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.
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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.
The Electoral Chair: Election Debate part two
PART TWO of The Electoral Chair: Election Debate put candidates in the spotlight on some of the central issues influencing Clare voters.
Ballot Beats: Floods and flash mobs in Co Clare
*Cllr Gabriel Keating’s (FF) car is pulled from the floods in Quilty. CANDIDATES battled the elements on day fifteen of the General Election campaign in Co Clare.
Hopes of carrying on the Carey family dynasty in the Dáil rest with Leonora
*Leonora Carey (FG). Photograph: John Mangan HOPES OF the Carey clan in continuing as Clare’s political dynasty rests on the shoulders of first-time candidate Leonora Carey (FG)
Ballot Beats: Calls for Trump style revolution & Fine Gael Cllrs back Cooney
TEMPERATURES are cold but the election campaign is only heating up in Co Clare.
Ballot Beats: Election debate sets the scene as polling day nears
CLARE’s election candidates were put through their paces in an entertaining debate held at Hotel Woodstock in the key moment of Thursday’s campaign.
Ballot Beats: Shannon Airport’s importance flies into the election discussion
SHANNON AIRPORT’s importance to the region has flown into the election discussion thanks to one Independent candidate’s appearance on RTÉ.
Taoiseach welcomes ‘healthy competition’ as disappointment voiced by Cooney & Nolan
*Cllr Joe Cooney, Pat Breen, Cllr Mary Howard, Dr Tom Nolan and Madeline Taylor-Quinn. Photograph: John Mangan COMPETITION among Fine Gael candidates in Clare has been welcomed by the Taoiseach with frustration bubbling beneath the surface over a map that is keeping certain parts of the county out of bounds.