GE2020 Preview – Joe Melody
Secretary of Clare Fine Gael, Joe Melody is confident the party will return two TDs. The young farmer shared his prediction with The Clare Echo.
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GE2020 Preview – James Breen
Former Independent TD, James Breen believes Fianna Fáil will win two seats in the General Election in Clare. The retired County Councillor urged people to use their vote as he gave his prediction to The Clare Echo.
GE2020 Preview – Caimin Jones
A seat “always swings in the wind” in Clare is the belief of Clare FM founder and ex RTÉ broadcaster Caimin Jones who maintained Michael McNamara (IND) will benefit and take the final seat in the constituency.
Breen confident employment stats will help Dáil bid
*Pat Breen. Photograph: Joe Buckley A Junior Minister in the 32nd Dáil, Pat Breen (FG) has expressed his pride with the drop in unemployment figures but maintained big job losses in the county would not hurt his vote.
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.
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.
‘I fight like Katie Taylor when I’ve something to fight about’ – O’Donohoe
Theresa O’Donohoe (PBP) has been involved in policy making for the last twelve years, she feels now is the time to put such ideas in practice.
GE2020 THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: Martin Conway in Sixmilebridge
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.
GE2020 POLL: Who will you vote for?
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 …
GE2020 THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: Pat Breen in Kilrush
“It’s positive”, are the words repeated by Pat Breen (FG) as he conducted a day long canvass of Kilrush on Friday.
