The long serving councillor will be the first TD elected in Laois.
The second count in Laois has just been completed a short time ago.
No candidate meets the quota after the redistribution of Jason Lynch's (IND) votes.
That means Austin Stack has been eliminated.
His 502 votes will now be redistributed.
Fine Gael's Willie Aird is now just 281 votes shy of the quota.
He tells Midlands 103's David Hollywood he's grateful, humbled, and he's ready to work on a national platform:
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