Senators Paul Daly and Aidan Davitt have also retained their seats.
It's a mixed bag for Midlands Seanad hopefuls this morning as the election count draws to a close.
Third time's the charm for Sinn Fein's Maria McCormack, after failed bids in the local and general elections in Laois.
She's been deemed elected to the Labour Panel with 90,000 first preference votes.
Kilbeggan's Paul Daly and Mullingar's Aidan Davitt, both of Fianna Fail, have bounced back from the fallout of Golfgate four years ago.
Senator Daly retains his Agricultural Panel seat with 83,000 first preference votes.
While Senator Davitt stays on the Industrial and Commercial Panel with 90,000 votes on the first count.
Portarlington's Cathal Berry, a former Independent TD was eliminated in the race for the Adminstrative Panel on the second count with 17,302 votes.
While Joe Flaherty, who lost his Daíl seat for Longford-Westmeath failed to make the Cultural and Education Panel.
The Fianna Fail candidate only managed 75,000 first preference votes, which left him 49 per cent short of the required quota.
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