Michael D. Higgins has been elected as President of Ireland for a second seven-year term after being elected on the first count nationally.
Higgins received 822,566 (55.6%) first preference votes on the first count considerable far ahead of the other 5 candidates. In Tipperary, 45.5% of the electorate voted for Higgins, a former Labour Party TD, Senator and Minister, followed by almost 37% for businessman and TV celebrity, Peter Casey. Casey made controversial remarks about the Traveller community while campaigning in Co Tipperary.
| Electorate | Total Poll | Peter Casey | Gavin Duffy | Joan Freeman | Seán Gallagher | Michael D. Higgins | Liadh Ní Riada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | 3,309,298 | 1,475,166 | 342,727 | 32,198 | 87,908 | 94,514 | 822,566 | 93,987 |
| % | 43.86% | 23.2% | 2.2% | 5.9% | 6.4% | 55.8% | 6.4% | |
| Tipperary | 114,433 | 54,799 | 20,149 | 1,106 | 2,723 | 3,077 | 24,917 | 2,827 |
| % | 48.39% | 36.8% | 2.0% | 4.96% | 5.6% | 45.5% | 5.1% |
