Nearly all the political relatives listed in Quidnunc last week made it in the local government elections. Those who didn't were Aileen Woods, daughter of Minister Michael in Howth; Liam Ahearn, husband of Theresa FG TD, in Cahir; John Penrose, brother of Labour TD Willy Penrose in Westmeath and in Dundalk, Labour's Constance Short who has cousins in both the Westminster and Dublin cabinets.