The Students Union elections, thank fully, are now over. The votes have been counted and verified and we can now announce the winners.
Before we do, however, one thing is worth noting – this year of aroung just 3600 of the 16,000 or so members of the electorate voted or in other words only about 20%. For many this typifies the mind-numbing dullness of the elections; for others it’s a symptom of wider SU apathy. Either way this is a sad state of affairs. Every cloud, however, does have a silver lining – this is the longest possible period of time before it all happens again: rejoice!
President
James Kelly – 1520
Rory Dunne – 1767
John Tighe – 326 (eliminated after first round and votes redistributed)
Ents
David Whelan – 2805
R.O.N – 604
Education
Dan Ferrick – 2973
R.O.N – 481
Spoilt – 168
Welfare
Andy Haughey – 1400
Emma Walker – 1034 (eliminated after first round and votes redistributed)
Aisling Ní Chonaire – 1530
Communications
Owen Bennett – 1489
James Hagan – 1404
Hanah Cogan – 980 (eliminated after first round and voted redistributed)
