*Rita McInerney reads the 1916 proclamation watched by An Taoiseach Micheal Martin TD. Photograph: Natasha Barton
FIANNA FÁIl will finalise its General Election ticket in Clare within the next three weeks.
No date has been set for the next General Election but political parties appear to be gearing up for an election in late October or early November.
September 10th has been set as the date for Fianna Fáill’s selection convention where members will vote on who they wish to be on the ballot paper for the General Election.
A meeting is due to be held prior to the convention by the Fianna Fáil National Constituencies’ Committee to decide if the strategy will be to run two or three candidates in Co Clare.
By the close of nominations, Fianna Fáil had three nominees, sitting TD Cathal Crowe (FF), Senator Timmy Dooley (FF) and Cllr Rita McInerney (FF). The trio formed the party’s ticket in 2020 for the General Election when Dooley lost his seat and Crowe prevailed in his first General Election while McInerney polled in eighth position of the fifteen candidates but has been strengthened by a very strong local election campaign.
Party members were vocal at the recent AGM of the Fianna Fáil Comhairle Dáilcheantair that two candidates need to be selected for the General Election.
