-Fine Gael. 

Ger Curley Independent Ireland. 

Dominic Finn-Fianna Fáil. 

Keith Kelly-Fine Gael. 

Peter Kidney-Non-Party. 

Medhi Ozcinar Sinn Féin.

Diarmaid Ó Cadhla-Glór-Voice of the People. 

Sheila O’Callaghan-Fianna Fáíl. 

Cliona O’Halloran-Green Party. 

Cathal Rasmussen-The Labour Party. 

Sinéad Sheppard-Fine Gael.

Midleton

Edith Adams-Sinn Féin.

Ann Marie Ahern-Fianna Fáil.

John Buckley-Non-Party. 

Seán Buckley-Non-Party. 

Paddy Bullman-Ireland First. 

Rory Cocking-Fine Gael. 

Alison Curtin-Fine Gael. 

Clodagh Harrington-Green Party. 

Michael Hegarty-Fine Gael.

Eileen Kelly McCarthy- Independent Ireland.

Mary Lenihan Foley-Non-Party. 

Patrick Mulcahy-Fianna Fáil. 

Michelle Neville-Non-Party. 

James Peter O’Sullivan -The Irish People. 

Liam Quaide-Social Democrats. 

Mona Stromsoe- Aontú.

Kanturk

Ted Bradley-Green Party. 

Finbarr Cronin- Non-Party.

Ian Doyle-Fianna Fáíl. 

Becky Kealy- Aontú.

Bernard Moynihan-Fianna Fáil.

Trish Murphy- Fine Gael. 

Brendan O’Connor-Independent Ireland.

Evelyn O’Keeffe- Sinn Féin. 

John Paul O’Shea- Fine Gael. 

Andrew Ring-Social Democrats.

Mallow

Ross Cannon-The Irish People. 

David Curry-Social Democrats. 

Pat Hayes-Fianna Fáil. 

Eoghan Kenny-The Labour Party. 

Liam Madden-Fine Gael. 

Paul McNally -Green Party. 

Gearóid Murphy –Fianna Fáil. 

Melissa O’Brien-Sinn Féin. 

Tony O’Shea -Fine Gael. 

Paddy Scully-Aontú.

Fermoy

Derek Blighe-Ireland First.

Ken Brennan-Independent Ireland. 

Nelius Cotter-Fianna Fáil. 

Kay Dawson-Fine Gael. 

Diarmuid Hanley- The Labour Party. 

Thomas Horgan- Non-Party. 

Noel McCarthy- Fine Gael. 

Deirdre O’Brien- Fianna Fáil. 

Joe O’Brien-Sinn Féin. 

Peter O’Donoghue-Non-Party. 

Frank O’Flynn-Fianna Fáil.

William O’Leary-Non-Party. 

Frank Roche-Non-Party. 

Mary Ryder-Green Party.

Joe Tobin-Non-Party.

Macroom

Harriet Burgess-Green Party.

Martin Coughlan-Non-Party. 

Michael Creed-Fine Gael. 

Dermot Kelleher -Independent Ireland. 

Michael Looney- Fianna Fáil. 

Ted Lucey-Fine Gael. 

Eileen Lynch-Fine Gael. 

Gobnait Moynihan-Fianna Fáil. 

Rosarie O’Leary-Aontú. 

John O’Sullivan-Sinn Féin.

Carrigaline

Audrey Buckley- Fianna Fáil. 

Ben Dalton-O'Sullivan-Non-Party. 

Eoghan Fahy-Sinn Féin. 

Úna McCarthy-Fine Gael.

Seamus McGrath-Fianna Fáil.

Chris O'Brien-Non-Party. 

John O'Regan-The Labour Party.

Monica Oikeh-Green Party. 

Richard Terry-Social Democrats. 

Jack White-Fine Gael.