In the 2016 general election , after a re-drawing of constituency boundaries , Pringle campaigned in the new five-seater Donegal constituency . He was re-elected to the final seat by a margin of just 184 votes over Sinn Féin 's Pádraig Mac Lochlainn . During negotiations to form a government , Pringle said he was glad not to have signed up to the Independent Alliance , after that group entered talks with Taoiseach Enda Kenny . Pringle said that unless Kenny or Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin signed up to Right2Change , he would not support either as Taoiseach
negotiations to form a government
2016 Irish government formation
Thomas Pringle (politician)