GE2020 THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: Leo Varadkar in Ennis
With polling day edging closer, Leo Varadkar (FG) visited Ennis in a bid to secure more votes for the party’s ticket in Clare.
Strike Sports raising standard of youth skills
NEW research has revealed that some 50 per cent of children under 10 can’t kick a ball properly, 25 per cent can’t run properly and 75 per cent can’t throw a ball properly. A new Clare business named Strike Sports has been established in a bid to buck that trend, in the Banner County at …
Clare Youths target home quarter-final as they begin campaign
Clare begin their Inter-League Youths Cup campaign on Saturday and a win in their first outing would already secure a home quarter-final.
Candidates complain that posters are being robbed & vandalised
Posters belonging to Clare’s General Election candidates have been reported as stolen, others have disappeared with more vandalised.
‘People see us as the alternative’ – Sinn Féin’s Violet-Anne hopeful for GE2020
*Violet-Anne Wynne. Photograph: Martin Connolly Sinn Féin are riding high in the national opinion polls, Violet-Anne Wynne (SF) is hopeful such sentiment will become a reality when the Clare electorate head to polling booths this weekend.
‘I want to stand up for people like my forefathers did’ – Joseph Woulfe
*Joseph Woulfe. Photograph: Martin Connolly Rural Ireland has been forgotten about, such is the view of Joseph Woulfe (IND) and it’s why he is back in election mode for the second time in nine months.
‘We need people to stand up on the issues that matter’ – McNamara
*Michael McNamara. Photograph: Martin Connolly Past experience of being a TD has given Michael McNamara (IND) the belief that he can make a difference if returned to Leinster House.
‘Ireland needs to be rebalanced’ – Rita targets Dáil seat
*Rita McInerney. Photograph: Arthur Ellis ‘Bringing strong representation’ to North and West Clare is the goal of Rita McInerney (FF) as she aims for her first taste of success in the political sphere.
‘Timing is right’ as Trudy Leyden goes forward for election
No leaflets and no posters is the stance taken by Trudy Leyden (IND) as her names appears on the ballot paper for the first time.
‘I’m one of the strongest rural candidates the Greens have had’ – Garvey
*Roisin Garvey with her father Flan. Photograph: Martin Connolly Pitching herself to voters as ‘the rural Green’, Roisin Garvey (GP) is vying to become the first party candidate elected to Dáil Éireann from Clare.