This article is from page 1 of the 2011-11-01 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 1 JPG
THE PEOPLE of Clare turned out in their droves to support Newmarketon-Fergus man Michael D Higgins on his way to becoming the ninth president of Ireland.
President Elect Higgins received a whopping 20,828 first-preference votes, or 44.3 per cent.
After Michael D came Sean Gallagher with 14,779, followed by Martin McGuinness on 4,950, Gay Mitchell with 2,545, David Norris with 1,707, Dana with 1,313 and Mary Davis with 890. Once inaugurated on November 11, President Higgins is expected to make an early official visit to his former hometown of Newmarket-on-Fergus.