Landslide victory for new IFA president

Joe Healy has been elected the 15th President of the IFA following a landslide victory today.

Healy took a dominant lead in the race early in the morning and ended up with % of the vote.

The dairy farmer from Athenry had 46% of the votes counted by lunchtime and it was clear from the tallymen around the room that he had an insurmountable lead.

Kerryman Flor McCarthy held onto the second spot early in the day, but it showed a strong Munster bias and after lunch Henry Burns began to pick up votes and passed out McCarthy for second spot.

However, the gap now had Healy with over 10,000 first preference votes by 3pm and it was looking like there was no way Burns could claw back such a lead.