Ryan selected by Fine Gael members to take Cooney’s seat on Clare County Council
*Conor Ryan (FG). O’CALLAGHANS MILLS native Conor Ryan (FG) has been selected to take the seat of Joe Cooney TD (FG) on Clare County Council.
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Four candidates in the frame for Cooney’s Council seat in ‘Mills Civil War’
*Joe Cooney TD (FG). Photograph: John Mangan JOE COONEY’s TD (FG) election to Dáil Éireann has ignited plenty of competition within the Fine Gael ranks to take his seat on Clare County Council.
‘I was added in & left without life support’ – Dr Nolan disappointed with lack of support from Fine Gael HQ
*Dr Tom Nolan (FG). Photograph: Joe Buckley. DR TOM NOLAN (FG) said he was “added in and left without life support” by Fine Gael party headquarters throughout his election campaign.
‘I don’t think this is the end of Leonora Carey’
*Leonora Carey (FG) speaking in the count centre. Photograph: Joe Buckley CLARE will not be represented by the member of the Carey family in Dáil Éireann for the first time in almost two decades after Leonora Carey (FG) came up just short in her quest to become a TD.
Cooney ready for the ball to be thrown in on ‘senior hurling’ career in the Dáil
*Joe Cooney TD (FG) is elected. Photograph: Joe Buckley LEINSTER HOUSE awaits Joe Cooney TD (FG) who said he will grasp the opportunity to represent the people of Clare in the Dáil.
#GE24 Live: General Election count in Clare
THE CLARE ECHO is live from Treacy’s West County Hotel with counting underway to determine who the county has elected as its four TDs to serve in the 34th Dáil.
The Campaign Trail: Joe Cooney in Clonlara
*Pat Breen (FG) and Cllr Joe Cooney (FG). TALK TO JOE is the election slogan of Cllr Joe Cooney (FG) and it’s ringing true with his phone hopping from house to house.
Ballot Beats: Rap for Roisin Garvey released & Sinn Féin feel growing support for McGettigan
*LOR-KEY. CLARE’S first General Election anthem has been released and Sinn Féin supporters have said there is a growing support in the county for the party.
Ballot Beats: Simon slump yet to reach Clare as hustings bring disability services & health in spotlight
ACCESS to services and disadvantages for the Clare public when it comes to health and disabilities were among the big issues put to General Election candidates on day seventeen of the campaign.
Ballot Beats: Endorsements would see Carey do handsomely if running in suburban leafy Dublin
*Leonora Carey (FG). Photograph: John McDermott. ARGUABLY the most important weekend of campaigning in the General Election has come to an end in Clare.