What happened with mary o'halloran? The party decided they were running 2 candidates, not John! He ran with Mary and the people choose him as their 3rd choice in Waterford city south! I would say fair play to the party, their strategy worked brilliantly despite what all the 'experts' agreed would happen, John got in! Vote up 130% on previous election, thats excellent.. The young man has a lot of work to do over the next 5 years to retain his seat but lets give him some time to find his feet! Im sure he will be well advised by his father!