GE2020 THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: Violet-Anne Wynne in Shannon
They’re late out of the traps but Sinn Féin are determined to make up for lost ground.
They’re late out of the traps but Sinn Féin are determined to make up for lost ground.
To bring new results, different voting patterns are needed, David Barrett (IND) is repeating to the people of Killaloe.
A new face but one with experience of being in national politics is the line Senator Martin Conway (FG) is using to try entice the Clare electorate to vote for a new Fine Gael candidate.
Of all the Clare candidates, Timmy Dooley (FF) tops the poll when it comes to facial recognition on the canvass.
*Sayed Farid Sanai, Cllr Ann Norton and Trudy Leyden. In what was the coldest part of the campaign trail to date, temperatures hit two degrees as Trudy Leyden (IND) called to the people of Barefield seeking their first preference vote.
*Cllr Pat Daly & Cllr Clare Colleran Molloy join Cllr Cathal Crowe in Ennis. His countywide profile has increased during his time as Cathaoirleach (Mayor) of Clare County Council but Cllr Cathal Crowe (FF) is well known to the people of Cratloe.
On Saturday, the General Election takes place with fifteen candidates on the ballot paper in Clare. The Clare Echo is running an online poll from Sunday night to Wednesday morning to see which candidate you would give your first preference vote to. The findings of this online only poll will appear in this week’s newspaper. Readers …
There is very little engagement from the electorate as Joseph Woulfe canvassers the shoppers of Shannon on Saturday afternoon.
It’s an election campaign that has very much been put into “perspective” by Michael McNamara (IND).
Heavy showers accompany Cllr Roisin Garvey (GP) as she makes her way through Corofin on Monday evening but the rain doesn’t dampen the message being imparted.