While Fianna Fáil managed to retain their dominance in Offaly County Council, Sinn Féin were the comeback kids of the local election here in the Faithful County.
While typically fraught with tension, it was a family affair at a number of count centres across the country as mothers and sons, fathers and daughters looked to hoist one another up on to the political platform.
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