A by-election was held in the Dáil Éireann Cork South-Central constituency in Ireland on 23 October 1998. It followed the death of Fine Gael Teachta Dála (TD) Hugh Coveney on 14 March 1998.

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1998 Cork South-Central by-election

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Turnout	43,007 (49.1%)
Nominee Simon Coveney Sinead Behan Toddy O'Sullivan Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Labour First preferences 16,212 12,658 8,171 Percentage 37.7 29.4 19.0 Final count 23,230 16,379 –   Nominee Dan Boyle Henry Cremin Peter Kelly Party Green Sinn Féin Progressive Democrats First preferences 3,461 1,158 971 Percentage 8.1 2.7 2.3 Final count – – –   Nominee Benny Cooney Brian McEnery Jim Tallon Party Independent Natural Law Independent First preferences 197 150 29 Percentage 0.5 0.4 0.1 Final count – – –
TD before election Hugh Coveney Fine Gael Elected TD Simon Coveney Fine Gael

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The election was won by Simon Coveney of Fine Gael and son of Hugh Coveney. The other candidates being Sinead Behan for Fianna Fáil, Cork City Councillor and former TD Toddy O'Sullivan for the Labour Party, Cork City Councillor Dan Boyle for the Green Party, Henry Cremin for Sinn Féin, Peter Kelly for the Progressive Democrats, Benny Cooney as an Independent, Brian McEnery for Natural Law and Jim Tallon as an Independent.

Dan Boyle would go on to represent the constituency as a TD in the future.

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